Design Resource: BgPatterns

Found this cool little online app that allows users to generate background patterns in just a few clicks called BgPatterns. They choices are limited but its fun to play around with color combinations, textures and images on stock for some simple and cool looking background. I love the fact that you can easily preview your work as a background for the page. The images you create is also downloadable in .png files.

BgPatterns.com

I do hope the author would expand this little app as this looks really like a cool tool for designers. Do check it out and play around with the backgrounds. As for me, I’m off in a bit for some reading about trucking and will be churning out digi scrapping stuff later.

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Design Resource: Stripe Generator

I’m on break from making freebies but truth is I find myself getting bored as I wait for news about my dad’s condition. Which led me to go surfing and thinking up creative crafts ideas. I’ve been wanting to try sewing and since I’m going home {Philippines} soon and my cousin, who is great at sewing will be staying with us, then I think its my chance to get tutored. Lolz.

Me thinks, I want to make pillow case covers and I also want to know how to make Big Agnes Sleeping Bags covers. Which led me to searching for fabric patterns I want to use, but I found a digital pattern generator instead. I know I can’t exactly weave my own fabric but these finds are just inspiring me.

I saw this – THE STRIPE GENERATOR, a free tool for web designer to generate your very own stripes! I love stripes, especially as backgrounds so this is going to be a very handy tool. Better bookmark it!

The stripe generator is very easy to use, very intuitive. Even my 8 year old was able to generate her very own pattern.

Big thanks to Alex ‘Pit’ La Rosa & Fabio Fidanza for this awesome tool.