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Top 36 Cool Backgrounds and Patterns Resources for all Designers

Searching for that perfect background for your design can be pretty difficult, from these resources you can browse through 1000s upon 1000s of backgrounds and patterns. Hopefully this will make your search that little bit easier, mind you with this number of resources it may make it harder. Happy browseing!!!

Huge Magazine – Desktop Patterns and Tiles

Background and Patterns Resources

AppendixSquared

Background and Patterns Resources

Barracuda Backgrounds

Background and Patterns Resources

HYBRID GENESIS

Background and Patterns Resources

DinPattern

Background and Patterns Resources

milleseicentopercento

Background and Patterns Resources

PixelDécor!

Background and Patterns Resources

Tiles and Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

pattern-BOMB

Background and Patterns Resources

Alice Grafixx – Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

Squidfingers / Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

Kaliber10000 { The Pixel Patterns Collection }

Background and Patterns Resources

Shizoo

Background and Patterns Resources

Portfelia Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

URBAN STROKES

Background and Patterns Resources

Fractured Sanity[Dot]Org

Background and Patterns Resources

Pattern4u | Kollermedia.at

Background and Patterns Resources

ava7 Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

everyday icons – Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

Citrus Moon Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

Absolute Background Textures

Background and Patterns Resources

Backgrounds by Tickie

Background and Patterns Resources

Texture Heaven

Background and Patterns Resources

Onepattern.com

Background and Patterns Resources

PatternCooler

Background and Patterns Resources

Patterns of Change

Background and Patterns Resources

Texture Bank

Background and Patterns Resources

Hip and Twendy Background Patterns

Background and Patterns Resources

Background and Pattern Generators

Tiled Backgrounds Designer

Background Generator

Stripe Generator

Background Generator

Striped Backgrounds

Background Generator

Background maker – Tiled Background Generator

Background Generator

Stripemania – Striped Background Generator

Background Generator

Tartan Designer – Tartan Background pattern generator

Background Generator

Dotted Background Generator

Background Generator

Background Images – Generator

Background Generator

We are always looking for more resources…

If we have missed any resources from the above post, leave a comment below with your link.


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There are 23 Comments › Leave your comment
  1. CS Cart Templates
    5 Jan, 2009

    AWESOME resource. I’ve been looking for a decent list of bgs and you’ve nailed it. Good work!

    Reply

  2. nice collection. i like stripes. :)

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  3. Darius A Monsef
    5 Jan, 2009

    We have around 100 pattern styles in thousands of colored variations… and you can customize the colors as you wish: http://www.COLOURlovers.com. Cheers.

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  4. myows
    5 Jan, 2009

    this is great —- thank you so much !

    Reply

  5. SOS Media Web Design
    5 Jan, 2009

    Thanks for the list. Though, backgrounds should come with some words of warning: be sparing… remember white space… less is more…

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  6. Holly-Bee
    5 Jan, 2009

    Another good site: http://www.filterforge.com/filters

    Really awesome texture generator with a ton of free ones to use for anything you want. I use them all the time in SecondLife

    Reply

  7. Reggie
    5 Jan, 2009

    Thanks for including my site in this All-Star Line-up of background artists!

    Reggie from hipandtwendy.com

    Reply

  8. Goodworks Media
    5 Jan, 2009

    Really SWEEEE…EEET list. Thanks!

    Reply

  9. Ben
    6 Jan, 2009

    That is what I call a reference list! Nice job collecting all those sources. I predict to come back very often on this page as well as share it to many colleagues. Congrats!

    Reply

  10. projectautomatika
    6 Jan, 2009

    Just what I was looking for. Thanks for the collection.

    Reply

  11. Patternhead
    6 Jan, 2009

    We’ve just started to release a selection of free vector patterns at patternhead.com http://www.patternhead.com/blogs/patternhead_news

    Reply

  12. Dosou
    6 Jan, 2009

    very useful for me. Thanks!

    Reply

  13. michi
    8 Jan, 2009

    Great resources.
    Thanks for the post.

    Reply

  14. Sabine
    17 Jan, 2009

    Great list, thank you for sharing!

    I recently started a site at http://patterrific.com where I offer free seamless patterns. Just have a look, perhaps you find something interesting for you!

    Best wishes
    Sabine

    Reply

  15. Richh
    21 Jan, 2009

    Some good stuff! Bookomarking this to look back at a later date when I need some thing like this

    Reply

  16. Sean Hurley
    27 Jan, 2009

    Great resource for website designers/graphic designers. Thanks for the continued support.

    Reply

  17. mouse
    21 Feb, 2009

    Either Stripe Generator or bgmaker is pinging my Avast Antivirus program. Coule be false positive as both loaded fine after the warning which said it was blocking a third party site.

    Reply

  18. Rahul
    11 Mar, 2009

    I like squid fingers. I’m also into clean backgrounds as well as grungy backgrounds as well.

    Reply

  19. Terrick
    12 May, 2009

    Great post.. I was looking for a long time for these background pattern.. Thanks~!

    Reply

  20. business stationary
    8 Jul, 2009

    excellent. thanks alot.

    Reply

  21. Kaplang
    7 Aug, 2009

    wow really great list, thanks for sharing these :)

    Reply

  22. Shine India
    7 Jan, 2010

    Wuaagh! Sweet Collections, Love it Amazing

    Reply

  23. Adam K.
    3 Feb, 2010

    Amazing! Thanks for sharing these :)

    Reply

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