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Step 15

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

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Step 16

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

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Step 17

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

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Step 18

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

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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.

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Step 20

Stretch the triangle vertically like in the below image.

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Step 21

Go to Effect > Distrort & Transform > Transform.

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Step 22

Enter the below values into the dialog box.

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Step 23

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

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Step 24

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

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Step 25

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

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Step 26

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

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Step 27

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

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Step 28

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

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Step 30

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

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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.

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Step 32

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

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Step 33

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

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Step 34

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

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Step 35

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

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Step 36

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

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Step 37

Duplicate eye shape. Flip it horizontally.

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Step 38

Draw the eyeballs using the Ellipse Tool.

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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.

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27 responses to “Create a Vintage Style Poster in Photoshop”

  1. Ketki Avatar
    Ketki

    Really loved the vintage posters. surely going to follow your tutorial and going to make a vintage poster.

  2. vasudha Avatar
    vasudha

    Great tutorial. I learnt many new things by making this poster.
    Thnanks

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thank you

  4. Duke Vukadinovic Avatar
    Duke Vukadinovic

    Hello Kitty :) Joking aside, great tutorial Niranth!

  5. Juan Manuel Sánchez Vargas Avatar
    Juan Manuel Sánchez Vargas

    Pikachu Cecilia!

  6. demi torres Avatar
    demi torres

    yooooo

  7. vendle Avatar
    vendle

    This is really neat. I like to make posters and your tuts have been very helpful!

  8. tarannum Avatar
    tarannum

    what about the thin lines along the border. how does one do that

  9. Duy Cua Avatar
    Duy Cua

    thanks, very nice

  10. BENQEK Avatar
    BENQEK

    Download link doesn’t work. :(

    1. Photoshop Tutorials Staff Avatar
      Photoshop Tutorials Staff

      Link fixed thanks for letting me know!

  11. notyouagain Avatar
    notyouagain

    Thanks, actually turned out a good look……cheers !!

  12. denice Avatar
    denice

    took a month to understand

  13. Grammaoyrnazchos Avatar
    Grammaoyrnazchos

    This tutorial was very confusing. It was a very unenjoyable experience.

  14. TheKoolKid Avatar
    TheKoolKid

    I can’t express how confusing this is.

  15. dave Avatar
    dave

    Thanks for posting the tutorial about this layout. I like the fact that it looks totally vintage in the end result.

  16. Ravi K Avatar
    Ravi K

    very good tutorial….very useful for beginners…

  17. Thecommunist Avatar
    Thecommunist

    Lets have a popsicle

  18.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    my name is Jwana Jesus Lopez

  19. thecommunist Avatar
    thecommunist

    hello kids

  20. Victor Almeida Avatar
    Victor Almeida

    Camila

    1. Camila Gonzaga Avatar
      Camila Gonzaga

      Adorei os pôsteres :)))

  21. Natella Avatar
    Natella

    Great tutorial! Can be very useful for any purpose poster.

  22. Ýøg Nègï Avatar
    Ýøg Nègï

    TEACHER

    1. The Real Slim Shady Avatar
      The Real Slim Shady

      copycat of eminem… just less… you know… good

  23. Ýøg Nègï Avatar
    Ýøg Nègï

    THANK U FOR ALL THE POSTS

  24. Phil Avatar
    Phil

    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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