Using seamless/tileable patterns are a fantastic method for giving your design some added depth and character by either subtly highlighting key areas or for creating a background that will push your layout design to the forefront. The seamless patterns sets in this post range in format from .eps, .ai, .png, .pat, .psd and .jpg, with each set containing anything at least 3 patterns rising all the way up to 300. They vary from fabrics, geometric shapes, flowery, retro, vintage, grunge, [...]

There are no individual patterns in this post, only complete sets, with each set containing anything from 3 patterns all the way up to 100, and are available in a variety of popular formats: .eps, .ai, .png, .pat, .psd and .jpg. You will find all kinds of varied patterns, such as fabrics, geometric shapes, flowery, retro, vintage, grunge, swirls, paper, dots, lines… and much more. And if all that is not enough we have also collected a selection of the [...]

Christmas is getting closer but there’s still plenty of time for adding some holiday cheer to your designs or your desktop. An excellent way to create the perfect Christmas look and feel is using patterns. Add them to the background of your web site or you could create a festive Christmas card or even some simple festive 3D text. Below are some of the best free Photoshop patterns on the web ready for you to freely download just in time [...]

The free beautiful vector background pack (+ source files) that we have on offer today have been designed by Cip (from Vectorious, and can be used within almost any aspect of design – they could be used as a seamless web background, cool apparel design, an elegant flyer … anything!

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!!!

8 Addictively Fun Background Generators for Designers.
Don’t you just love generators, even if some are not that useful, they are great for playing about with.

21 Amazing and Free Texture Backgrounds Collections for designers – Some days I catch myself browsing random things on the net, and sometimes I find things that really grab my attention.

Quite often we stumble on to a blog that looks bland, in dire need of some color, a little bit of character, these sites maybe aren’t very familiar with blog design, let alone CSS. The simplest way to freshen up a site is with a new theme or to do a little CSS tweaking with your current theme. You could be surprised with the results. In this article I will show you the best resources for backgrounds and textures. For [...]