
Learn to make a retro looking digital collage in Adobe Photoshop, guiding beginners and advanced users from an empty canvas to a finished illustration, with downloadable images.
Categorize images into photos, illustrations and paintings, computer-generated images, and vector images to guide retro collage choices and harmonize textures.
Explore retro clash references on Pinterest, create a board, and analyze background, image style, layout, color, and textures to craft a 2D collage using old papers, photos, and illustrations.
Explore creating a retro digital collage by shaping a mood rather than a message, using colors, textures, and elements inspired by the phrase 'good old clash' to guide image searches.
Explore image sources for retro digital collages by following institutions and libraries on Flickr. Filter by rights and size, verify sources, and download images safely.
Learn how to build a retro digital collage by mastering selections in Photoshop, using pen tool and masks to isolate images, combine textures, and arrange layered elements.
Learn to build a retro digital collage by removing backgrounds with Photoshop tools like content-aware fill and clone stamp, refining in parts for authentic texture.
Merge images into a collage using transform controls, blending modes, and masks; adjust opacity, soften edges with a textured brush, and reserve space for text while referencing a Pinterest board.
Learn to craft a retro digital collage by masking, layering, adding subtle shadows and textures, and applying color overlays for a cohesive clash aesthetic.
Export your retro digital collage by saving for web, resize to 72 dpi and a width like 1400 for online upload, then save to complete the export.
Practice analyzing styles to build your own collage toolbox, discover what you like, and develop your personal recipe for creating unique collages.
In this class you will learn how to make a retro / vintage digital collage with Adobe Photoshop. I will guide you through the whole process and give you the images that I will use so you can follow along.
I analyse the style, so we understand what and how we want to do it before we start. Once we have decoded the visual language of this technique, we go from the blank Photoshop canvas until we have a finished illustration.
We will also learn where to find old books illustrations and nice images.
This class requires a minimum knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.