In the wonderful world of web design, it has become normal practice to create designs that utilize background patterns that don’t draw a ton of attention, but have a bit of variation within them. Even if you are not creating website designs, it should be good practice to want to create patterns that are subtle, yet beautiful, and easy to use for any occasion.
Of course, it’s easy to find these types of patterns online so all you have to do is save them and use them, but wouldn’t you love to know how to make them from scratch—to add a little bit of personality to your web design? Well today we have put together 5 short tutorials to help you make five different types of subtle backgrounds.
These are Photoshop tutorials that are best for beginner to intermediate users—I’ll be explaining many of the steps quickly as if you already have some knowledge of Photoshop short cuts and short codes. Either way, I hope you are able to follow along, find out something you didn’t know before, and learn how to make five subtle and seamless background patterns.