Some say that products having any kind of barcode on them are marked with the so-called “number of the beast,” but I think they are more than paranoid. After all, no matter what number you take, after applying some math, you’ll surely end up facing the notorious “666,” if that’s what you are really looking for. Anyway, if we leave conspiracy theories aside, barcodes can be used successfully in various designs for Web or print, but if you don’t want [...]

I really like to start every new week by discovering something cool, and today I had a big revelation. What kind of revelation? Well, first of all, some time has passed since we talked about any kind of online background generator… and second, I really don’t know how did I manage to miss BgPatterns for so long!

BgPatterns obviously comes from “background patterns,” but I really like this site a lot, because it offers more than just some patterns to save [...]

Since the weekend is almost here and some time has passed since we talked about a texture generator or free texture resource I found, now is the right time to take a look at TextureZ, don’t you think?

Sure, there’s not much to say about a free textures site, right? I can’t deny that, but those few words could make the difference between clicking that link above and discovering a great resource for your design needs and missing that chance. Here’s [...]

The problem with most pattern generators we talked about so far is that customization possibilities aren’t exactly endless. Obviously, the good part is that even my grandmother can use them, but with a little bit of training, I am sure she can also learn to create the tiles of a pattern pixel by pixel, enjoying the feeling offered by the complete control…

… offered by today’s tool, namely Stripe Designer! What can be done with it? Backgrounds, of course, and what [...]

Some of the best things in life are the easy ones. The best things in life are also the simple ones, like… generating simple tartan designs!?! I know, it may sound strange to you, but if I really have to wear something with more than just one color, then crisscross designs are my favorite, so let’s take this story into the field of Web design, shall we?

Tartan Maker is one of those free design tools that may seem to be [...]

While in front of my computer everything’s just fine, external temperatures are going sky high these days, way above 30 degrees Celsius. No, I am not located somewhere in the middle of a desert, since I even have some nice forests about 2 kilometers from the building I live in, but… if I can start this week with something cool, there’s only one thing I can think of now: PatternCooler!

As its name suggests, PatternCooler is a nice free website that [...]

Feelin’ in the mood for some stripes? I know we just got through a dotted background generator, but I hope having some stripes as an alternative won’t be boring. After all – at least when I speak about myself – stripes are more interesting than dots. While I enjoy wearing shirts with stripes, I can’t imagine myself wearing dotted ones. Anyway, we’re talking about graphics here, and not clothing, so let’s take a look at my little treasure, shall we?

Stripemania [...]

For a long time, I considered website backgrounds to be useless. Looking at sites like Twitter, I can say that I was somehow wrong. Backgrounds can look pretty good, if used wisely, but some designers consider them to be a waste of time, so they drop this part somewhere along the way. Now, what if I would tell you that you can get a cool website background in just a few seconds, without paying a single buck?

Background Dotter is a [...]