Retina Dust #915
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
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Abstract Water Texture (Seamless) #890
Water CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Groovepaper@2X #578
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
French Stucco@2X #698
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Page ornament #1993
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Square ornament 38 #2147
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 227 (colour 5) #2310
Colorful CC 0A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Dark Tire #703
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Background pattern 259 (colour 3) #2130
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Laminate Wall #1274
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Background pattern 328 (colour 3) #1799
Noise CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 215 #2242
Dark CC 0Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
Spotty Pink Background (Seamless) #1236
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
overlay crack #153
Noise CC 0This pack of filters can help you adding a blocky overlay to objects. May come handy at drawing blocks of stone.
Source Lazur URH
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res1 #721
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Small Steps #1312
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Dirty Old Black Shirt #853
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
MBossed@2X #194
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Floral design 90 #1815
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Escheresque #777
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus