Vector bundle

Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02 — Animals & Auspicious Characters

Dragons, phoenixes, cranes, carp, butterflies and bats from Korea's national pattern archive, together with the stylised auspicious characters — 壽 longevity, 福 fortune, 囍 double joy — that decorated Joseon bedding, wrapping cloths and rice-cake stamps. Each motif comes in its original colours and four recolourings, and eight of them are built out into seamless repeat tiles.

37motifs

8seamless tiles

4recolourings

SVG · AI · PDF · PNGformats

Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02 — Animals & Auspicious Characters — cover

What's inside

37 vector motifs · 8 seamless tiles · 4 colorways

37 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)
8 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.02 — motifs overview

Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02 — seamless tiles

Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02 — colourways

Repeats

8 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.

Crane halfdrop seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Crane halfdrop**
halfdrop 4×4 · from Crane pair

Butterfly brick seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Butterfly brick**
brick 4×4 · from Butterfly 1

Bat fortune checker seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Bat fortune checker**
grid 4×4 · from Bat 1

Fish halfdrop seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Fish halfdrop**
halfdrop 4×4 · from Fish 1

Bok fortune grid seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Bok fortune grid**
grid 4×4 · from Char bok fortune 1

Double joy checker seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Double joy checker**
grid 4×4 · from Char double joy

Sanskrit roundel halfdrop seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Sanskrit roundel halfdrop**
halfdrop 4×4 · from Sanskrit roundel

Phoenix roundel brick seamless Korean pattern tile, 3×3 repeat preview — **Phoenix roundel brick**
brick 4×4 · from Phoenix roundel

Contents

All 37 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.

Dragon 1 — Korean traditional animal motif vector (용문 8523) — Dragon 1

Phoenix roundel — Korean traditional animal motif vector (봉황문 10111) — Phoenix roundel

Phoenix flying — Korean traditional animal motif vector (봉황문 10153) — Phoenix flying

Phoenix bird tail — Korean traditional animal motif vector (새문 9673) — Phoenix bird tail

Bird star rosette — Korean traditional animal motif vector (새문 9696) — Bird star rosette

Bird roundel — Korean traditional animal motif vector (새문 9406) — Bird roundel

Crane cloud — Korean traditional animal motif vector (구름·학문 8392) — Crane cloud

Crane pair — Korean traditional animal motif vector (학문 8917) — Crane pair

Turtle 1 — Korean traditional animal motif vector (거북문 10002) — Turtle 1

Carp wreath — Korean traditional animal motif vector (잉어문 8843) — Carp wreath

Fish 1 — Korean traditional animal motif vector (물고기문 9647) — Fish 1

Bat 1 — Korean traditional animal motif vector (박쥐문 8832) — Bat 1

Butterfly fan — Korean traditional animal motif vector (나비문 10139) — Butterfly fan

Butterfly 1 — Korean traditional animal motif vector (나비문 8670) — Butterfly 1

Butterfly 2 — Korean traditional animal motif vector (나비문 9250) — Butterfly 2

Butterfly lace — Korean traditional animal motif vector (나비문 10240) — Butterfly lace

Rooster — Korean traditional animal motif vector (닭문 10866) — Rooster

Horse — Korean traditional animal motif vector (말문 9859) — Horse

Deer longevity — Korean traditional animal motif vector (십장생문 9938) — Deer longevity

Char su longevity 1 — Korean traditional character motif vector (수자문 9556) — Char su longevity 1

Char su roundel — Korean traditional character motif vector (수자문 10188) — Char su roundel

Char su pinwheel — Korean traditional character motif vector (수자문 9961) — Char su pinwheel

Char bok fortune 1 — Korean traditional character motif vector (복자문 9552) — Char bok fortune 1

Char bok square — Korean traditional character motif vector (복자문 9048) — Char bok square

Char bok octagon — Korean traditional character motif vector (복자문 9178) — Char bok octagon

Char subok roundel — Korean traditional character motif vector (수복자문 9616) — Char subok roundel

Char double joy — Korean traditional character motif vector (쌍희자문 9045) — Char double joy

Char joy roundel — Korean traditional character motif vector (희자문 9109) — Char joy roundel

Char a roundel — Korean traditional character motif vector (아자문 9500) — Char a roundel

Sanskrit roundel — Korean traditional character motif vector (범자문 8373) — Sanskrit roundel

Char flower hwa — Korean traditional character motif vector (花 8560) — Char flower hwa

Char wind pung — Korean traditional character motif vector (風 8968) — Char wind pung

Char phoenix bong — Korean traditional character motif vector (鳳 8428) — Char phoenix bong

Char king wang — Korean traditional character motif vector (王 8594) — Char king wang

Char way do — Korean traditional character motif vector (道 10215) — Char way do

Char swastika man — Korean traditional character motif vector (만자 9797) — Char swastika man

Char mountain san — Korean traditional character motif vector (山 8386) — Char mountain san

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.

Dragon

용문 · yong-mun

Rain-bringer and royal emblem; the king's robe, the throne-hall ceiling, the blue-and-white jar.

Phoenix

봉황문 · bonghwang-mun

The auspicious bird that appears under good rule — the queen's emblem, today the presidential seal.

Crane

학문 · hak-mun

Long life and unworldly purity; inlaid in Goryeo celadon, embroidered on the scholar-official's badge.

Auspicious Characters

문자문 · 壽福囍 · munja-mun

Words made beautiful — long life, good fortune and double joy stamped on every household object.

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Mini set

Dragon & Phoenix Vector Set

8 Korean dragon, phoenix & bird motifs

8motifs$5

Mini set

Crane, Butterfly & Carp Vectors

12 Korean animal motifs · 5 colors each

12motifs$5

Mini set

Auspicious Characters Set

17 longevity, fortune & double-joy motifs · 5 colors

17motifs$6

Korean Dancheong Digital Paper Pack Vol.02 — Animals & Auspicious Characters

Digital papers

Korean Dancheong Digital Papers Vol.02

32 seamless papers · 12×12 in · 300 DPI

32papers$7.50

Free sample

Six motifs and a seamless tile, free

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Korean Traditional Patterns Vol.02 — Animals & Auspicious Characters

37 vector motifs · 8 seamless tiles · 4 colorways

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8 seamless tiles

All 37 motifs

What these motifs mean

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Six motifs and a seamless tile, free