It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
An aged paper background tile with smeared and pressed text.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless paper background texture colored in pale yellow. This seamless texture is ideal for those who need a yellow background image for their website. The texture resembles paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Pattern produced in Paint.net using the Vibrato plug-in.
Source Firkin
Zero CC plastic pattern texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 *Note, this texture was on the perfectly smooth surface of a plastic shovel scraper, not sure how to call it. Plz coment if you know what its called.
Source Sojan Janso
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
Fix side and a seamless pattern formed from circles.
Source SliverKnight
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin