Posts Tagged ‘vintage’
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Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects (With Photoshop Tutorials)
- March 10th, 2010
- 64 Comments
Since its emergence, the digital photography market has gradually supplanted the traditional one. APN and digital SLR cameras entered our lives, and some people announced the death of silver-based images. This is not all lie, and yet old-fashioned images have been particularly popular in the past few years. All we ...
Read more...Showcase Of Beautiful Vintage and Retro Signage
- January 8th, 2010
- 38 Comments
Many designers and artists have a true love for vintage and retro design and share their passion when the opportunity arises. One could probably find several hundred showcases of retro designs on display today in the 21st century, but not many of actual vintage ones that were used in the ...
Read more...60 Rare and Unusual Vintage Signs
- June 13th, 2009
- 79 Comments
In the U.S., most outdoor signs made between 1890 and and 1950 were constructed of a base of heavy rolled iron, which was die cut into the desired shape, then coated with layers of colored powdered glass and fired in a kiln. This process made them durable and weather-resistant. Signs ...
Read more...Retro Rainbow Tutorials and Design Showcase
- April 19th, 2009
- 50 Comments
Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of ’70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly ...
Read more...Vintage and Blues WordPress Themes
- January 28th, 2009
- 155 Comments
In this post we release 2 free high-quality WordPress magazine-themes. The themes include full PSD-templates and can be used without any restrictions whatsoever. The themes were commissioned by Smashing Magazine exclusively for our readers and designed by Wendell Fernandes. As you may know, since the beginning of the year, each ...
Read more...Vintage and Retro Typography Showcase
- October 26th, 2008
- 56 Comments
Typography talks the talk, to go along with the overall work’s walk, speaking volumes for the artist. This important design element surrounds people daily as they move through their routines, rarely taking notice. It’s literally everywhere. In advertising, product packaging, printed publications, graphic designs, and more. Accentuating and centralizing the ...
Read more...35 Beautiful Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials
- October 14th, 2008
- 77 Comments
With the recent post on retro and vintage in modern web design, it’s time to put the theory into practice. We’ve scoured the Web to find some impressive Photoshop tutorials that can help you achieve an "old-fashioned" look-and-feel in your designs. In this post, we go back to the 1900′s ...
Read more...Retro and Vintage In Modern Web Design
- October 7th, 2008
- 99 Comments
Retro and vintage are becoming a new trend. Once rarely used in this robust, dynamic medium, early, retro and vintage elements are now becoming more and more popular in a variety of design contexts. Online shops, corporate designs, portfolios and blogs incorporate both styles on a small and large scale. ...
Read more...Pop Art Is Alive: Classics and Modern Artworks
- July 21st, 2008
- 77 Comments
As a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s, pop art aims to emphasize the nature of things popular in our daily routine. In pop art, most artists use mechanical means of rendering techniques that downplay the expressive hand of the artist. Being an art movement, it has ...
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