A selection of 128x128 or 256x256 jpegs which seamlessly tile the plane.
All are derived from our own photographs. You may use them freely for non-commercial purposes, but we'd appreciate an acknowledgement, and a thank-you email would be nice.
If you want to know how to make tiles using Photodesk, see this tutorial.
The images are categorised, with pages devoted to different types of tile.
| random | A random selection of the tiles available |
| recent | Recent additions |
| africa | Tiles based on photographs taken on our trips to Africa |
| animals | Ambulatory lifeforms |
| bricks | Brickwork tiles |
| ceramics | Tiles made from, er, tiles and other ceramic materials |
| christmas | Seasonal fare |
| flowers | Flowers and other floral tiles |
| foliage | Leaves, twigs and similar tiles |
| food | Edible items |
| fruit | Fruit, nuts and similar tiles |
| fungi | Mushrooms, toadstools, lichens |
| graffiti | Scrawls on walls |
| ground | Earth, mud, sand and similar tiles |
| metal | Ironwork and other metallic artefacts, money |
| misc | Miscellaneous tiles |
| plants | Non-ambulatory lifeforms |
| skies | Clouds, stars and similar |
| stones | Rocks and minerals |
| textiles | Textiles, clothes, curtains and other materials |
| turkey | Some textures from our trip to Turkey |
| unsorted | New uploads and uncategorised tiles |
| walls | Vertical surfaces, bricks and tilework |
| water | Sea, surf, puddles... |
| windows | Glasswork |
| wood | Timber, bark etc |
