30 of the Best Free Retro and Vintage Textures

Phantom Paper Sampler

RetroSupply Co.

Phantom Paper textures are high-definition and truly seamless, meaning you can fit them to any artwork you’re working on, no matter the dimensions. And they make your artwork look like it is living on the page, complete with texture depth and ink effects.

This is a freebie sampler edition of our best-selling Phantom Paper pack, which contains 21 high-definition, seamless, and impressively realistic paper textures.

Available for Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, and Affinity.

SCK Album Cover Textures

sick again

Self-described "trash designer" Sick Again has their finger on the pulse of Y2K design aesthetics. Harness the power of nostalgia with this collection of 7 textures and 1 premade design. Great for graphic designers and illustrators wanting to break into album cover design.

SUBTLE GRIT TEXTURE PHOTOSHOP ACTION

HOODZPAH

A quick and simple way to make your graphics look perfectly aged, and retro, and grainy. It works great for social media posts or any artwork around 1200px to 1600px. It adds tooth to the crisp lines, the softens the edges, and finally adds noise and grain for a subtle, yet effective, end result.

8K Film Grain Textures

Adi Ulitski

Finding film grain textures that are actually useful can be difficult. That's why we're greatful that visual designer Arkadzi Ulitski stepped up to fill in a gap in the market. And for free! Get 10 super high res textures scanned from 35mm film. There are even some bonus ragged edges and light leaks integral to that vintage film look. Available for both personal and commercial projects.

Decay Grunge Textures

Diego Arriagada

Digital artist and designer Diego Arriagada brings us 18 grungy raster and vector based textures based on photographs. The set includes dry paint, cracks, dirt, cardboard, and moss among others. Arriagada has made these textures available under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal license.

VHS Texture Pack

Timothy Swim

You can get three of Timothy Swim’s 10-texture VHS overlay png pack for free on the Missouri-based creative’s Dribbble site – perfect for adding a retro, crackling effect to your illustrations.

Bad Print Effects

Spoon graphics

Chris Spooner of Spoon Graphics has been around from many years and throughout that time he's put out thousands of high-quality illustration and design tools. Our pick is a Photoshop action to give you the finishing touch to your retro or vintage themed designs.

Retro Noise Textures

diego arriagada

A unique one for our list, Diego Arriagada returns to provide textures for your video and motion graphics projects with Retro Noise. Easy to use MP4 texture loops for 1080p, 2K, and 4K formats.

Matchbook Mockup Template

RetroSupply Co.

Make your artwork look like it's been printed on a real, vintage matchbook with RetorSupply's layered matchbook template– just add your artwork and customize your texture and ink fade settings!

Available for Procreate, Photoshop, and Affinity.

Small Wonders Texture Pack

guerillacraft

Illustrator and graphic designer Matej Ilčík, AKA Guerillacraft, brings a taste of his massive 400 texture bundle Small Wonders. These fun, lightweight TIFF textures are great for working in Illustrator when you don't want to sacrifice quality for file size.

Distressed Marble Texture

graphic goods

Available in AI, PNG, and PSD this collection of 8 free marble textures and paper overlays is sure to make its way into your design arsenal in one way or another. Great for backgrounds in your social media posts, packaging, stationery and more! Available for both personal and commercial projects under Graphic Goods' free license.

28. Vintage Texture Sampler

studio 2am

It never hurts to have a little bit of everything. Studio 2am provides just that with an assortment of 25 high-resolution paper, plastic, and tape textures from their full size Texture Collection. Great for mockups, designs, illustrations, and more. Available for personal-use.

08. Fabric Print Logo Mockup

Creative Veila

From design house Creative Veila comes a collection of stunning realistic fabric logo mockups for your proof of concept design projects. Available for both personal and commercial projects under Creative Veila's freebie license.

OFFICE SUPPLIES FREEBIE EDITION

RetroSupply Co.

A collection of 15 drag and drop resources including tape, paper scuffs, stains, stamps, blank shop stickers, paper clips, and more!

This is a freebie sampler edition of our best-selling Office Supplies Drag-and-Drop Resources pack, which contains 150 pieces of vintage finishing PNGs in carefully curated packs of tape, stamps, stains, and shop stickers.

04. DIRTY SURFACE TEXTURES

SPOON GRAPHICS

Dirty Surface Textures are created from layers and layers of real surface grime to help you add authentic dirt effects with intricate details to your work. They’re great for adding dirty backgrounds to your designs, overlaying over photos and images, or applying to layer masks to distress your digital artwork.

09. Natural Vector Textures

Autumn Hutchins

Illustrator and designer Autumn Hutchins created this collection of organic vector textures for her personal use. Eventually they were made available for sale and the creative community couldn't be luckier! Get a free sample of this 96 texture collection for your branding, presentation, illustration, and anything in between.

24. Vintage Canvas Textures

alex mihis

Fully editable and available in AI, EPS, PSD, and PNG files. This collection of 15 canvas textures would be perfect for everything from craft projects, to art prints, product design and more.

11. Photocopy Retro Noise Textures

indieground

Indiground Design Inc. provides a collection of 5 high-res photocopy textures made from real scans of photocopies. Use them with anything that you want to "give that worn feeling and add a subtle depth to your artworks!" Available for personal and commercial use under Indiground's terms and conditions.

16. Plastic Textures Vol. 1

alessandro silva

Created by visual artist and made available on Pixel Surplus, this collection of 7 high-quality plastic textures complements the mockup provided above for even more design options. Use in both your personal and commercial projects.

15. Cardboard Shapes

deal jumbo

Font and design house DealJumbo provides 25 transparent grungy and torn cardboard PNG shapes for your projects. Includes 12 brown and 14 white cardboard shapes so you can change the color or apply graphics for a variety of looks. Available as a PSD template and 2 high resolution PNG images.

13. Ink Stamp Layer Style

artifex forge

Art supply company Artifex Forge provides 10 free stamped ink layer styles for your illustrations and designs. Get the look of hand stamped prints with just a few clicks! Available for personal and commercial use.

Steal This Brush Pack

RetroSupply Co.

A collection of 7 of the most useful brushes for illustration, design, and retro textures you'll find anywhere. Includes an inker, pencil, halftones, grain, and other vintage textures to use in your work.

Plus, this pack has been made for your favorite software including Procreate, Photoshop, and Affinity.

14. Retro Plastic Wrap Mockup

alaa el. aifa

Graphic Designer Alaa El. Aifa provides a popular design aesthetic with a free plastic wrap PSD. Use it in your product mockups, graphic design projects, and more!

17. Vector Vintage Grit Textures

nasir udin

Designer Nasir Udin provides 3 tasteful retro inspired textures for your vector artwork. Available in EPS, AI, and PNG (so you can even use in in your raster work too!) Great for background images or adding character to "poster design, branding, and packaging as well."

23. Seamless Dot Patterns

spoon graphics

Easily add interesting texture to your shapes or use as a background for your website or social media posts with this collection of 8 seamless dot pattersn from Spoon Graphics. Available in AI, EPS, PNG, and a Photoshop PAT library for your convenience.

25. Retro Bubble Wrap Textures

indieground

Another unique texture from Roberto Perrino's Indieground. Made from photographs of real plastic bubblewrap, you can use these textures in your design, photography, illustration, and video projects.

26. Abstract Retro Paint Textures

deal jumbo

Add a splash of color to your designs and illustrations with a collection of 12 high-rex paint textures from Deal Jumbo. Includes 10 transparent PNGs and 2 background JPG textures.

19. Foil Textures

the earthy forager

Loving the plastic textures, but looking for something a little more unique? The Earthy Forager provides two free high-quality foil textures that you can use in your personal and commercial projects.

22. Grunge Texture Effect Template

miksks

There's nothing more satisfying that taking a design you've spent hours on and absolutely beating the crap out of it. That's why we're thankful that MiksKs is providing this Smart PSD template to easily grunge up your text and design.

27. tortured paper Vintage Textures

textexp

Graphic designer TextExp provides 10 of a total of 50 experimental paper textures. Using everything from acetone to candles to grunge and destroy, you'll love the unique effect it gives your work. And at 1200PPI they're perfect for even large print jobs.

Tape 2 Transparent pngs

pete cruzine

Graphic designer Pete Cruzine has his finger on the pulse of current design trends and shares with us a collection of 26 transparent tape shapes.