Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
Source Firkin
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Original minus the background
Source Firkin
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Everyone needs some stardust. Sprinkle it on your next project.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo