7/14/2009 11:05:00 AM Posted by Blogger Blogspot
Patterns actually can be found almost everywhere – in print design, web design, graphic design etc. For example if you use pattern in web design, just set CSS repeat-x-y and you’ll get beautiful background,but image will be very small and page load time will be much faster. There are very big variety how you can use and implement patterns, but the fact is – free resources – like patterns, brushes, shapes are big time savers. Of course it’s better to create your own stuff, but sometimes you receive project with fast deadline and you need everything to do fast and this is one of the solutions.
This list just features 22 resource sites and several very well written articles with premade pattern collections, it was very interesting for me to write this article, I am hoping it will be interesting reading and useful resource for bookmarking.
DinPattern ( ~120 patterns)
SquidFingers ( 158 patterns)
Pattern8
DreamsTime
Did you know there are huge collection of free patterns as well?
Alice Grafixx (609 patterns)
Pattern4U Kollermedia (174 patterns)
Kaliber 10000 (k10k)
Noqta Dromoscopia (33 patterns)
TileMachine ( 130668 patterns)
Really huge collection, a lot of old patterns, but in the bunch I found many useful ones too, there are also pattern maker.
EveryDayIcons ( ~100 patterns)
Ava7Patterns (~ 1000 patterns)
Many creative patterns, also mouse over evil ladybug, kill the fly for extra fun – beautiful website.
Citrus Moon Patterns
Site hasn’t been updated for a while, but still many beautiful patterns can be found there.
DeviantArt Photoshop Patterns
Deviantart is everything related to art, of course there are big collections of patterns!
HoverWebDesign
Design and all those advertisements aren’t quite welcoming, but still a lot of patterns there.
PaternCooler
Another great pattern collections:
200+ Beautiful Seamless Patterns Perfect for Web Design
1000+ Background Patterns You can Use for Free
Nice picks from DeviantArt, big collection.
250+ Free Seamless Vector Patterns Ideal for Print and Web Design
100+ Free Seamless Vector Patterns Ideal for Web Design and Print Work
400+ High Quality Patterns
Beautiful picks from Deviantart.
The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns
And of course how could I miss the ultimate collection with Photoshop patterns from SmashingMagazine.
Huge Collection of High Quality Patterns
Nice and very fresh collection from VectorDiary.
And little add, Ronald from Naldzgraphics also compiled nice pattern list which I feel is suitable for including in this article.
