retrograde your design

i visited Smashing Magazine today and i found a very useful article about Retro Web Design.. it tells us what kind of elements that makes a design called Retro.. you can always apply these elements in your photo editting, illustrations and graphics..

Retro Elements


illustrations from old posters, movies, newspapers, CDs, vinyls, ads

old-style typography (e.g. Roman typefaces)

script fonts and handwriting

old radio devices

old TV devices

old cars

old packaging

old photos

vibrant rainbow colors (high contrast, neon-style)

torn, used paper with stains (often yellowish paper

dark, dirty colors (brown, dark red, dark blue) and textures (e.g. paper)

scrapbooks

pop-art elements

retro illustrations

old-style sign