70+ Photoshop Vintage Brushes – Want Vintage Style?

by Lars on February 14, 2013

Vintage style is always popular, as a trend, it comes and goes and it is used in many different types of design. Therefore, it is useful to have a sizeable collection of Photoshop vintage brushes as they allow you to add vintage look and feel in matter of a few mouse clicks.

Vintage style is often achieved by using old fashion drawings of people, cans, bottles, signs and certain choice of color palettes. All you need to go super vintage is available in vintage brush sets for Photoshop and in this article; I have collected more or less everything available as free download. Check the collection out and grab the vintage brushes you need, share the post with friends and co-workers and take a second for leaving a comment for us!

Vintage grunge brushes – MORE INFO

vintage-grunge-brushes

Cool retro style  brushes for creating old fashion posters and signs – all brand names are copyright by their companies

Vintage Brushes 1 – MORE INFO

vintage-brushes-1

Set of vintage brushes for Photoshop CS. Made of old photo and some pictures I’ve found at some web-sites.

Retro Brushes – MORE INFO

Retro-Brushes

 

Vintage Hats – 25 Brushes – MORE INFO

Vintage-Hats---25-Bruses

 

Tickets and Labels Brush Set – MORE INFO

Ticket-and-Labels-Brush-Set

 

Retro Images – MORE INFO

Retro-Images

Little gallery of retro images mostly about money, but you’ll find some brushes about pin-up, celebration and dance.

Ornament-art Brushes – MORE INFO

Ornament-art-Brushes

 

1940 Cosmopolitan Brushes – MORE INFO

1940-Cosmopolitan-Brushes

48 hi-res brushes from a vintage 40′s Cosmopolitan I got at a garage sale.
I hope they’re of some use to you. Please favorite if you use them, and give credit where credit is due.

Vintage Images + Ephmera – MORE INFO

Vintage-Images- -Ephmera

My preview for a set of high res vintage images and ephemera. Stamps, handwriting, post cards, old school bingo cards and other stuff like that.

Retro Brushes PS – MORE INFO

Retro-Brushes-PS

Originally made for PSP on a side account I never used, here’s an upgraded HQ Photoshop version. Made in CS3. I didn’t draw these.

Damaged Film Brushes – MORE INFO

Damaged-Film-Brushes

Compatible with Photoshop 7 and up, image packs included for other versions and programs.

25 Steampunk PS Brushes – MORE INFO

25-Steampunk-PS-Brushes

Enjoy these brushes from a vintage 1900′s Atlas! Photos of optics, mechanics, hydraulics etc. should work wonderfully in your Steampunk (and other) designs.

Bottles 3 – MORE INFO

Bottles-3

15 more vintage bottle illustrations.

Vintage Vogue Brushes – MORE INFO

Vintage-Vogue-Brushes

Taken from Vintage Vogue pattern illustrations. Work nicely with color, can be layered, some of them may need an extra “stamp” to be dark enough in certain colors. Please link back, making these was fun, so I would like to see where they end up.

Roshiweb Brushes 48 – MORE INFO

Roshiweb-Brushes-48

Resurrecting my old brush sets.

Vintage US Postcards – MORE INFO

Vintage-US-Postcards

Public domain vintage stateside postcard backside images converted to .abr Ps brushes.

Distressed Brushes – MORE INFO

Distressed-Brushes

Yep yep more grunge…this one is varied in sizes from small for those little accents to very large. PS7

Mightee-Mouse Assorted Brushes – MORE INFO

Mightee-Mouse-Assorted-Brushes

An odd menagerie of images I turned into brushes.

Dirigibles – MORE INFO

Dirigibles

Dirigibles… 12 brushes – made in PSCS2.

Old Stamp – MORE INFO

Old-Stamp

 

Vintage Postcards Set 1 – MORE INFO

Vintage-Postcards-Set-1

From my own collection of vintage postcards. I collect paper ephemera and these are from various sources.

Le Corset – MORE INFO

Le-Corset

For Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and higher.

Brushes: SteamPunk Bizarre – MORE INFO

Brushes-SteamPunk-Bizarre

This is a set of 31 Photoshop brushes (ranging in size from 2270 px to 150 px) of bizarre contraptions, strange industrial revolution devices, vintage engineering diagrams, and some weird and quirky oddities.

Girls in Trouble Rebel Teens – MORE INFO

Girls-in-Trouble-Rebel-Teens

Set of 24 hi-res brushes of film posters from the 1950s-60s. The preview image is one of my favorites. Beware, it’s a fairly large file.

12 Vintage Cycle PS Brushes – MORE INFO

12-Vintage-Cycle-PS-Brushes

These are free to use however you wish (almost!) – but please don’t put on another website or redistribute without prior permission from me.

50 Vintage Clock PS Brushes – MORE INFO

50-Vintage-Clock-PS-Brushes

There are another 2 sets of clock brushes to come and sample sets will always be available on deviant ART.

