How to Make a Background From Scratch

Making backgrounds may seem hard but it's really not. In fact it's probably the least complicated graphic to make. Let's get started!

The tile for the background can be any size but the smaller it is, the faster it will load on your page.

We're going to make a small tiled background 100x100px because it's not too small and not too big so it will load right away no matter how slow your connection is.

Step 1: Start Gimp!

Step 2: Go to File, New or press ctrl+n. A window should pop up asking what you want your image size to be.

Remember these are in pixels.
Width: 100
Height: 100



Like this:


Once you put in the settings click Ok.

Step 3: Now for the fun part! Decorate the little box that popped up!




This is how I decorated mine:



Proceed to Step 4 When you are done decorating.

Step 4: Time to make it seamless! Go to Filters, Map and click on Make Seamless.

You're done! Now if you like what you see you can save it. It's best to save your images in png so that it keeps the same quality.

My result: