From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
The starting point for this was drawn on the web site steamcoded.org/PolyskelionMaker.svg
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
This one resembles a black concrete wall when is tiled. It should look great, at least with dark website themes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin