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Dash of Inspiration: Retro Resources

July 21, 2014

A Dash of Inspiration, A Cup of Creativity by Doreen

Retro Resources

Time for another round of goodies!  Hopefully, these vintage and retro resources will spark a fire in your imagination!

PencilMate – Instant Pencil Effects in Photoshop by Rafi

Create realistic pencil effects for your typography and illustrations. Not free ($12.00) – Look what’s included in the download:

  •     PSD file in Landscape mode (3000 x 2000 pixels)
  •     PSD file in Portrait mode (2000 x 3000 pixels)
  •     7 Pencil Stroke PS brushes (.ABR file)
  •     3 Stroke and 1 Paper PS Patterns (.PAT file)
  •     2 Textures (within the PSD files)
  •     20+ Decorative Vector Swirls (within the PSD files)
  •     Pencil, flake & pencil pieces images (within the PSD files)

Vintage Badge Templates – Brushes, Vectors and Textures by Nathan Brown

Included are 12 brushes and 12 vector badges. The badges are blank allowing you to layout your own text and embellishments. The download also includes 8 vintage paper textures for use with the badges.

Grunge Stamp Borders Multi-Pack by Nathan Brown

This resource features 12 grunge stamped style vector borders. The download includes AI and EPS vector files, as well as, PS brushes and vector shapes. A bonus 8 worn paper textures are included for use with the stamp shapes.

Mervale Script font – by Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute

Redressed font – by Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute

So until next week … Learn … Create … Inspire!

2 Comments leave one →
  1. Stacia's avatar
    July 22, 2014 10:50 am

    Thanks for the tips – I’m a big retro fan!

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