Pixel Background can be rather nice if you use the right colors and shapes. This tutorial will show you the technique you can apply to create nice pixel backgrounds.

Learn to create custom brushes in Adobe Photoshop using this tutorial.

Here's a quick and easy way to create circular patterns. There are endless possibilaties on what could turn out, so give it a shot.

Ok it is expected that you have at least prior knowledge of where the brush tool is and how to select different brushes. You also need to have at least one brush pack installed. If you don't have this knowledge head over to my Installing Brushes tutorial.

I was asked how to create wave texture background that I made for one of my wallpapers. I wrote this tutorial from my answer because it might be useful for someone else. So, to start, we need horizontal stripes background. For that, we need a stripe pattern. Create new document with 4 pixels height ...

In this tutorial, we'll be creating a texture that looks like a mud wall.

Create this double colored metal texture

Create a new layer on your open document by clicking on the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette as shown. Now you have a new blank layer you can work on. Grab your paint bucket tool (this is one of the methods) and click to fill that entire layer with your foreground color...