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Westinghouse Brochure Inspirational Images

Inspirational images from a 1955 Westinghouse brochure for a dishwasher. Includes classic retro illustration, 1950s color palette, and tons of images to get ideas to capture the style of mid-century advertising.

Fright-Fall Drawing Prompts

Our daily drawing prompts for the Fright-Fall Drawing Challenge. Includes calendar, download PDF, and list so you can easily find each day's drawing prompt in October.

LOVESTRUCK, or Can’t Get Enough of Your Font, Babe!

Artist and educator Chris Sperandio guides us through three old-school methods of type production for print and design work. Learn a little bit about the dark days of setting type by hand and how you can recreate the warmth and nostalgia of the 1970s with Lovestruck.

50 Best Free Retro and Vintage Fonts

Check out our curated selection of the 50 best free retro and vintage fonts. Regularly updated so you'll always find the best typefaces available on the web.

Retro Surf Art and Design Inspiration

Soak in a cool mix of retro surf art from the 1950s and 1960s including surfing posters, posters from surf movies, album artwork for surf music, and advertisements for surf fashion from the 1950s and 1960s.

5 Reasons to Try Our New Phantom Paper Texture Pack

Works like magic, easy to control! Here are 5 reasons you should try Phantom Paper textures to add authentic paper textures to your art and design work.

The 10 Best Vintage Affinity Brushes

Our Affinity Textures, bundles, and brushes don’t just save you time; they save you hassle, headache, and hand cramping too. And yes, we did it all for you!

Retro Digital Art: How to Start Drawing Digitally

We’ll walk you through how to start drawing retro art digitally so you can start creating unique pieces of work with the hand-sourced vintage tools designed to make the entire process a walk in the park.

Our Top 10 Retro Photoshop Texture Picks

If you’re not new to the game and simply looking for the best Photoshop Textures out there, you’ve come to the right place!

Boys' Life Inspirational Images

Get a peak into the world of retro editorial illustration and advertisements from a 1953 issue of Boys' Life. Includes advertisements, gouache illustrations, comics, and more.

The 10 Best Adobe Illustrator Brushes

Check out our curated list of Illustrator tools sure to give you a creative edge. When you want the best Adobe Illustrator brushes to bring your work to the next level, you come to RetroSupply.

20 of the Most Inspiring Retro and Vintage Illustrators

Whether you’re into Mid-Century advertising, pop art, traditional hand-lettering or beyond, these retro illustrators and vintage artists are at the top of their game.