The trends for vintage always migrate from the past like boomerangs, reinventing a myriad of well-known but abandoned techniques. Even the present-day high-quality laser printing cannot quench the retro passion: cozy inky letterpress posters, newspapers, and pamphlets owe it to halftone dots! Having an optical illusion put to the basis of this visual effect, fair to warn you about the risks of getting lost in structured rows of stippling, vibrant hues and produced astonishment. 

Plunge into lushly nostalgic engraved graphics, created with a flurry of microscopic dots, lines, squares, dashes and circles, captured in 20 halftone patterns. The abundance of textural diversity fascinates, supplying the inspiration-fuelled workflow with 50 gradients, highlighting the recognizable retro style. It’s like holding a warm, freshly-printed stack of papers or sniffing the cracking pages of a brand new book — the strong, “hard-to-forget” sensations you can replicate! Create emotionally resonant images, posters, covers, backgrounds, presentation graphics, print-aimed assets soaked in old-timey sentiments.

This product has featured in The Playful Creative’s Photography Bundle

Included in this set:

• high-quality PSD file;
• 20 halftone patterns;
• 50 gradients included;
• 4500x3000 px, 300 dpi;
• help file.

Zipped File Size: 92.3 MB

File Types Included: PSD

Software Compatibility: Adobe Photoshop CS4 (and higher).