A Collection of Retro & Vintage Design Resources
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
240 Retro Dynamic Brushes
Retro Diagonals
80's Kunfu Brushes
Retro Flower Brushes
11 Sketchy Retro Photoshop Brushes
Retro Abstract Circles
UK Stamps
Newspaper Ads From The 60s
14 High Resolution Assorted Maps
Icons
Smashing Retro Icon Set
Retro Vector Icons
Retro Candy: Free Icon Set
Retro Toys: A Free Icon Set
Textures
Retro Wallpaper Textures
6 large retro textures
Vintage Textures and Backgrounds
Colored Vintage Paper
28 High-Res Vintage Postal Textures
Vintage Wallpaper Urban Decay
Patterns
Free Seamless Vector Pattern – Vintage Velvet
Seamless Retro Vectors
Retro Set 4
Pink Petals Seamless Photoshop Pattern
Free Vector and Pixel Pattern – Antique Engraved
More Resources
Retro Splash Photoshop Action
1985 – A Free Vector Pack of Your Favourite 80s Icons
Matchbook Typefaces
35 Retro Photoshop Gradients
Vector Pack: Tres
Vintage: A Free WordPress Theme
41 Custom Photoshop Shapes
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
Design a Retro Styled Poster
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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Very nice! Thats exactly what I was looking for some of the projects. Really helpful. Thanks for sharing!
You guys always have the best articles. Thanks for doing what you do!
This is a fantastic set of resources, Angie– really can’t thank you enough. Wishing you the best! : )
Thanks for the kind words and thoughtful comments on the post. As always, we are glad that it is proving useful.
Noupe Editorial Team
Very nice :D! But you need a share plugin :)
great resource thanks…
Very nice!! thanks!!
Excellent resources.. very useful…
Indispensable resources. Thanks as always to Noupe!