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How to Make a Worn Vintage Beach Ad in Photoshop - Aurora. Like many designers, one of the many things that I find inspirational are vintage ads.

How to Make a Worn Vintage Beach Ad in Photoshop - Aurora

I love their illustrations, typography, colors, and how they look as they become aged through time. In this Photoshop tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a worn out, low-saturation-colored vintage beach ad in Photoshop. We’ll use some beginner to intermediate level techniques such as the usage of brushes, editing colors, using filters, masking and a whole lot more! Preview Here’s the design we’ll create together in its full size. Resources Needed Step 1: Preparing the document Create a new document (Ctrl/Cmd + N) in Photoshop and set the dimensions to 600px by 750px.

Step 2: Creating the ad’s background Get the Wooden Texture #2 from my site and place it onto our canvas. Here are the settings for the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer: And then here are the settings for the Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer: Step 3: Creating the ad’s paper Get this paper texture and once again place it onto our canvas. 50 Beautiful Retro and Vintage Photoshop Tutorials - Aurora. Six Revisions Skip site navigation 50 Beautiful Retro and Vintage Photoshop Tutorials May 2 2010 by Tomas Laurinavicius | 29 Comments Retro and vintage designs are valued for nostalgia and sentimental memories.

50 Beautiful Retro and Vintage Photoshop Tutorials - Aurora

You can notice that retro and vintage design is created by using rich colors, grunge elements and various textures. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Retro To Go. Switched On Art. Wrong Side of the Art - high resolution posters for horror, sci- SO MUCH PILEUP. I found this catalog in my parents' garage while I was home over Thanksgiving. BRIO is a Swedish toy company specializing in painted wooden toys, the kind that you'd envision Santa's elves to stay up late at night making. BRIO created a cohesive universe of cars, trucks, buildings, imitation household appliances, and, most importantly, trains, all swimming in bold colors and formed from solid, clunky shapes. Click image for larger view. The Dude Designs.