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Touching upon the cultural diversity in graphic design is a subtle thing: sometimes, it can be misunderstood or considered to be inappropriate. When we pick the positions for our toolbox selections, we pay attention to every product’s undertones to provide you with top-notch resources. The same principle was applied to every Japanese texture.
Every association with traditional Japanese texture you might have is brought up by these 25 Japanese textures, carefully chosen for your future designs. The trouble-proof way of using these textures would be to apply them as a pattern to any artwork of yours. But as we like to remind you and ourselves: nothing can hold your imagination back from thinking outside the box!
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Our Team’s Top Pick
Asian Deco Vol.2 : Seamless Art Deco Pattern
elements.envato.com
This Japanese texture set deserves to be featured in this section not only for the aesthetical reason but also for the thoroughly-made package, containing 12 seamless borders (made as Illustrator brushes and Photoshop shapes). Al elements are thoughtfully-researched and culturally accurate yet presented in a modern and contemporary style.
Japanese Cranes — Hand-Drawn Seamless Patterns
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Did you know that the red-crowned cranes are also called “Japanese cranes”? They are the rarest species of cranes globally, while in the symbolic meaning, they stand for luck and fidelity. With some background knowledge about cranes and their presence in culture, these hand-drawn Japanese textures will be used more consciously in your designs.
Vintage Japanese Paper Textures
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Our souls are stolen forever by Japanese culture! Consider this freebie to be a tribute to its gorgeous traditional ornaments, reflected in every Japanese paper texture with oriental motives. The package has 12 vintage papers in it and tons of curious details on the distressed textures. What visions do you get from these mysterious yet so beautiful elements? A lovely color solution and high quality will guarantee you the best performance in any design project.
Japan Seamless Pattern Vol. 1
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With this colorful Japanese texture, you can create countless variations for poster print frames, fabric, clothing, cup, pin button, square pillow, tote bag, drawstring/zipper pouch, wallpaper desktop, phone case, etc. This joyous pattern contains a high-resolution, seamless illustration of many cultural allusions and will be absolutely perfect for printing on fabric and textiles. If you need to make some adjustments, you can find a PSD file with changeable layers inside.
Japanese Patterns
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You won’t find here Seigaiha, Asanoha, or any other strictly traditional patterns. This small collection has encapsulated only the general motifs, preserving the original ancient colors. The set of 5 Japanese textures is a gold mine for all the passionate hearts who fell for Asian culture once and for good. The sphere of use for these assets knows no limits: themed packaging, background design, branding pieces, party invitations or inspiring posters to hang at work.
Japanese Oriental Pattern Collection
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Strict preciseness in geometry, appreciation of floral aesthetics and respect for the forces of nature — all that is encompassed in this beautiful collection of 12 Japanese textures. They’ll look good in branding projects, fabrics, packaging, apparel, web or print designs! The patterns and colors are fully editable in Adobe Illustrator. If you do not have access to Illustrator or some other vector editing program, you can use the JPEG pattern files that are also included in the package.
Japanese Seamless Vector Vintage Wave Pattern
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It’s probably, one of the most widespread motifs, the geometric vintage waves pattern, usually colored in a blue or dark blue hue. Show how you can apply this free Japanese texture to your designs! It doesn’t matter what kind of project you’re dealing with: from packaging to identity design, it can be involved in all kinds of stuff. Change its color, cut it the way you need or apply some photo effect to it — you’re given the green light!
Asian Deco: Seamless Art Deco Patterns Collection
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Two of the most aesthetic things were merged to create a powerful expressive tool for polishing your brilliant graphic design ideas: the luxurious Art Deco style with its golden elements and a reserved traditional culture. Now you have a collection of 12 Japanese textures, coming in high resolution, ready to be edited in Photoshop and Illustrator. As a little bonus, 12 seamless borders are coming as well to finish the look!
Free Vector Ginkgo Pattern
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Widespread in Asian culture, ginkgo leaves are deeply rooted in traditional art manifestations such as clothing, tableware, home decor and jewelry. It can be represented via the pattern, just like in this Japanese texture! It’s colorful enough to be an attention-getting tool for your projects and has an expressive value, worth being imbued into one of your designs.
100 Asian Patterns Element and Border
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From ceramics and pottery to textiles and architecture, seemingly simple ornamental patterns carry a rich cultural heritage. This product is a collection of vector Japanese textures for Photoshop & Illustrator. The files are organized as Illustrator swatches and Photoshop .PAT files. Alongside the textures, there are 30 seamless borders as Illustrator brushes & Photoshop shapes and a collection of Asian-inspired illustrations.
Traditional Japanese Fabrics Patchwork Wallpaper
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Are you familiar with “boro” quilt patchwork? If not, this Japanese texture is a great way to get acquainted with this technique and appreciate the art of making a stylish composition. Watch the colors interact with each in dozens of elements put together. At first it might seem as a totally random set of pieces but the longer you look, the more you understand it.
Hand Drawn Japanese Patterns
creativemarket.com
Discover a beautiful collection of 25 Japanese textures! They are all hand-drawn ones, inspired by Wabi-Sabi design’s philosophy, embracing the beauty of an imperfect or asymmetrical design. They’re fully editable (through Adobe Illustrator), and you can also work with them in Photoshop through the .psd included. Use them as backgrounds for branding projects, fabrics, packaging, fashion apparel, posters, wrapping paper, printables or try them as web backgrounds with great results!
Japanese Geometrics
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This set’s name speaks for itself, it features a collection of 60 Japanese textures made with absolutely stunning geometry. All the graphics is available in two color style variations: red and blue. You can change the colors and sizes to create unique pattern designs to suit all your project needs. All files come in high resolution for you to create packaging, fabrics, fashion accessories, wrapping paper, stationery and much more!
Japanese-Inspired Pattern Set
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Minimalism and simplicity is a time-tested formula of a good design. Go for this style, and you won’t be disappointed by the results. Especially with this small set of free Japanese textures, repeating the most famous geometric motifs in their classic color. All the assets come in vectors so that you can be sure about their quality.
Japanese Seamless Patterns
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You’ve surely seen some of these motifs on a kimono and gasped in amazement. Here you can have 15 Japanese textures in 4 color options (there are 60 patterns in total) and recreate the magnificent ornaments and patterns in your work. This collection was inspired by traditional art: cranes, landscapes, oriental cherry, fans, and geometric patterns. Use these for cards, wrapping paper, packaging, book covers and textile.
36 Japanese Seamless Vector Patterns
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Glad to introduce you to another set of 36 Japanese textures in vector format! They are perfect for packaging, textile prints, apparel design, blog design, branding, website backgrounds, scrapbooking, papercraft, greeting cards, gift tags, tote bags and home decor. This product contains 72 high-resolution JPG and PNG patterns for Photoshop. Also, you’ll get fully editable vector AI and EPS files with all patterns and a swatches panel for Illustrator. So you can scale each pattern with no loss in quality. Make your fantastic design and have fun!
Japanese Wave With Sakura Seamless Pattern
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Don’t know about your associations, but this Japanese texture triggers many visions with traditional style tattoos I’ve been scrolling through on Instagram. It can become an excellent background for any concept you’ve been developing for your artwork! You should seriously consider this vector as one of your artistic tools. Maybe not at the moment but somewhere in the future. Download this free texture and you’ll thank yourself later!
Luxe Kimono, Patterns & Motifs set!
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Luxe Kimono is an elegant design, hand-painted in watercolors with playful details. It was developed into Japanese texture pack, coming with large individual motifs and shadows as seen on the patterns. All the artworks are created keeping in mind the end-use: home interiors or fashion apparel prints, paper and packaging. You’ll see that all elements come as high resolution, large, clean assets with good tonal saturations for an excellent print result.
Oriental Silk Pattern
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There’s a perfect balance of flowers, flying cranes, plants and abstract geometric elements. It’s the first reason you should get this pattern. The rest are hidden in the Japanese texture’s quality: the vector image can be edited any way you need without losing the quality. The composition will be a perfect fit for your summer or spring-related project.
100 Asian Patterns Element and Border
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Enter a floating world of vintage digital floral graphics inspired by antique woodblock prints and books! This rich collection of Japanese textures, patterns and illustrations is inspired by the legacy of antique prints and illustrations. Mix-and-match the transparent flower graphics and layer them over the coordinating background textures to create your gorgeous combinations of antique-inspired Asian floral designs.
Vector Hand-Drawn Gingko Leaf Seamless Pattern
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This vector Japanese texture can be used as a traditional Asian element or the herbal pattern for any floral project. Enjoy the hand-drawn Gingko leaves scattered around the asset like tender moth wings (or lungs, if you can see them this way). This cutie will fit in the interior project, packaging design, identity project or any other brilliant idea of yours.
Japanese Patterns
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Stunning and cute, this set is perfect for decorating all sorts of precious objects. Easy to change colors and work with, these Japanese textures are both cultural and fun! The collection includes traditional flowers, Koi fish and artistic ornaments, with lively colors and gorgeous textures. From bags and books to packaging and cards, this set is perfect to glam up your work and add that extra punch!
Hatsumo Exquisite Oriental Patterns
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Hatsumo collection comes with delicate and intricately detailed elements developed into a Japanese texture pack in a wide range of base color options and 3 primary colorways. Presenting mainly the floral theme, they possess this tenderness and lightness your project might need. Scale, resize, color the files the way you need and enjoy the high resolution it won’t lose after any manipulation.
Japanese Wave Seamless Pattern
freevector.com
Hand-drawn waves in Japanese textures are the beloved pattern for summer designs. It’s minimalistic, reserved and descriptive enough to be placed on textile, wrapping paper, cards, invitations, posters, website banners and newsletter graphics. Aside from the traditional side of things, this design is multipurpose, so you can think of your own ways to include it in a project.
36 Japanese Wave & Gold Icons
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Bring the spirit of Wabi-Sabi to your next project with these hand-drawn wave graphics and rose gold icons! Inspired by ancient illustrations of waves and traditional emblems, this stunning collection of 36 high-resolution graphics includes Japanese textures in indigo blue, oxblood red, jade green and rich black with rose gold metallic foil details. You’ll also get your own set of 8 transparent rose gold icons. Mix and match the patterns to create your very own custom look.
