The image depicts a tiled seamless pattern.The tile represents four leaves aligned every 90 ° , which may look like a bird or a dragon .The original leaf design is from a Japanese old book.
Source Yamachem
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin