How to Make a Vertical Background

This tutorial will teach you how to make one of those fun, stripy backgrounds! Enjoy!

So you want to make a spiffy, stripey background? Simple! This tutorial will teach youhow to make this fun, simple graphic. ENJOY!

Go to File >> New

Make it whatever size you want!

Pick 2 Colors

Fill the whole thing with one of the colors you choose. It doesn't matter which!

Use the pencil tool to draw a straight line. You will need to hold down shift to make it straight. I use the pencil tool because it has a nice, sharp edge, unlike the other tools. That will make the background work best.

Repeat until you are satisfied. You may choose to use different sizes of brushes, like I did here, or use the same size ones for a neater, more uniform look.

Once you have reached the finishing point, like the one above (it's the finished one!), save it in .gif,.png., .jpg, .jpeg, or .bmp and upload it somewhere. and Imageshack.us is easy since registration are not required! But many people choose to register for a Photobucket.com account, which is also absolutely free! There are other places too, including Myfilestash.com, which can handle even more file types! It really is your choice! Just upload it! Then use the code below and place it on any page!

Here's the code for the background I made:

<body background="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/animalpalacewebsite/verticalbgtut8.gif"><p><a href="http://www.neopets.com/~Goldelupe101">Animal Palace</a>

See? This is what it will look like as your background.

Don't you like how it looks like all one piece and it flows so well? I do! It makes it look fixed even when it is not! There is NO reason to try to make this a fixed background! It automatically is! :D