# Grainient

> Curated library of grainy, smooth, and animated gradient background assets

Grainient is a design asset library offering over 1,000 grain textures, smooth mesh gradients, animated backgrounds, and AI-generated abstract visuals. It also includes an interactive web-based shader tool to help designers craft customized gradients. Designers use these high-resolution assets to quickly style landing page hero sections, app interfaces, and branding projects.

Website: https://grainient.supply/

## What it is for

- Source high-resolution gradient backgrounds for landing page hero sections
- Download animated gradients to use as interactive backgrounds in web apps
- Generate or adjust dynamic mesh gradients using the built-in shader tool
- Export static grain textures into video tools like RunwayML to create custom animated visual loops

## Features

- Library of over 1,000 gradient textures and backgrounds
- Categorized packs including grainy gradients, smooth blends, dither art, and God rays
- Abstract animated gradient collections
- AI-generated high-resolution abstract background assets
- Integrated interactive shader tool
- High-resolution image downloads up to 4K and 6K resolutions

## Pricing

Freemium. Free assets available; Pro access unlocks unlimited full-library downloads

## Details

- Type: Website
- Category: [Design](https://xiry.app/topics/design.md)
- Topic: [Design Assets](https://xiry.app/topics/design/design-assets.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web
- For: UI/UX designers, web designers, and digital artists looking for modern gradient textures
- Alternative to: Mesh gradients plugins for Figma, Unsplash, Freepik
- Tags: gradients, backgrounds, textures, grain, ui design, assets

## Why it was saved

- [@basit.designs, 26 January 2025](https://www.instagram.com/p/DFSiD2agcG3/): Offers ready-to-use high-resolution grainy gradients and textured background assets for web, brand, and UI designs.
- [@basit.designs, 1 October 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAlRflDA960/): Provides modern, ready-to-use color blends and textures for web, mobile, and UI/UX background designs.
- [@basit_designs, 28 August 2026](https://x.com/basit_designs/status/2093275618637164622): Ready-made blurred gradients for landing pages, brand backdrops and hero sections; the aesthetic of the promo cards themselves demonstrates the use case.
- [@basit_designs, 1 September 2026](https://x.com/basit_designs/status/2094910900906119479): The gradients shown in the design are real downloadable assets from this library; the tweet announces new 'visual stuff' added there with more coming soon
- [@basit_designs, 6 September 2026](https://x.com/basit_designs/status/2096613036819959987): A source of high-quality animated dithered gradients for use in product/web design; new collection announcement.

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Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/grainient

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