Can someone recommend a good resource to read /get inspired about designing backgrounds?

Hello, I need to design a background for an animation, it is a static background and so far I have only come up with a gradient. It looks.. ok, but I lack proper design education and would love to get some ideas on what I can read / browse to figure out how to combine various elements such as:

negative space, textures, gradients, shadows, geometric elements as part of background, tiling etc.

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Great design resource

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