
Step 15
Now desaturate the texture – Press Ctrl+U, set the saturation to -100.

Step 16
Increase the darkness of the texture – Press Ctrl+M to load the Curves.

Step 17
Clip this layer to the masked vintage pattern layer below – The short cut key is Ctrl+Alt+G to clip.

Step 18
Set the layer blending mode to “Overlay”. You should see the similar results.

Step 19
We are going to create starburst effect in Illustrator. Switch to Illustrator for a while. Select the Polygon Tool. Double click on it, which will pop up options palette, set the number of sides to 3. Draw a triangle.

Step 20
Stretch the triangle vertically like in the below image.

Step 21
Go to Effect > Distrort & Transform > Transform.

Step 22
Enter the below values into the dialog box.

Step 23
You should have similar result on your screen. Copy the effect.

Step 24
Switch back to Photoshop, paste the starburst as shape layer.

Step 25
Scale up the shape. You can enter the values in the options bar above.

Step 26
Move the starburst slightly toward the upper half of the document.

Step 27
Set the starburst belnding mode to “Color Burn”. Clip the starburst to the vintage pattern layer.

Step 28
I would like to hide the bottom of the starburst. Add mask to the layer first.

Step 30
Select the Gradient Tool, pick the black to white gradient and draw over the desired area like in the below image.

Step 31
The background has been prepped. Now we will start drawing the cat character. Lets start by creating the head. Select the Ellipse Tool and draw a circle shape like below.

Step 32
Develop the eyes from the ellipse shape. Use the ellipse tool to draw shape you see in the below image.

Step 33
Grab the Direct Selection Tool and select the middle left anchor point.

Step 34
Select the Convert Point Tool and click on the above anchor point to convert the rounded edge into a crisp one.

Step 35
Repeat the same thing with the middle right anchor point too.

Step 36
Hit Ctrl+T and rotate the eye at an angle to a degree that looks appropriate.

Step 37
Duplicate eye shape. Flip it horizontally.

Step 38
Draw the eyeballs using the Ellipse Tool.

Step 39
Now we apply gradient to the head base layer. Double click on the layer to load the Layer Style dialog box, create the below gradient and apply.
27 responses to “Create a Vintage Style Poster in Photoshop”
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Really loved the vintage posters. surely going to follow your tutorial and going to make a vintage poster.
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Great tutorial. I learnt many new things by making this poster.
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Thank you
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Hello Kitty :) Joking aside, great tutorial Niranth!
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Pikachu Cecilia!
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yooooo
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This is really neat. I like to make posters and your tuts have been very helpful!
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what about the thin lines along the border. how does one do that
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thanks, very nice
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Download link doesn’t work. :(
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Link fixed thanks for letting me know!
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Thanks, actually turned out a good look……cheers !!
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took a month to understand
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This tutorial was very confusing. It was a very unenjoyable experience.
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I can’t express how confusing this is.
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Thanks for posting the tutorial about this layout. I like the fact that it looks totally vintage in the end result.
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very good tutorial….very useful for beginners…
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Lets have a popsicle
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my name is Jwana Jesus Lopez
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hello kids
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Camila
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Adorei os pôsteres :)))
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Great tutorial! Can be very useful for any purpose poster.
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TEACHER
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copycat of eminem… just less… you know… good
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THANK U FOR ALL THE POSTS
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Very cool looking cat! Took me a bit to realise you have to do the survey on every page, otherwise it seems like the page isn’t loading :) There are more free old paper textures here too http://www.myfreetextures.com/45-free-old-paper-textures-and-parchment-paper-backgrounds/
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