Daily Brad, the blog

Here’s something I’ve been noticing a lot lately, haven’t you? I call it Pixel Wallpaper, while I think most of the web calls it “Pixel Patterns” (or even “Atari Style Wallpaper”). Forget that wallpaper of the past, you know those nasty repeated gifs cut out from a photo or grabbed from a 3D texture makers. These babies are cool. Use a pixel pattern for your blog background or website - here’s where to find some.

Here’s what they look like:

(These are from K10k Pixel Patterns Exhibition, created by Roland Peschetz).

Here’s how to make one:

Don’t have Photoshop? Use this handy dandy program:

Here’s where you can get some free Pixel Patterns (most require “credit”):

And here’s a couple sites I found that “wear it well”:

I recently altered some of the Squidfingers patterns for Therty Brand’s Temp page. A new one loads everytime you refesh the page. I find that the patterns work best when they are monotone as not to attract too much attention to them.

Why not give your “boring” temporary page some extra umph with a pixel pattern?

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