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The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

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Photoshop users can save themselves a great deal of time and end up with better results by taking advantage of readily available freebies, such as brushes, patterns and shapes. With the wide variety and (often) high quality of resources available, whatever you need or are looking for is in most cases already available somewhere. The only problem is that the vast quantity of freebies can make it difficult to track down what you need. Hopefully this collection of excellent Photoshop patterns will help.

The resources featured here are all available as downloads in PAT format, which can be placed in Photoshop. In addition to this format, there is also a number of quality resources online for creating or using patterns in other formats that can be used by any program, not just Photoshop. As with any type of freebie, always be sure to check the license or requirements set by the creator.

Skull Patterns
Two skull patterns from Go Media using an image from one of its vector packs.

Gomedia in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Carbon Fiber
A carbon fiber pattern.

Carbon in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Patterns from PunkSafetyPin
This set of 15 patterns from a deviantART user offers more than 30 other packs of patterns.

Punk in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Grunge Pattern Set
Nine large and high-quality grunge patterns.

Grunge2 in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Dots Pattern Set
Eight dot patterns of various colors and styles.

Dots in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Hexagonal Patterns
Seventy-two black-and-white horizontal and vertical patterns.

Hex in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Skulls and Hearts
Three different gray, white and pink patterns.

Skulls in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Charcoal Demask
One seamless pattern.

Demask in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Victiorian Dreams Textures
Ten textured patterns of different variations.

Victorian in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Paisley
A set of eight stylish paisley patterns.

Paisley in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Checkered Patterns
Three different patterns featuring a checkered design.

Checker in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Different Texture
A swirling flourish pattern.

Different in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Scanline and Screentone Patterns
A big collection of 27 different patterns.

Scan in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Spiderman Pattern
One tileable metal pattern.

Spiderman in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Patterns from DesignSpice
A set of 10 repeating blue patterns.

Blue in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Zig-Zag Pattern Set
Eight colorful zig-zag patterns.

Zigzag in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Scanlines1000
A set of 21 transparent patterns of scan lines.

Scanlines2 in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Patterns by Raimyu
A set of 20 patterns of different kinds.

Raim in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Squidfingers Pack
A huge set of 108 different patterns of all kinds.

Squid in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Textured Stripes
Six patterns of textured diagonal stripes of various colors.

Stripe in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Floral Patterns
A set of 17 patterns with different floral styles.

Floral in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Tile Patterns
A large set of 36 patterns of tiles. Brick and wood patterns are also included.

Tile in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Animal Print Patterns
This set includes 18 different animal-fur print and skin patterns.

Animal in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Grungy and Dirty Patterns
Seamless, big texture patterns. There are 27 in the set.

Grunge in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Micro Patterns
A big collection of 54 patterns.

Micro in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Vector Patterns
Twelve attractive patterns in this set.

Vec in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Wallpaper Patterns
A total of six patterns (two different sizes of three patterns).

Wallpaper in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Dots and Stripes Patterns
Ten patterns, four of stripes and six of dots.

Dot in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Floral Patterns
Includes 28 patterns, plus PNG files for each.

Floralpat in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Cards Pattern
Eight different variations of the pattern are included.

Cards in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Handmade Paper Patterns
A set of seven patterns (the same pattern in seven colors).

Handpaper in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Patterns by Camilak3
A set of 17 patterns that include stars, butterflies, hearts and paw prints.

Cami in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Web 2.0 Pattern Collection
A huge set of 133 patterns in various Web 2.0 styles.

Adam in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Seamless Patterns
Six different patterns to choose from.

Patterns2 in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Wood Pattern Textures Set
This set includes 19 wood patterns with different shades and styles.

Suewood in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Plaid and Checkered Patterns
A total of 25 patterns are included in this set.

Plaid in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Lace Patterns
This set contains 19 seamless lace patterns.

Lace in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Noise Patterns
Ten seamless noise patterns for adding texture.

Noise in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Brick Texture Patterns

This set includes eight brick patterns.

Brick in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Composition Patterns
Five patterns of notebook paper and a composition book.

Comp in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

PS Patterns Pack
A set of three different patterns, including squares, dots and hearts.

Ps in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Fire Patterns
A set of 20 high-resolution fire patterns.

Fire in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Chevrons Pattern Set
A set of eight patterns of different shapes and colors.

Chevrons in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Fiber Paper Pattern Set
A set of 10 patterns of different colors with a textured look.

Fiber in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Patterns #22
A set of 30 colorful patterns.

22 in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Spring Fling
This set includes 36 pink and green patterns.

Spring in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Stripes Patterns
A set of 30 disturbed stripe patterns.

Disturbed in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Line Patterns
This set contains 25 colorful patterns of lines.

26 in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Bourbon Stripes
A set of 12 stripe patterns, both vertical and horizontal, with different color combinations.

Bourbon in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Hearts and Boxes
Three patterns in a hand-drawn style.

Boxes in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Related Resources, Tutorials and Articles:

How to Install Photoshop Patterns
If you’re unsure how to install and use the patterns featured here, this article explains the simple process.

Photoshop Tutorial: Creating Custom Patterns
Hongkiat has a tutorial that demonstrates the steps in creating a simple repeating pattern.

Hongkiat in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Creating Patterns in Photoshop CS2
Veerle demonstrates how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to create a seamless pattern.

Veerle in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

BgPatterns
A fun and useful tool for creating your own JPG file to use as a repeating pattern.

Bgpat in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Stripe Generator
If a striped pattern is what you’re after, this tool will let you create your own any way you like it.

Stripegen in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers has a great collection of user-submitted patterns for downloading in PNG format.

Lovers in The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

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Steven Snell has been designing websites for several years. He actively maintains a few blogs of his own, including DesignM.ag, which regularly provides articles and resources for web designers.

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  1. 1
    Juan Medina
    February 12th, 2009 7:05 pm

    Sweet!

  2. 2
    Damian Madray
    February 12th, 2009 7:12 pm

    Very cool collection that designers can use in so many different ways. As always, Thanks.

  3. 3
    eddiedesigns
    February 12th, 2009 7:15 pm

    Thanks SM for posting this. Excellent references. Love Squidfingers, BGpatterns and especially colourLovers.

  4. 4
    D7
    February 12th, 2009 7:15 pm

    Now that is what is really Ultimate!
    A great thanks for the great post

  5. 5
    Pliggs
    February 12th, 2009 7:23 pm

    Those are fantastic. Thanks for compiling.

  6. 6
    myPhotoshopBrushes
    February 12th, 2009 7:27 pm

    Great collection, thanks for adding patterns from our site.

  7. 7
    an.gg.un
    February 12th, 2009 7:30 pm

    beautiful collection….

  8. 8
    Kayla
    February 12th, 2009 7:35 pm

    Wow, great collection. Bookmarking!

  9. 9
    digiburd
    February 12th, 2009 7:57 pm

    great collection as usual SM, I would like to see how some of these are used in SM readers designs and layouts… anyone?

  10. 10
    Chris Wallace
    February 12th, 2009 8:04 pm

    Most of these are not very good.

  11. 11
    Bill Biwer
    February 12th, 2009 8:06 pm

    Wonderful collection. Nice touch with the resource sites and tutorials at the bottom.

  12. 12
    Paul Marek
    February 12th, 2009 8:13 pm

    That’s one amazing collection of patterns, I’m going to be downloading all night now! Keep up the good work SM!

  13. 13
    Christopher Jack
    February 12th, 2009 8:15 pm

    Pretty nice collection, thanks!

  14. 14
    Brian Gottier
    February 12th, 2009 8:19 pm

    I liked the photoshop tutorials. Thanks

  15. 15
    nishant
    February 12th, 2009 8:28 pm

    Nice collection, is that Stripes Patterns link really working?

  16. 16
    KJ
    February 12th, 2009 8:44 pm

    as usual .. great post .. great stuff .. tks a lot :)

  17. 17
    SuRi
    February 12th, 2009 8:49 pm

    Very nice collaction I like it…:)

  18. 18
    David Lano
    February 12th, 2009 8:52 pm

    Wow, excellent collection, thanks! :)

  19. 19
    Tom
    February 12th, 2009 9:13 pm

    incredible source!

  20. 20
    DKumar M.
    February 12th, 2009 9:25 pm

    More freebies…. Nice !!

  21. 21
    Miraclemart
    February 12th, 2009 10:20 pm

    Very useful, where do you get all that stuff! ;-)

  22. 22
    Bidg
    February 12th, 2009 10:40 pm

    thanks for this collection. That what i was looking for.

  23. 23
    Timo
    February 12th, 2009 11:03 pm

    this is great! I love reading the news and using the stuff of smashing magazine!

  24. 24
    Ash
    February 12th, 2009 11:04 pm

    File not found on the “stripe patterns” link.
    Nice collection.

  25. 25
    Nakiloe
    February 13th, 2009 12:04 am

    They look beautiful but is there a way to convert pat files to png?

  26. 26
    Suneel
    February 13th, 2009 12:52 am

    An awesome post as usual.

    These patterns would really serve my small purpose. But, I wish their creators to be highly proactive as these things are superb.

    Thanks for sharing these.

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    Simon Day
    February 13th, 2009 12:58 am

    This is a nice collection!

  28. 28
    Oğuz ÇELİKDEMİR
    February 13th, 2009 1:10 am

    “Stripes Patterns” link doesn’t working, could you please fix it?

  29. 29
    mojitopl
    February 13th, 2009 1:21 am

    … and thank You! :)

  30. 30
    jumi Promotional Products
    February 13th, 2009 1:30 am

    nice

  31. 31
    fedegrafo
    February 13th, 2009 1:58 am

    great links!

    thanks for sharing …

  32. 32
    idek
    February 13th, 2009 2:08 am

    Thx! Beauty pattern!

  33. 33
    Creamy CSS
    February 13th, 2009 2:09 am

    Really nice collection! Thanks ;)

    Does anybody know where to find more WOODEN PATTERNS?.. Thanks for help!

  34. 34
    Paul
    February 13th, 2009 2:23 am

    Nice collection. The tuts are usefull too! Thanks.

  35. 35
    vellkan
    February 13th, 2009 3:06 am

    More, more, mooore! Excellent stuff, again :)

  36. 36
    acida dulcinea
    February 13th, 2009 6:07 am

    great! thanks a lot for the recollection!

  37. 37
    sunil
    February 13th, 2009 6:14 am

    neat!!!

  38. 38
    jameson
    February 13th, 2009 6:29 am

    In the voice of Chandler from Friends….. Could Smashing Magazine be any more useful??

  39. 39
    Dan Koperski
    February 13th, 2009 7:25 am

    K10K has a nice gallery of pixel patterns that you could have included as well:
    http://www.k10k.net/pixelpatterns/ If you haven’t, you should check them out.. :)

  40. 40
    anon
    February 13th, 2009 9:43 am

    Finally, thx. :)

  41. 41
    Davin
    February 13th, 2009 10:25 am

    “The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns” till SM releases a new collection. Maybe the title should be “Another Awesome Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns”.

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    Jesse
    February 13th, 2009 10:25 am

    The main problem with 70% of these is that they are bricked by attribution clauses in the terms of use. This doesn’t seem to be as big of a problem in many of the icon and font galleries.

    Sometimes it is good to share just for sharing’s sake.. all of us designers post a few things here and there without restriction (except that someone doesn’t resale the collection), and we all have more tools to use in our work.

    In 3 years, if I choose a pattern out of the thousands on my computer and throw it over an element in my design, I won’t be able to dig around and figure out who I am ‘required’ to link back to in order not to violate the copyright.

    Plus, what bank, corporation, government agency or business is going to allow the designer to throw “Random square pattern barely visible in background of contact form by [link]PhotoshopPWNRdood[/link]“? They won’t, therefore the pattern is completely useless for downloaders.

    I quickly check the Terms of Use on each set, see if there is an attribution or ‘ask permission’ clause, and if there is, I have to skip it. When I post my own freebies, I un-cuff them and let the community use them, knowing others will do the same and it will benefit me. These designers should do the same. If you want credit and money, then please just sell your work.. but don’t tease us with a free download that is anything but.

  43. 43
    vu tran
    February 13th, 2009 12:07 pm

    thank you for this awesome post

  44. 44
    Nodashi
    February 13th, 2009 2:49 pm

    The Stripes Patterns link is broken :/

  45. 45
    Selami Haktan
    February 13th, 2009 3:31 pm

    thx for huge archive especially for Web 2.0 Pattern Collection its amazing!
    i was seeking for a long time something like that

  46. 46
    Jordan
    February 13th, 2009 3:58 pm

    You all are absolute saints. Lovin’ SM.

  47. 47
    jing
    February 13th, 2009 10:53 pm

    love smashingmagazine more than my desktop :)

  48. 48
    lalit
    February 14th, 2009 2:27 am

    thanx for all the Patterns

  49. 49
    Henriko
    February 14th, 2009 4:39 am

    Wow! Thanks you very much for sharing this! It’s a good damn jungle out there on the net – but Smashing Magazine makes it easy to find things!

    You are my heroes!!

    /H

  50. 50
    Iqbal
    February 14th, 2009 6:58 am

    Wow! Wow! Wow! All great one of the Stripes Pattern Links are working any chance of updating called ‘Stripes Pattern’

    Thanks

  51. 51
    Andrei Gonzales
    February 14th, 2009 11:58 am

    @Jesse:

    Thank you for the common sense post. They should include it at the top of the article.

  52. 52
    Diego
    February 14th, 2009 1:37 pm

    niceeeee

  53. 53
    Abrishca Digital Media
    February 15th, 2009 3:45 am

    This has to be the ultimate pattern resource going around…whatever you need, I’m sure you can find it here!

  54. 54
    Badger
    February 15th, 2009 3:15 pm

    Couldn’t agree with Jesse (#42) more. Great post.

