hip tiled backgrounds

[Mike Teezie]

I'm looking for a site where I can get some tiled backgrounds for a website. Everything I've googled for has been horrible 90's and cheesy. I'm looking for something like this:

http://mnjordan.com/journal205/

Only I can't use this background, because it was taken from another photographer's website. I know this is kind of random but does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[angelwatt]

Well you could always make your own with something like Gimp or Photoshop. It doesn't take a lot of time and you wouldn't have to worry about copyrights. I once made a scrolling background using an animated gif of trees like the file selection screen from the Secret of Mana game. Was quite neat, but a little annoying after a while. I don't really suggest animated backgrounds by the way, it was just a fun thing to try. There should be tutorials for using Gimp/Photoshop to make tiles so try searching for that as well.

 

[jdl8422]

istock.com
stripegenerator.com

 

[yagran]

ooo ooo may i suggest a great site:
http://squidfingers.com/patterns/

not sure if they are 'hip' enough for you

but some are kinda modern:

 

[sergii]

design backgrounds yourself

Try to design backgrounds yourself on http://bgpatterns.com, it take just couple minutes to make something decent and ready to use. However site loads slow sometimes from my experience.

 

[neverownedapc]

take your own pics and then use cs3.

 

[snickelfritz]

http://www.theinspirationgallery.com/wallpaper/damask/wp_damask01.htm