A Collection of Retro & Vintage Design Resources
- By Angie Bowen
- Posted in DESIGN
- 9 comments
As summer hits and gets underway, many are drawn back to those summer days of our youth. Memories of summer breaks filled with vacation from school, home, and many other places or responsibilities get us in a sort of retrospective mindset. It is with that theme in hand that we have compiled this bountiful resource post for our readers in a retro frame of mind.
Designers dive right in to this collection that is positively overflowing with vintage styled design goodies just waiting to be added into your next design project. From PS brushes to patterns to icons and so much more, this post has got it all! Literally! Well, not literally, but close. So get your toolbox open and ready to add in some design resources that take you back a few decades in style. Enjoy!
Photoshop Brushes
Vintage Ornament & Handwriting Brushes
11 Sketchy Retro Photoshop Brushes
14 High Resolution Assorted Maps
Icons
Textures
Vintage Textures and Backgrounds
28 High-Res Vintage Postal Textures
Patterns
Free Seamless Vector Pattern – Vintage Velvet
Pink Petals Seamless Photoshop Pattern
Free Vector and Pixel Pattern – Antique Engraved
More Resources
1985 – A Free Vector Pack of Your Favourite 80s Icons
Vintage: A Free WordPress Theme
Tutorials
How To Create a Retro Style Superman Book Cover
Create a Retro Pop Art in Photoshop
Create a Retro Urban Gig Poster in Photoshop
Quick Tutorial: Create a Reusable Retro Type Treatment
Illustrator Tutorial: Vector Retro Television
Create Vintage and Grungy Digital Art Work in Photoshop
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About the Author
Angie Bowen is a freelance artist, designer and writer as well as a founding member and editor of the Arbenting Design Blog.
SK, 12 July 2011
Very nice! Thats exactly what I was looking for some of the projects. Really helpful. Thanks for sharing!
Brad, 12 July 2011
You guys always have the best articles. Thanks for doing what you do!
Mark Armstrong, 13 July 2011
This is a fantastic set of resources, Angie– really can’t thank you enough. Wishing you the best! : )
Robert Bowen, 13 July 2011
Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful comments on the post. As always, we are glad that it is proving useful.
Noupe Editorial Team
windwarrior, 14 July 2011
Very nice :D! But you need a share plugin :)
marko, 18 July 2011
great resource thanks…
Christian Miguez, 19 July 2011
Very nice!! thanks!!
Raju, 04 August 2011
Excellent resources.. very useful…
Deborah, 02 November 2011
Indispensable resources. Thanks as always to Noupe!