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Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.01 — Lotus, Taegeuk & Palace Dancheong

The first DancheongStudio bundle: lotus and flower motifs from temple ceilings and roof-end tiles, taegeuk and knot geometry, and painted dancheong components traced from Changdeokgung Palace — Juhamnu, Eosumun, Yeonghwadang and Jinseonmun. Every motif is a clean, closed-path vector with no fonts and no raster, ready for print, textiles, packaging and screen.

23motifs
7seamless tiles
4recolourings
SVG · AI · PDF · PNGformats
Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.01 — Lotus, Taegeuk & Palace Dancheong — cover

What's inside

23 vector motifs · 7 seamless tiles · 4 colorways

  • 23 vector motifs in original colours — SVG, AI (PDF-compatible), PDF, transparent PNG 2000 px
  • 4 colourways for every motif: indigo, terracotta, jade & gold, grayscale (SVG, AI, PNG)
  • 7 seamless tiles 2000×2000 px — SVG, PNG, AI/PDF, 3×3 repeat preview, plus 3 recoloured tiles each
  • Preview sheets of all motifs, tiles and colourways
  • README with motif names, source titles and attribution; LICENSE.txt
  • No fonts (all text outlined), no raster images; AI files open in Illustrator CS6+

Gallery

Listing previews

The same preview sheets shown on Etsy and Gumroad.

Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.01 — motifs overview
Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.01 — seamless tiles
Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.01 — colourways
Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.01 — file specs

Repeats

7 seamless tiles

2000×2000 px tiles built with neighbour duplication and clipped so they repeat without seams in any app. Each comes as SVG, AI, PDF and PNG, plus three recoloured versions.

Tortoise shell halfdrop seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Tortoise shell halfdrop
halfdrop 4×4 · from Tortoise shell solid
Lotus halfdrop seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Lotus halfdrop
halfdrop 4×4 · from Lotus 1 solid
Taegeuk checker seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Taegeuk checker
grid 4×4 · from Taegeuk octagon solid
Scale grid seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Scale grid
grid 2×2 · from Scale block
Cloud corner diagonal seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Cloud corner diagonal
halfdrop 4×4 · from Dancheong cloud corner
Window ornament grid seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Window ornament grid
grid 3×3 · from Window ornament jinseonmun
Leaf rosette brick seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview
Leaf rosette brick
brick 4×4 · from Leaf rosette solid

Contents

All 23 motifs

Shown in original colours on a cream ground. Hover a name for the source title in the national archive; every motif also ships in indigo, terracotta, jade-and-gold and grayscale.

Lotus 1 line — Korean traditional plant motif vector (연꽃문 2786)
Lotus 1 line
Lotus 1 solid — Korean traditional plant motif vector (연꽃문 4836)
Lotus 1 solid
Lotus roundel solid — Korean traditional plant motif vector (연꽃문 4834)
Lotus roundel solid
Lotus branch solid — Korean traditional plant motif vector (연꽃문 4463)
Lotus branch solid
Ceiling flower hongneung — Korean traditional plant motif vector (홍릉 침전 천장 4713)
Ceiling flower hongneung
Rooftile flower hwasan — Korean traditional plant motif vector (화산서원 서재 망와 4720)
Rooftile flower hwasan
Taegeuk octagon line — Korean traditional geo motif vector (태극문 7446)
Taegeuk octagon line
Taegeuk octagon solid — Korean traditional geo motif vector (태극문 9546)
Taegeuk octagon solid
Diamond knot solid — Korean traditional geo motif vector (마름모형문 9527)
Diamond knot solid
Tortoise shell solid — Korean traditional geo motif vector (거북등문 9382)
Tortoise shell solid
Ruyi cloud band — Korean traditional geo motif vector (여의두문 4461)
Ruyi cloud band
Naesosa lattice flower — Korean traditional geo motif vector (내소사 대웅보전 문살 5704)
Naesosa lattice flower
Scale block — Korean traditional geo motif vector (반동그라미문 4594)
Scale block
Leaf rosette solid — Korean traditional plant motif vector (잎사귀문 9462)
Leaf rosette solid
Dancheong cloud corner — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 주합루 대량보아지)
Dancheong cloud corner
Dancheong rafter end — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 주합루 연목)
Dancheong rafter end
Dancheong beam band — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 주합루 퇴량)
Dancheong beam band
Taegeuk tricolor — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 어수문 태극문)
Taegeuk tricolor
Dancheong changbang — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 어수문 창방)
Dancheong changbang
Dancheong nagyang strip — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 어수문 낙양)
Dancheong nagyang strip
Dancheong soro bracket — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 영화당 소로)
Dancheong soro bracket
Window ornament jinseonmun — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 진선문 살대)
Window ornament jinseonmun
Dancheong pyeongbang band — Korean traditional dancheong motif vector (창덕궁 진선문 평방)
Dancheong pyeongbang band
License in one paragraph. Use the files in unlimited personal and commercial projects — print, web, products, apps, client work. You may not resell, redistribute or share the files themselves, in whole or in part, as-is or inside another asset pack, and you may not register any motif as a trademark or design right. The source motifs are Korean public heritage works under KOGL Type 1; keep the attribution from the README in your credits when feasible. Full license.

Glossary

What these motifs mean

Short catalogue entries on the history and meaning of the themes in this pack.

01Lotus — Korean traditional motif
Lotus
연꽃문 · yeonkkot-mun
Purity rising from the mud; with Buddhism, the flower of every temple ceiling and roof tile.
04Taegeuk — Korean traditional motif
Taegeuk
태극문 · taegeuk-mun
The Korean yin-yang — two or three commas of cosmic balance, from shrine doors to the flag.
08Cloud — Korean traditional motif
Cloud
구름문 · gureum-mun
The sky itself — heaven, immortals and rain; the ground on which every dragon and crane is drawn.
10Tortoise Shell & Lattice — Korean traditional motif
Tortoise Shell & Lattice
귀갑문 · 문살 · gwigap-mun, munsal
The hexagon net of a ten-thousand-year tortoise; Korea's oldest and most perfect repeat.
12Dancheong Ornament — Korean traditional motif
Dancheong Ornament
단청 · dancheong
'Red and blue' — the painted skin of palace and temple timber, protection turned into a language of rank.

Related

Goes well with

Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02 — Animals & Auspicious Characters
Vector bundleVol.02
Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02
Animals & Auspicious Characters
37motifs$29
Korean Lotus Vector Set — Vector Motif Set
Mini set
Korean Lotus Vector Set
6 lotus & flower motifs · 5 colors each
6motifs$4
Korean Taegeuk Vector Set — Vector Motif Set
Mini set
Korean Taegeuk Vector Set
5 taegeuk & knot motifs · 5 colors each
5motifs$4
Dancheong Palace Ornament Set — Vector Motif Set
Mini set
Dancheong Palace Ornament Set
12 Changdeokgung & lattice motifs · 5 colors each
12motifs$6
Korean Dancheong Digital Paper Pack Vol.01 — Palace Patterns
Digital papers
Korean Dancheong Digital Papers Vol.01
24 seamless papers · 12×12 in · 300 DPI
24papers$6.50

Free sample

Six motifs and a seamless tile, free

SVG · AI · PDF · PNG — one motif from each volume, same license as the paid packs. Delivered by Gumroad; leave your email there to hear when a new volume ships.

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