
Patterns are a useful resource for website design, allowing us to liven up our backgrounds by using tiny images with just a few kb. A repeated graphic is a good strategy for responsive design as is fits all screen resolutions perfectly. Patterns are indefinitely repeated either horizontally and vertically, and we can play around with a variety of shapes and colors, bitmaps or vectors, and different styles.
Here’s a nice compilation of resources and tools such us Patterns Galleries, CSS3 Patterns, and Pattern Generators, plus some examples of websites with background patterns to give you some inspiration.
Patterns Galleries:
There are numerous websites that offer complete resource galleries to download free patterns, check out some of our favorites on the following list:
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Norform - The generative grid-based design tool by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Norform is a generative tool that helps you create vector patterns inspired by modernist and swiss designs.
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Paaatterns by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A collection of beautiful free vector beautiful patterns, easy to customize and edit with layer styles and vector shapes.
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SVGeez - Background Patterns by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Easy to use SVG background patterns for your website, including free CSS code of your chosen pattern.
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DinPattern by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A pattern design resource for designers, artists, web developers, and social network users that enjoy customizing their pages.
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Looney Patterns by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Easy to use, free hand-drawn seamless vector patterns.
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SVG Backgrounds by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A library of cool graphic background patterns which you can customize, you can also preview your chosen pattern to check how it will look on the full website.
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Cool Backgrounds by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A collection of patterns, graphics, and images for your backgrounds, which you can customize by changing the color.
Pattern generators:
If you're looking for something different than the patterns available in the galleries, why not try a pattern generator to make your own custom patterns? Some include the option to generate as CSS3 code rather than as an image file.
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Magic Pattern by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A tool to generate high-quality background patterns for your website in few clicks, which you can export as images or CSS code.
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Patternico by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Create your own free seamless patterns and backgrounds online, quickly and easliy.
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PatternPad by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A pattern building generator, choose a pattern from their library and customize it, or build your own with different shapes.
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Tabbied Pattern by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Start doodling with generated patterns. Choose a design from their collection and customize it with new colors and settings.
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Icons Pattern - Flaticon by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers A huge library of vector icons, use them to make custom patterns with their built online generator.
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Trianglify - Low Poly Pattern Generator by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Generate low-poly patterns, textures and vectors. Customize colors, shapes, size of work, and more.
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Repper Pattern Maker by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Easy and fun pattern creation tool, play with the settings, make your unique piece and download it in JPG or PNG format.
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Adobe Creative Cloud Pattern Generator by Handy Tools and Apps for Designers Create vibrant graphical patterns, use your favorite images and photos or choose one from Adobe.
Examples of websites with patterns:
Below we've selected a few examples of websites that use patterns as a design resource, either in the background or in other areas of the site:
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Hello Buckwild by Iron Velvet in H.M -
Sharpshooter by Sharpshooter in Nominee -
Riviera House by Vintage in H.M -
BananasApp by The Branx in H.M