Phrenology Photoshop Brushes – MORE INFO

Phrenology-Photoshop-Brushes

A couple of phrenology diagrams, and a palmistry chart. Brushes made in Photoshop CS from vintage etchings and engravings.

Deco Women – MORE INFO

Deco-Women

 

Vintage Fashions – 14 Brushes – MORE INFO

Vintage-Fashions---14-Bruses

vintage fashions — 14 brushes – made in PSCS2.

Paris_Chacha – MORE INFO

Paris_Chacha

My first set of Photoshop brushes. I’ve borrowed from so many others, I figured it was time for some reciprocity. Making brushes is fun! Enjoy. Borrow freely.

1920s Sport Photoshop Brushes – MORE INFO

1920s-Sport-Photoshop-Brushes

A collection of 1920s sports images – what ho!

Brush Set 15 – Vintage Models – MORE INFO

Brush-Set-15---Vintage-Models

Some images from a sewing book from the 50′s.

Ornamental Vintage Brush Set 1 – MORE INFO

Ornamental-Vintage-Brush-Set-1

Bushes made in Adobe Photoshop 7.0.

Postage Label Brush Set – MORE INFO

Postage-Label-Brush-Set

I’m going to start creating brushes from vintage images mostly as that’s what I’m into, however, if there’s anything else you’d like turned into brushes give me a shout and I’ll give it a go.

Vintage Birds – MORE INFO

Vintage-Birds

20 brushes vintage birds made in adobe Photoshop CS2.

Vintage Lady – MORE INFO

Vintage-Lady

Collection of vintage pictures of woman. Some nude ones, nothing revolting of course!

Movie Posters III – MORE INFO

Movie-Posters-lll

Collection of old movie posters. Very effective!

Victorian Lady – MORE INFO

Victorian-Lady

Made in PSCS2.

Vintage Toys Photoshop Brushes – MORE INFO

Vintage-Toys-Photoshop-Brushes

This is my first set of brushes so apologies if they are all screwed up. Don’t shout at me just message me and I’ll sort them out.

New Grunge Brush Sampler – MORE INFO

New-Grunge-Brush-Sampler

The brushes were made in Adobe Photoshop CS, and will work in CS and above. They have not been tested in earlier versions of Photoshop.

Embroidery A Cross-Stitch – MORE INFO

Embroidery-A-Cross-Stitch

Embroidery a cross-stitch — 8 brushes – made in PSCS3.

Old Paper Brushes IV – MORE INFO

Old-Paper-Brushes-lV

14 Old Paper Brushes, enjoy!

Magazine Clipping Brushes – MORE INFO

Magazine-Clipping-Brushes

Brushes made from magazine clippings found in my collage journal.

Textiles Ornaments- 18 Brushes – MORE INFO

Textiles-Ornaments--18-Brushes

Tornaments — 18 brushes – made in PSCS3.

Vintage Horses Brushpack – MORE INFO

Vintage-Horses-Brushpack

This brushpack consists of 15 illustrated vintage horse breeds. This is the third brush pack I have made.

Vintage Illust. Dogs Brushpack – MORE INFO

Vintage-Illust.-Dogs-Brushpack

My first ever attempt at making a brush pack! Made with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.

Old Paper Brushes III – MORE INFO

Old-Paper-Brushes-lll

Old Paper Brushes part 3.

Old Booky Goodness Part 2 – MORE INFO

Old-Booky-Goodness-Part-2

Even more of that delectable degradation from the grimy, dank depths of the rat-infested archive of lost souls.

Make It Old, Vol 1 – MORE INFO

Make-It-Old,-Vol-1

The first in a series of two sets of very large brushes designed for aging the look of documents and adding archaic-looking motifs.

Pretty Script Brushes – MORE INFO

Pretty-Script-Brushes

Just like grunge you can never have too many handwriting brushes. I made these big too for more coverage without being so big they are hard to maneuver on your screen.

Feminine Accessories – MORE INFO

Feminine-Accessories

From “The Tilda” graphics.

Vintage Script Brush Sampler – MORE INFO

Vintage-Script-Brush-Sampler

The brushes were made in Adobe Photoshop CS, and will work in CS and above. They have not been tested in earlier versions of Photoshop.

Bones Brush Sampler – MORE INFO

Bones-Brush-Sampler

This set is a sample pack including 7 brushes from my Bones brush set. The full pack is high res, and most at the maximum 2500 pixels!

Old Booky Goodness Part 1 – MORE INFO

Old-Booky-Goodness-Part-1

More of that yummy old bookiness from the grimy, dank depths of the spider-web draped bibliotheque of the damned.

Vintage Anatomy Set 1 – MORE INFO

Vintage-Anatomy-Set-1

28 hi-res brushes from a a vintage book titled “Manual Atlas of Dissection”.

