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Patterns are everywhere around us. In art, patterns are an important medium of expression. Is a pattern worth more than a thousand words? We can leave that discussion for later, but it’s certain that patterns do liven up everything they’re applied to. Patterns can be used for nearly everything from website backgrounds to your phone case, for example. For this roundup we’ve prepared 40 fresh, colorful and jovial patterns from this year that’ll conjure up the mood of summer.
25 incredibly versatile, easy to use patterns that make a brilliant addition to a plain background.
A retro and coffee-flavored pattern in vector and Photoshop (.pat) format.
A super-handy set of subtle patterns – great for giving backgrounds a little edge. The download includes the .pat file along with jpgs for quick and dirty use.
A set of Subtle Seamless Geometric Pattern for you to download for free in .PNG and .PAT file format.
Simple, easy to use jeans pattern (.pat).
Simple dark wall pattern from SutblePatterns.
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Free seamless pattern with a tartan look.
Attractive playing card pattern (.gif and .pat).
Plaid floral pattern in honour of summer. .gif and .pat.
These subtle light texture patterns are comprised of 4 light tile patterns ideal to create a subtle and original light web background for your next project.
Free repeat pattern with a blue geometric theme.
Seamless leaf curl pattern. You can modify the colors, scaling and design.
Seamless flower pattern. You can modify the colors, scaling and design.
Seamless wave tartan pattern. You can modify the colors, scaling and design.
6 seamless grungy beige patterns. It comes with a .pat file that you can easily generate any size pattern you want.
8 grungy heart and flower textures that come with several colour schemes and are totally repeatable.
Heart pattern background is available in vector (.eps) and .jpeg format.
Interesting pattern for various artwork since it’s a low-quality photograph.
Abstract and striking. Perfect for madly creative ideas.
This is intentionally created for Facebook covers but there’s no limits in using such a great pattern.
Diamonds. Pure diamonds.
Vector damask seamless pattern (.eps).
Pack of 14 flower Photoshop patterns looks like tapesery.
You’ll find over 2 million user-created seamless patterns to use in your creative projects here. Absolutely best resource for free patterns.
This is a website that celebrates the world of surface pattern design. A lot of artwork is showcased here.
Pattern People is a surface design studio founded by designers Claudia Brown and Jessie Whipple Vickery who came together with a mutual appreciation of patterns and a shared vision. Collectively they bring their illustrations to all types of surfaces from fashion to interiors. They have a regulary updated blog which offers a lot of inspiration.
What do you think of these patterns and designs? Got any that we missed? Share with us in comments!
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 23:15
Again a great collection of designs which can really change a normal site to an attractive looking site. Great post.
Monday, June 25th, 2012 06:23
Great collection! These will come in very handy when creating micro site – no to mention desktop backgrounds :)
Bookmarked & Sharing.
Friday, June 15th, 2012 06:32
Thanks for the round-up! These are great for a little inspiration too.
Friday, June 15th, 2012 07:10
Thanks Alicia, glad you enjoyed it – yes, useful resources where you also inspire on your own ideas a bit too!
Friday, June 15th, 2012 00:46
Only one word. Awesome!
This is a good post. Thanks for sharing.
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 04:54
Thank you for this post, great stuff!
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 04:21
As a web designer I often find myself creating my own textures and patterns to use for backgrounds to add that little extra creativity to my designs. Depending on the project and my clients brief, sometimes I will search to see what is out there. When I came across this blog I was pleasantly surprised with the range of different colourful patterns available, from the simplicity of some to the detail in others. Thanks for sharing this collection.
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 06:34
Thanks Daniel for kind comment! Did you notice author of this post also is named Daniel? :)
Well, you can mix these techniques – inspire from other textures, patterns, modify them – create your own! Always helpful to get creative juices flowing or save when you have crisis in creativity!
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 06:33
Thanks Abdul for stopping by! Which one is your fave?
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 18:03
Hey Dainis! I know you from Pinterest :) I am loving #13 the leaf curls, and #35 because I’m a sucker for a good damask pattern in black and white. I have a piece of damask fabric I use sometimes that looks similar to that, when I’m doing headshot portraits.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 18:52
Oh, that’s cool! What’s your pinterest username? :)
Haha, that makes two of us! Always loving natural patterns coming from kinda real life. You are using fabric as background on photographies?
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 10:05
What about licence? Can I take it for commercial using (prepareing web designs for clients)?
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 18:59
Jack, you need to visit each site directly to see their license, but generally all of those patterns are fully free for using. However it’s always nice to give link back if you use them as a way of saying thanks.
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Jack
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 10:05
What about licence? Can I take it for commercial using (prepareing web designs for clients)?
Dainis Graveris
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 18:59
Jack, you need to visit each site directly to see their license, but generally all of those patterns are fully free for using. However it’s always nice to give link back if you use them as a way of saying thanks.
Abdul
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 23:08
O these are really cool.Great work!
Dainis Graveris
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 06:33
Thanks Abdul for stopping by! Which one is your fave?
Abdul
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 11:59
My Favourite one is diamond.
Daniel Nolan
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 04:21
As a web designer I often find myself creating my own textures and patterns to use for backgrounds to add that little extra creativity to my designs. Depending on the project and my clients brief, sometimes I will search to see what is out there. When I came across this blog I was pleasantly surprised with the range of different colourful patterns available, from the simplicity of some to the detail in others. Thanks for sharing this collection.
Dainis Graveris
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 06:34
Thanks Daniel for kind comment! Did you notice author of this post also is named Daniel? :)
Well, you can mix these techniques – inspire from other textures, patterns, modify them – create your own! Always helpful to get creative juices flowing or save when you have crisis in creativity!
Ivan Lara
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 04:54
Thank you for this post, great stuff!
Todd
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 17:37
Really slick, some of these – thanks for sharing.
Dainis Graveris
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 17:59
Thanks Todd, which one is your own favorite?
Todd
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 18:03
Hey Dainis! I know you from Pinterest :) I am loving #13 the leaf curls, and #35 because I’m a sucker for a good damask pattern in black and white. I have a piece of damask fabric I use sometimes that looks similar to that, when I’m doing headshot portraits.
Dainis Graveris
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 18:52
Oh, that’s cool! What’s your pinterest username? :)
Haha, that makes two of us! Always loving natural patterns coming from kinda real life. You are using fabric as background on photographies?
Adrian
Monday, June 25th, 2012 06:23
Great collection! These will come in very handy when creating micro site – no to mention desktop backgrounds :)
Bookmarked & Sharing.
Kumar Kunal
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 23:15
Again a great collection of designs which can really change a normal site to an attractive looking site. Great post.
Alicia
Friday, June 15th, 2012 06:32
Thanks for the round-up! These are great for a little inspiration too.
Dainis Graveris
Friday, June 15th, 2012 07:10
Thanks Alicia, glad you enjoyed it – yes, useful resources where you also inspire on your own ideas a bit too!
Andrew
Sunday, June 17th, 2012 12:10
Colours are really very nice!
Sanjeev
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 15:07
Fabulous post. Thank you..
Jessica
Friday, June 15th, 2012 00:46
Only one word. Awesome!
This is a good post. Thanks for sharing.