Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen