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Subtle Patterns
- bobbles 14y agoIs this your site? The first texture looks like it's broken because there is no border. I thought it wasn't loading at all, but it was just the exact same as the background on the site. Edit: nevermind.. I must have clicked directly on the preview button when i changed focus or something.
- benologist 14y agoSadly no, a friend of mine gave me the link to look at because I was testing a new layout on my api docs page that had a lot of white background.
- krogsgard 14y agoSubtle Patterns has been around for a pretty long while now. It's a great site. My designer colleagues use it quite a bit. The only thing I wish it did was show the pattern size by default in the description. Some of them show it, but not all. And in my experience they vary a good bit. Also, on the Github page, there is a .pat zip of all the patterns which makes it even better https://github.com/subtlepatterns/SubtlePatterns https://github.com/subtlepatterns/SubtlePatterns
- lukeholder 14y agoThe reason why this is hitting HN again is because his domain was stolen and he has been able to recover it.
- benologist 14y agoActually I just submitted it because it's very cool. Share this mysterious story with everyone?
- theone 14y agoHere you can see the details about that incidence. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4531819 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4531819
- delinka 14y agoDoes anyone have any concrete information on what happened and how it was resolved? At that link, I only see HNers saying that it definitely wasn't domain expiration that was the problem, but no more information beyond that.
- addandsubtract 14y agoOn his twitter[1] he says the domain was hijacked. Couldn't find anything else on the topic. [1] https://twitter.com/subtlepattern https://twitter.com/subtlepattern
- mrchess 14y agoNice to see they got their domain back.
- manmal 14y agoThat's the actual reason someone posted it here, right?
- randall 14y agoI believe so. Iirc, someone had somehow hijacked a transfer of it.
- nicholassmith 14y agoNope, OP said he was posting as it was cool. Which it is, but it's nice to see that they sorted the domain issues so everyones a winner.
- aiurtourist 14y agoAgreed. Does anyone know the backstory?
- salimmadjd 14y agoI've been using a it for a while. Downloading their PSD patterns make your design life a lot easier.
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- yenoham 14y agoI had thought he'd given up on the site the other day, and just started using the git repo instead. Glad it was just a blip instead. Hopefully he'll blog about what happened.
- atlemo 14y agoHey, Atle Mo here – founder of subtlepatterns.com. What happened was that some guy some how managed to hijack the domain (ICANN is still working on a report to see what happened). He said he got it legally, but "would be willing to sell it back for €2.000. Right. So I sent in all the documentation I had to the legal department of Instra, where he moved the domain. They gave the domain back to me right away, and like I mentioned, ICANN is still working out a few things, but it will be back to my full ownership hopefully within a few weeks. I can still access the admin site, so it's business as usual. I'm thankful for all the support I got from Twitter users, email etc. Cheers!
- iSnow 14y agoCongratulations for getting the site back. And if I may use the opportunity, a heartfelt "thank you" for providing this resource. It has been ultra-helpful in the past for quick prototyping of good looking web pages.
- blaines 14y agoGlad you have your site back. Let us know when ICANN has their report!
- jmharvey 14y ago"Back Pattern" flickers horribly when I scroll. Which makes me wonder whether the other patterns will have a similar flicker on other displays.
- dutchbrit 14y agoAwesome to see it back again!
- wingerlang 14y agoI found a chrome plugin that tries the patterns on any website quickly. Pretty handy while choosing something I guess. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cnhhinfdmnakglphgajbakokcdhmdinf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cnhhinfdmnakglphga...
- thejosh 14y agodot_clean would come in handy before uploading files from a mac.
- olalonde 14y agoPrevious discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3091846 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3091846
- srik 14y agoThey also include a "@2x" version for retina displays. Pretty nifty.
- JonnieCache 14y agoFor something less subtle see http://www.patterncooler.com/ http://www.patterncooler.com/ Don't miss their ultraswanky svg editor thingy! http://www.patterncooler.com/editor/ http://www.patterncooler.com/editor/
- niyazpk 14y agoAlso this: http://www.colourlovers.com/patterns/most-loved/all-time/meta?page=1 http://www.colourlovers.com/patterns/most-loved/all-time/met...
- ojilles 14y agoRelated, if you wanted to make your own patterns (and then perhaps upload to subtlepatterns.com :-)) check out this iphone app: http://patternshooter.com/ http://patternshooter.com/
- Lerc 14y agoGreat, now I have to clean my monitor.
- gere 14y agoSorry to go a little off topic, but I'm wondering if someone remember a background pattern/texture generator posted here on HN a few months a go. I lost the bookmark. I only remember it has a dark background. Thanks.
- jpadilla_ 14y agoIt'd be cool to read about what did they have to do after it was hijacked.
- aw3c2 14y agoWhat license are the images? There is a license mention on the bottom of the website but to me that seems to cover the website only, not the downloaded images. It would be great if each zip would include a proper license.
- cowsaysoink 14y agoThe github repo[1] says they are under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. [1]: https://github.com/subtlepatterns/SubtlePatterns https://github.com/subtlepatterns/SubtlePatterns
- TillE 14y agoShareAlike means they're unusable for commercial applications. I suppose you can still use them on a website, but I'm not sure how much of the website you'd also have to make CC-BY-SA. Their FAQ implies a more liberal license, though: http://subtlepatterns.com/about/ http://subtlepatterns.com/about/
- adrianN 14y agoNo, ShareAlike means you have to distribute them under the same licence. Unless there is a NoCommercial, that doesn't mean you can't sell them, you just aren't allowed to change to a more restrictive licence. IANAL.
- vindicated 14y agoIt's a real gem, especially for someone who isn't as aesthetically astute, like me. I used it on a couple of websites I've been working on recently. [1][2] [1] http://tweetfad.com/ http://tweetfad.com/ [2] http://db.uwaterloo.ca/dmc2013/ http://db.uwaterloo.ca/dmc2013/
- Gravityloss 14y agoSome of these are quite strong and contrasty and very repetitive in a small scale and thus slightly migraine inducing. With the horizontal repetition they also mess with the angle of your eyes / distance perception (as there are multiple transpositions where they correlate perfectly). I like subtle, very random and smooth patterns a lot.
- mylittlepony 14y agoThis is fantastic, thanks!
- dsolomon 14y agoIf I ever need a grey or black background they're going to be my first choice.
- barrkel 14y agoI'm strongly reminded of the old Windows 3.1 tiled patterns.
- nachteilig 14y agoIt's really awesome that they thought to include retina versions. I really hope this becomes the norm, esp. with bootstrap etc.
- mcormier 14y agoThis is the kind of website that makes me want to go redesign a website for no reason than to fiddle with these patterns.
- debacle 14y agoI really like all of these. They just feel good.
- iamjason89 14y agothese are a great set. thanks
- iamjason89 14y agothese are great. thanks
- abrichr 14y agoBeautiful, thanks.
- ipince 14y agoWow... they're so subtle I completely missed them. I thought the page was broken for mobile. And then it took me a second pass to realize it was in fact not broken on desktop too!
- zem 14y agoi don't know if it's my monitor or colour settings or what, but some of them don't seem to do anything when i click the preview button (e.g. "straws" and "swirl" from the current front page)
- madrona 14y agoI think I need a monitor with better color fidelity. Half of these look like whiteness.
- lurker14 14y agoThese all make me think my monitor is dirty. Why is this a feature? Also, why are they called "patterns" and not "textures"?
- JacobIrwin 14y agoThanks for posting this excellent free resource - bookmarked for definite future use :)
- apiengine 14y agoI've been using these guy for a long time too, though even though the designs are great, it wasn't enough to out balance my lack of creativity.
- apiengine 14y agoI've been using these guy for a long time too, though even though the designs are great, it wasn't enough to out balance my lack of creativity.