Infernal Machines – MORE INFO

Infernal-Machines

Brushes made from technical and mechanical drawings of 19th Century machines and instrumentation.

Decay Brushes – MORE INFO

Decay-Brushes

 

Vintage Polaroid Brushes – MORE INFO

Vintage-Polaroid-Brushes

14 large sized vintage style polaroid brushes.Image pack included.

Roaring 20s Vol. 1 – MORE INFO

Roaring-20s-Vol.-1

Brushes, mostly women, taken from ads and articles spanning from 1915 to 1925.

Steampunk Brush Set – MORE INFO

Steampunk-Brush-Set

There are 16 brushes in this pack, sketches/plans of different types of steampunk-style machinery.

Cigar and Cigarette Boxes Vol1 – MORE INFO

Cigar-and-Cigarette-Boxes-Vol1

This is the first set in a series of cigarette and cigar box images from the late 1800′s. The brushes are large as the original images were quite high resolution.

Band Aid Brushes – MORE INFO

Band-Aid-Brushes

For Photoshop 7 and Cs.

Vintage Women – MORE INFO

Vintage-Women

 

Typographic Grunge Brushes – MORE INFO

Typographic-Grunge-Brushes

Some random letter and number grunge brushes made from stock photos. The file size is a pain (well for 56kers)but some of these really work better as large brushes.

Retro Advertisements – MORE INFO

Retro-Advertisements

Retro advertising from the end of the 19th and early 20th Centuries.

Steampunk Photoshop Brushes – MORE INFO

Steampunk-Photoshop-Brushes

Damn this Steampunk obsession. I made brushes. Gear brushes.

Tizzape Tape Brushes – MORE INFO

Tizzape-Tape-Brushes

For Photoshop 7+ –My exclusive collection of masking tape brushes, They look good as any tape really.

Roaring 20s Vol. 2 – MORE INFO

Roaring-20s-Vol.-2

More brushes taken from ads and articles spanning 1915 to 1925. These are also mostly women.

Steampunk Machine Brushes – MORE INFO

Steampunk-Machine-Brushes

Made with Photoshop CS3.

Vintage Medical Brushes Set 1 – MORE INFO

Vintage-Medical-Brushes-Set-1

These are mostly all large brushes, hi-res.

Paperbrushes – MORE INFO

Paperbrushes

Theese brushes can be used to create custom pieces of paper. See full view to see an example of how to use the brushes.

More Cigarette Card Beauties – MORE INFO

More-Cigarette-Card-Beauties

These brushes come from a set of illustrated cigarette cards of famous actresses of the turn of the last century. These ones are much higher resolution.

Insects: Butterflies 2 – MORE INFO

Insects-Butterflies-2

This is a set of brushes made from a zoological study in 1923 – Insects of South America.

SAFETY PIN Brushes – MORE INFO

SAFETY-PIN-Brushes

This is a pack of 6 brushes made by me, the only thing I ask is a link to my deviant art count if you use them, comments are optional.

Paris Brushes – MORE INFO

Paris-Brushes

These brushes were made from pictures I took on my trip to Paris this March, and I hope you all enjoy them! The roses are from some pics I’ve had on my HD and thought would complete the set well.

Vintage Music Brushes – MORE INFO

Vintage-Music-Brushes

A bit of a vintage brush series going on here…in case you didn’t notice.

Techy-Scripture Brushes – Ps7 – MORE INFO

Techy-Scripture-Brushes---Ps7

The set was self made in photoshop. it’s a delicate combination of light techy style brushes with various old scripture and texts.

EMO Brushes – MORE INFO

EMO-Brushes[3]

This is a pack of 10 brushes made by me, the only thing I ask is a link to my deviantart count if you use them, comments are optional.

Burnt Paper-Brushes – MORE INFO

Burnt-Paper-Brushes

These brushes can be used to create custom pieces of burned paper. See full view to see an example of what they might look like when used.

Despirited Grunge Brushes Set1 – MORE INFO

Despirited-Grunge-Brushes-Set1

6 Brushes… Works on 7.0 not sure of CS. Comments welcome so are favs. And I would like to see what you did with them if you used em.

Grunge Brushes 8 – MORE INFO

Grunge-Brushes-8

Made with Ps7, 60 brushes in it.

Grunge Brushes 4 – MORE INFO

Grunge-Brushes-4

Brush Pack – Vintage Frames 02 – MORE INFO

Brush-Pack---Vintage-Frames-02

About
Lars started tripwire magazine back in January 2009. He is really passionate about web design, web development, SEO, social media and loves to look into new technologies, techniques, tools etc. and to write articles for tripwire magazine readers.

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Liam February 14, 2013 at 12:59 pm

vintage style ! I like it !

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Lars February 15, 2013 at 7:42 am

Thanks Liam, same here ;)

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