Tutorial: Create A Retro Cosmic Design in Photoshop

核心提示：This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the Retro Cosmic designs made popular by James White of Signalnoise. All you need is a copy of Photoshop and some t

This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the Retro Cosmic designs made popular by James White of Signalnoise. All you need is a copy of Photoshop and some time on your hands. In this particular example we’re going to create a retro cosmic rainbow but the techniques explained can be used in combination with any shape and colour.

Preview:

This is a cutout of the final design that will be created in 10 easy steps. So let’s get started.

Step 1: Create document

Start by creating a new document of 2400px by 1600px. Fill the background with a dark grey. I used #191919.

Step 2: Add Textures

Now we’re gonna add some nice Old Grunge Paper Textures which have been released on Fudgegraphics earlier. They can be downloaded here and we’re only going to need the textures number 3 and 4. First open Paper Texture 4 and place it on top of the background layer. You might want to scale it so that it fits the document. It’s a good practice to always convert images to smart object when scaling them down. This way you won’t compromise the quality should you decide to increase the dimensions of the design later on.