The designs are either geometric or freehand, sometime a combination of both could be found.
In the geometric patterns there are the Ceplokan, repetive designs, the Kawung, circular designs, the Nitik or weaving designs, the Garis Miring, parallel diagonal designs, includes the very popular Parang and finaly the Tumpal, triangular designs.

One of the oldest and   popular ceplokan designs is the kawung which consists of parallel rows of ellipses. Inside the ellipse appear crosses and ornaments such as lines or dots.
Here above are two examples of kawung . The first is a kawung sari and the second a kawung picis (coin of 10 cent).

 

This woman is going by bicycle to the market to sell jamu, a traditional javanese medecine made with herbs. She is wearing a sarong (long skirt) with a parang rusak pattern. The parang are among the most visualy striking of all batik patterns. They are considered as fortunate patterns and they produce slimmimng effect on the woman or man who is wearing it. At the origin, it was traditionally reserved to the sultan's family.