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Tutorials on how to achieve traditional styles in your digital art and design work including mid-century illustration, vintage comic books, kitschy American design.
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[TINY TUTORIAL] How to Draw a Retro Styled Matchbook
In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to draw a retro styled matchbook using The Texture Brush Pack for Procreate. So grab your iPad, load up your brushes, grab your favorite tiki cocktail, and follow us along in these eight easy steps.
How to Create a Set of Retro Icon Illustrations in Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to create retro-inspired icons in Adobe Illustrator. We'll be starting by creating a food truck illustration and then use that illustration to build out a full set of icons.
[Infographic] How to Cut Out Shapes with Brushes in Adobe Illustrator
Here's a simple trick we learned that allows you to cut away at a shape with your vector brushes! Learn how to use your vector brushes to subtract from a shape instead of adding to it. It'll have you creating with vector brushes in a whole new way!
How to Draw a Retro Character in Procreate
Learn how to draw a mid-century retro character illustration in Procreate using Procreate brushes in this step-by-step tutorial. Includes using Procreate brushes, clipping masks in Procreate, blending modes in Procreate and more.
[TINY TUTORIAL] How to Draw a Retro Magician in Procreate
Learn how to draw a retro-style illustration in Procreate in this tutorial. In this Tiny Tutorial, we'll be drawing a retro magician and rabbit using the Procreate app, Apple Pencil, and The Liner Brush Pack for Procreate by RetroSupply.
How to Add Patterns to Your Illustrations
Learn how to add patterns to your illustrations in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Featuring TransferTone | Dry Transfer Patterns from RetroSupply.
Create a hand-painted effect with the DragStrip brush set
Follow Von Glitscha’s eight-step tutorial to find out how to create a realistic hand-painted effect in your illustrations. Here, he goes behind the scenes on a high-profile illustration created for Adobe Max with the DragStrip brush set for Adobe Illustrator.
[TINY TUTORIAL] How to Draw a Gritty Guitar in Procreate
Learn how to draw a two-color, gritty guitar in Procreate in this easy-to-follow infographic tutorial created by illustrator and designer Lori Rudolph. You'll have an authentic retro design in no time!
How to Draw a Vintage Pistol in Procreate
Learn how to draw a vintage pistol in Procreate with this step-by-step tutorial. Includes screenshots, settings, colors, and links to Procreate brushes used.
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