I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
White circles connecting on a light gray background.
Source Mark Collins
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Love me some light mesh on a Monday. Sharp.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo