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Tortoise Shell Seamless Pattern — Seamless Vector Tile

The Korean tortoise-shell (gwigap) hexagon lattice, a classic longevity pattern, as a clean seamless vector repeat.

4colourways
1seamless tiles
4recolourings
SVG · AI · PDF · PNGformats
Tortoise Shell Seamless Pattern — Seamless Vector Tile — cover

What's inside

Hexagon repeat · 4 colorways · vector + 12 in JPG

  • Vector tile 2000×2000 px in original colours — SVG, AI (PDF-compatible), PDF
  • 4 colourways as recoloured SVG and PNG tiles
  • 12 digital papers 12×12 in, 3600 px, 300 DPI JPG (original + 3 colourways)
  • 3×3 repeat preview, README, LICENSE

Gallery

Listing previews

The same preview sheets shown on Etsy and Gumroad.

Tortoise Shell Seamless Pattern — colourways
Tortoise Shell Seamless Pattern — repeat preview
Tortoise Shell Seamless Pattern — what's inside

Repeats

1 seamless tile

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

Contents

The 1 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.

Tortoise shell solid — Korean traditional geo motif vector (거북등문 9382)
Tortoise shell solid
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.

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.

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Goes well with

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Free sample
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One motif from each volume
6motifsFree

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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