Squares, polygons, swirling lines, and geometrics: this remarkable resource offers 200 different tileable patterns for seamless backgrounds, wallpaper, fabrics, and more. The book also includes an inspiring Gallery section that shows how the images can be used in a variety of design applications. Plus, an 8-page tutorial section offers step-by-step instructions. Dover Original.
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Image File Information: Includes 200 royalty-free images (50 different tileable patterns, each provided in four different colors or textures) saved in both 300-dpi and 72-dpi Internet-ready JPEG formats. These images can be used to create continuous backgrounds in a variety of software applications. In addition, the full-color illustrations in the Gallery section are saved as 300-dpi JPEG files.
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Repeatable Backgrounds--Liquids and Gels CD-ROM and Book by Alan Weller Designs can literally flow across the page with this collection of clip art patterns. 200 ready-to-tile images feature abstract ripples, waves, raindrops, and more. They're perfect for creating backgrounds, wallpaper, and other continuous design projects.
Repeatable Backgrounds: Fabric Weaves and Textures CD-ROM & Book by Alan Weller Silks, plaids, knits, tartans, jacquards, and more — 200 different textile-based patterns offer seamless solutions for backgrounds, wallpaper, and other tileable designs. Plus the book includes an inspiring Gallery section and tutorials.
Geometric Vector Designs by Alan Weller This dazzling collection of 227 images presents a kaleidoscopic array of stars, circles, triangles, octagons, and other geometric shapes that repeat, connect, and cascade into Vector-based patterns of geometric beauty.
150 Full-Color Art Nouveau Patterns and Designs by Friedrich Wolfrum and Co. Featuring both allover patterns and stand-alone designs, this collection consists of 49 full-page illustrations, plus 11 pages with numerous individual images. Handsomely reproduced from a rare Viennese publication.
Turn-of-the-Century Viennese Patterns and Designs by Koloman Moser Stunning sourcebook of 60 full-page, royalty-free designs — 30 full color and 30 black-and-white — depict ferns, flowers, berries, human figures, masks, exotic dancers, and a host of other subjects.
Patterns and Designs from the Twenties in Full Color by Ad. & M. P. Verneuil Reprinted from a rare portfolio of abstract design published in Paris in the 1920s: 87 designs that reflect the emergence of the Art Deco aesthetic, in a variety of useful shapes and sizes. Royalty-free.
376 Decorative Allover Patterns from Historic Tilework and Textiles by Charles Cahier, Arthur Martin Magnificent, rare collection based on faithful reproductions of patterns dating from Middle Ages, Renaissance, late European and Islamic cultures. Florals, animals, birds, geometrics.
William Morris Full-Color Patterns and Designs by William Morris Forty of Victorian master's most famous designs for wallpapers, chintzes, velveteens, tapestries, tiles, carpets, and more. Reproduced from original color plates of The Art of William Morris.
Decorative Patterns from Historic Sources by James Spero Portfolio of 181 black-and-white patterns — medieval to Renaissance — from a rare 19th-century portfolio: floor tiles, mosaics, textile designs, more.
Background Patterns, Textures and Tints by Clarence P. Hornung 92 grids, lattices, plaids, dot fields, meshes, moiré patterns, tweeds, brickworks, herringbones, rule fields, woodgrains, and much more.
Designs and Patterns from Historic Ornament by W. and G. Audsley Borders, diapers, patterns from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Japan, Persia, Medieval Europe, more. Over 250 illustrations.
