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We're very proud of this pattern as it features as one of the most popular zebra patterns on the web.

We think zebra's are funky animals - leading the animal fashion world with their amazing stripey pattern designs.

Origin of the word Zebra and collective noun for a group of zebras

We were wondering where the word Zebra comes from - so we did a bit of research and here is the information...

The word zebra stems from the Old Portuguese word "zevra", which means "striped". A group of zebras is collectively known as a "dazzle of zebras".

Zebra Pattern on Mug/Mouse mat

We've put the above zebra pattern on a mug and mouse mat just for fun.

Pink Zebra Desktop Background

Download this pink zebra background for your desktop or website FREE!

Zebra Desktop Background

Added this zebra background Saturday, 16 May 2009. Enjoy.

How to make your own Zebra Stripes Background

These are the steps you need to do to make your own zebra stripes pattern. This will take as little as 60 minutes, but may take you longer depending on your graphic design skills.

1. Download a copy of Paint.NET - Paint.NET is an easy to use FREE graphics software package, although you could use more professional products such as Photoshop this is more difficult to use.
2. Install Paint.Net
3. Update! Also try our online drawing tool - draw a zebra! Email it to us. info@bootkidz.co.uk
4. Once installed, start Paint.NET and choose File > New and choose an image size that is the same as your desktop size
5. To find your desktop size, right click on your desktop and view the settings
6. Once you have a blank image, choose the Line/Curve tool or press the O key
7. Make sure the color is black
8. Click and drag the mouse to draw lines on the page
9. Create lines at even spacing from the top to the bottom of the image
10. You don't have to draw straight or perfectly parallel lines as a Zebra doesn't have perfect stripes
11. Now comes the fun part!
12. Use the Effects menu (or press ALT + C) and choose effects to blur and bend the stripes
13. Gaussian blur is a cool effect and can make the lines blurred
14. Distort > Bulge is very useful for creating "zebra body effect" - such as a Zebra's belly!
15. Remember! Have fun. Post your stripes to info@bootkidz.co.uk and we will upload them here.
16. When you are finished save the image as zebra-stripes.jpg - choose jpg, gif, png - and choose a format that makes the image look good and has a small file size. 200 kilobytes/KB is ok, 2MB is not that good!
17. You can then load your image in Internet Explorer or Firefox by dragging and dropping the image into the browser window, then right click on the image and choose set as background - another way to do this is to choose a background by right clicking on your desktop and choosing personalize
18. Share your art work by uploading it to your website or sending it to us!

Zebra in different languages

External links

• Zebra Skin Pattern - Stock Photo on Shutterstock.com
• Flickr photos tagged "zebra pattern"
• Images of colourful zebra patterns on Google
• It's interesting to see who likes Zebra's by country - see what we like by country:
  • UK,
  • USA
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • France
• Here is the nearest zebra thing selling on ebay - it might even be your next door neighbour!
• Zebra - on Wikipedia
• Stock photos of Zebras - at Shutter Stock.com
• Facts about Zebras
• Zebra patterns on cool chaser - including the one we made - we feel special!
• A photo of a zebra from behind - on flickr, search for more Flickr photos of zebras

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