Patterns and textures in web design: awesome examples and resources

Patterns and textures in web design: awesome examples and resources

The visual approach, while designing a new site, often starts from the background design. A cool pattern or a subtle texture are details that can make the difference. Today we showcase web sites with an awesome use of patterns and textures, along with a list of resources that you can use to achieve the same results. Let's start!

Micro patterns

colinmckinney.co.uk

Patterns and textures in web design

fishrestaurantcharleston.com

Patterns and textures in web design

galp.in

Patterns and textures in web design

all-for-design.com

Patterns and textures in web design

electricpulp.com

Patterns and textures in web design

tapmates.com

Patterns and textures in web design

Minimal patterns for backgrounds

Minimal sites and posters beauty is based on few elements like typography, content distribution, color combination and awesome repeating patterns that fill the background. This a great set containing 20 minimal patterns (10 for the light version and 10 for the dark one), that you can use to stand out the background of your sites and posters.

Bokeh

ideage.ru

Patterns and textures in web design

idosurfbetter.com

Patterns and textures in web design

clear-web-solutions.com

Patterns and textures in web design

motocms.com

Patterns and textures in web design

envato.com

Patterns and textures in web design

Bokeh Textures Vol1

Bokeh is the term used for the out-of-focus background of images, which can also make for good textures. These were created by shooting a fiber optic lamp with an out of focus lens and a large aperture. They would work perfect for photo overlays, backgrounds, and many other ares of design.

Soft Grunge patterns

wpbundle.com

Patterns and textures in web design

wpzoom.com

Patterns and textures in web design

bronco.co.uk

Patterns and textures in web design

newadventuresconf.com

Patterns and textures in web design

ecoki.com

Patterns and textures in web design

Soft Grunge Patterns

The pattern is a very useful element for the web design. It is often used to create nice and unique website?s backgrounds in order to make really attractive a web layout. Here you can choice among 30 high-quality soft-grunge patterns to generate, with few clicks, stunning backgrounds for your web projects.

Noise

solidgiant.com

Patterns and textures in web design

bushtheatre.co.uk

Patterns and textures in web design

deolive.ru

Patterns and textures in web design

lostworldsfairs.com/atlantis

Patterns and textures in web design

sarahlongnecker.com

Patterns and textures in web design

Noise effect textures

Here is a great set of textures that can be used to give a noise effect to your compositions. Simply paste in the texture in Photoshop, on top of the other layers, switch the layer blending mode to screen et voilà! Your composition will have a vintage look. Apply the sharpen filter if you resize the texture.

Old paper textures

ryanscherf.net

Patterns and textures in web design

harmonyrepublic.com

Patterns and textures in web design

scoutmob.com

Patterns and textures in web design

svn2ftp.com

Patterns and textures in web design

head2heart.us

Patterns and textures in web design

Old Paper Textures Vol1

This is a really useful texture pack: 10 high-resolution old paper textures. I spent most of these days seeking old books to clean from dust and to scan. The result is more than satisfactory!

Wooden patterns

swiths.com

Patterns and textures in web design

haletminouchet.com

Patterns and textures in web design

designfabrika.com

Patterns and textures in web design

nightowlinteractive.com

Patterns and textures in web design

thethingswemake.co.uk

Patterns and textures in web design

Wooden patterns for backgrounds

Here is a set of 10 unique patterns, particularly useful to realize a wooden background for a site just with a click. Play with .jpg source images, included in the zip file, to create your own patterns or use the .pat file to speed up your projects.

Watercolor textures

villadario.it

Patterns and textures in web design

dmottcreative.com

Patterns and textures in web design

stephencaver.com

Patterns and textures in web design

ygrin.com

Patterns and textures in web design

istokpavlovic.com

Patterns and textures in web design

Watercolo textures vol1

This time I played with watercolors to create 11 amazing textures. After scanned, each item has been modified in Photohop, where I increased contrasts and replaced paper backgrounds with totally white ones (I think this makes watercolor effects easier to use).

Decorative patterns

blissfullyaware.com

Patterns and textures in web design

deniseandrade.com

Patterns and textures in web design

sleepstreet.be

Patterns and textures in web design

len-art.si

Patterns and textures in web design

bulletpr.co.uk

Patterns and textures in web design

Soft grunge baroque patterns

Here are 8 beautiful baroque patterns, available in 2 styles: clean and grunge, for a total of 16 different patterns. These items are perfect for site backgrounds.

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