15+ Free Super Subtle Background Textures Keeping your designs clean, subtle and elegant is one of the core principles of effective design, it is often hard to add depth and visual flare to your work without compromising the overall design. With this in mind I decided to bring together a collection of 15+ super subtle background textures that are free to download and use in both your personal and commercial works – these textures are really subtle and are a great way to add a little extra background depth to your designs. Take a look and see what you think, I know I will use some in my future projects! 10 Dark Subtle Patterns (.PAT) A set of 10 dark subtle patterns which come in really handy when looking to fill backgrounds. The download includes a .pat file and jpgs for quick use. 11 Light Subtle Patterns (.PAT) A super-handy set of subtle patterns – great for giving backgrounds a little edge. Free Pattern by Jeff Broderick Jeff Broderick created and made free his favourite subtle pattern, go take a look and download it. Grid
Caption Hover Effects - Demo 5 Previous Demo Back to the Codrops Article The Elegant Ruby Web Framework - Padrino Ruby Web Framework lorempixel - placeholder images for every case rubymotion/teacup Download 1000+ free icons in Windows 8 (Metro) style | Icons8 rubymotion/sugarcube 50+ Epic Metro Style Design So in the past couple of months i’ve really fallen in love with some of the metro designs I have seen around the net. I am a big fan of minimalism, and Metro Design is pretty minimal – except its also boxy, and colorful (if you want it to be) which is also another one of my favorite types of designs. So I really enjoy browsing through them, and today I put together a nice list of them for you to enjoy as well! If you aren’t sure what “Metro Design” is or what kind of style this trend portrays, then, lets dive into what it is! Shall we? We talked a little bit about Metro Design before – so check that out for a little more in depth on what it is, and the guidelines for a metro design – but here is the wikisplanation: Wow, so interesting, its little bits of tech history like that which excites me and gets my geeky juices flowing! Love the colors and “slickness” on this one ERMAGHERD. This is a really nice concept of what Behance on Windows 8 might look like. Cool Metro Style WordPress Theme