Suminagashi, "floating ink", is the oldest form of paper marbling: drops of ink and clear water are touched to a tray of still water one after another, each one pushing the earlier rings outward, and a sheet of paper lifts the pattern off the surface.
This set brings that look to your layouts. 40 large backgrounds with rings that swell, drift and fold the way floating ink does, on washi paper with visible fibres. Edges feather into the sheet, and thin ink breaks into grain where it barely touches the paper.
WHAT YOU GET
- 40 JPG backgrounds, 4800 x 6000 px, 300 dpi (16 x 20 in), sRGB
- 8 moods x 5 layouts: Sumi (ink), Kasumi (mist), Ai (indigo), Shu (vermilion), Koke (moss), Fuji (wisteria), Beni (rose), Yami (dark)
- 5 layouts in every mood: one calm set of rings, rings sweeping in from the edge, two sets meeting, small drops among the rings, and a sheet that was blown across
- Full bleed, no borders, no text
GOOD FOR
- Posters, book and album covers
- Packaging, labels and menus
- Branding boards, wedding and event stationery
- Social posts, presentation backgrounds, wall art mockups
HOW TO USE
Open the JPG in any editor and place your design on top. Set a file to Multiply over your own artwork to print the ink rings onto it. Rotate or flip for more variations.
HOW IT IS MADE
Every background is drawn by our own code, drop by drop, the way a sheet is marbled: ink and clear water are placed one after another, the water drifts, and the result is laid on paper. We use an AI coding assistant to help write that code. No photographs, scans or image-generation models are used.
LICENSE
Use in unlimited personal and commercial projects, including items for sale where the background is part of a larger design. You may not resell, share or redistribute the files on their own or as part of another asset pack.
