how to fill up blank backgrounds

anyone got any ideas on how to fill up dull and boring backgrounds with something more lively and interesting?

 

What is this for?
A sig, banner or wallpaper?

 

for a banner (mostly)...

 

Possibly use the colours of your site background/theme and change it slightly or you could make it transparent,

 

hm....yeah, i could make it transparent, but thats still plain, what about for a wallpaper?

 

Stripes? Maybe another picture but 25-35% transparent or something or maybe use the light brush effect on the background picture.

 

hm....i like the idea of using stripes. what do you think of grey and yellow as a construction theme, with reduced transparency.....

 

Yep, that would work.
Try out any other features on Photoshop, you can always do Undo if you don't like it.

 

thanks, i will definitely keep trying photoshop, just need to download some new brushes