    So many times I have wanted to use a pattern or font or icon offered here on SM only to find its restricted in some way. Its awesome to see the level of thought and design skill that goes on, but I know that most of the ‘free’ stuff is anything but.

    I can see the fear you may have that somehow your designs end up being stolen and used for what you didnt want it used for, but lets face it, people who do that arent going to care a jot for any permission you may put on it.

    Protect what you really want to protect, but please for those of us who are design challenged, let the others fly.

  55. 55
    abah indehoy !
    February 15th, 2009 6:38 pm

    NICE INPOH GAN ! Kasih ijo2 nya gan …

  56. 56
    Aravind M Potadar
    February 16th, 2009 3:17 am

    Wow!!! Thanks for sharing these kind of pattern collections. I’ve been searching for this. ;) finally got here

  57. 57
    Nick
    February 16th, 2009 4:23 am

    Great Post, keep putting up buddies.

  58. 58
    acidl33t
    February 16th, 2009 9:32 am

    Awesome!
    Thanks for sharing!

  59. 59
    Harris
    February 17th, 2009 12:20 pm

    Too bad there isn’t a good grass or clouds pattern.

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    archknight79
    February 17th, 2009 5:15 pm

    really nice collection

  61. 61
    ronihind
    February 18th, 2009 3:08 am

    I’m with you number 10…

  62. 62
    Todd
    February 18th, 2009 8:44 pm

    The “striped pattern” link to “http://patterndepartment.deviantart.com/art/pd-stripes-pattern-54693766″ doesn’t work. Great collection otherwise.

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    aspiredmind.com
    February 19th, 2009 1:39 am

    awesome!

  64. 64
    Sumara Rabbani
    February 19th, 2009 11:54 am

    Mane bau maja padi…Atla sundar chitra joine maru man gadgadit thay uthyu…Kyathi uthavya…Bijo kai kam dhandho chhe ke nai….Navra betha betha aaj karo chho ke su?…Amara gam ma kehvat chhe..” Navro betho nakhod vaare “….haru to biju kai sotado to kejo…….hoke…gud of luck……Billu barber joyu ke nai….Chhokra ne lai ne joi aavjo ho….

  65. 65
    Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
    February 19th, 2009 1:39 pm

    patterndepartment.deviantart.com
    can’t update this. link & picture deleted. sorry.

  66. 66
    Daniel Duvald
    February 20th, 2009 3:44 am

    Thanks!
    What a great design ressource!!! Please keep up the great work – one of the patterns saved my day!

    Kind regards
    Daniel
    DForm

  67. 67
    Brant Schroeder
    February 25th, 2009 1:10 pm

    Thanks

  68. 68
    Buy Adobe Photoshop
    February 26th, 2009 2:04 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing these patterns and all of the resources you share with the design community!

  69. 69
    Rory Martin
    March 3rd, 2009 12:58 am

    Some really nice textures here, ideal for subtle website backgrounds. These types of images can really bring to life a simple coloured gradient.
    thanks for sharing…

  70. 70
    Evan
    March 19th, 2009 6:13 pm

    so happy i found this

  71. 71
    Alex
    April 18th, 2009 4:08 am

    Ok, this can sound a bit odd, but how do you open a .pat file? I’m using PS CS4 and it won’t open it. No errors, no nothing, it just won’t open it.

    Thank you,
    Alex

  72. 72
    zabulun
    May 25th, 2009 5:01 am

    Thank You

  73. 73
    sudhir
    June 4th, 2009 12:38 pm

    Thanks….
    its from bottom of my heart.
    I am really speechless and happy with ur wok.

    Once again thanks….
    sudhir

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    AISHU
    June 7th, 2009 5:56 am

    they r good but i could not find water drop patterns in ur collection . pls send it to my mail if they r with u .

  75. 75
    Dreamwolf
    July 15th, 2009 4:03 am

    These things are just so great. Time saving and just add some perfections to your work. If u a novice to photoshop, use these

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    FreeStyle
    August 13th, 2009 5:30 am

    Great PAtterns :D thx

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    Stoj
    August 24th, 2009 8:36 pm

    Wallpaper Patterns
    A total of six patterns (two different sizes of three patterns). – that url is not working,

    if anyone can get back to us or fix that link for that set, or find it on deviantart, that would be super good.

    thanks.

    Stoj

  78. 78
    Mario
    September 9th, 2009 8:52 am

    http://idesignpatterns.com is another great source for Photoshop patterns.

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    yaaaaaaaaaa
    September 17th, 2009 9:34 am

    i want to make love to it

  80. 80
    David Carson
    November 2nd, 2009 1:56 pm

    Thank you for sharing with us !

  81. 81
    rajkishan
    November 20th, 2009 7:13 pm

    I learn more photoshop guides

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