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Retro Rainbow Photoshop Tutorials

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Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of ’70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly convey the message of the graphic work. In past few months I came across to many artworks and new concepts of retro designs which gave me a thought to gather few for this inspirational post. Retro Rainbow Inspiration Below you’ll find a showcase of beautiful Retro Rainbow designs and resources. They range from popular Flickr photos to unconventional sources of inspiration, from helpful tutorials to useful related tools. Share your favorite sources of inspiration in the comments. You may want to consider browsing through the following related posts: * Retro and Vintage in Modern Web Design * Celebration Of Vintage and Retro Design * 35 Beautiful Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials * Vintage and Retro Typography Showcase

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Although often used in the wrong context, the motif of ’70s Retro Rainbow designs seems to occur in many modern designs – from products designs to posters and web designs. The rainbow colors are particularly eye-catching and lively; they may provide the design with a dynamics and help to vividly convey the message of the graphic work. [Updated June/14/2017]

Retro Rainbow Photoshop Tutorials

In past few months I came across to many artworks and new concepts of retro designs which gave me a thought to gather few for this inspirational post.

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Below you’ll find a showcase of beautiful Retro Rainbow designs and resources. They range from popular Flickr photos to unconventional sources of inspiration, from helpful tutorials to useful related tools. Share your favorite sources of inspiration in the comments.

Tutorial: Create A Retro Cosmic Design in Photoshop

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Signalnoise Tutorial: Rainbow Shards

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Add A Realistic Rainbow To A Photo With Photoshop

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Abstract rainbow colors Photoshop video tutorial

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Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Colorful Rainbow Fantasy Scene

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MSNBC Style Effect

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Rainbow Background Photoshop Tutorial

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How to make Rainbow background

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How to create abstract colorful rainbow background

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Photoshop Tutorial: Rainbow Glass Effect

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Glow Effect Wallpaper in Photoshop - Tutorial

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Abstract Rainbow Wallpaper In Photoshop

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Create Rainbow Logos with Warped Grids

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Rainbow Colored Eyes Effect With Photoshop

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Creating A Cartoon Rainbow

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Bright Rainbow Text Effect

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The Rusty Rainbow Killed The Rabbit

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Shining Neon Text Effect in Photoshop

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Painting the sky invitation (Photoshop tutorial)

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Making of the Imaginary Paint Dancers

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Awesome digital bokeh effect in Photoshop

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Create a Grungy Scene with Colorful Lights in Photoshop

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Colorful Glow Text Effects

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Creating A Fantastic Fantasy Night Sky In Photoshop

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Photoshop tutorial: Create a glowing superhero

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Advanced Glow Effects

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Photoshop Tutorial Web Design Colorful Rainbow

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Recreate Pride Facebook Rainbow Effect In Abode Photoshop

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Create Super Glossy 3D Typography in Illustrator and Photoshop

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Create striking photo and vector mash-ups

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Fluffy Clouds in Photoshop

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Animated Rainbow Wallpaper

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Create a Funky Retro Wavy Text Effect in Photoshop

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Make a Retro-Space Typography Poster with Colorful Lights

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Design a Retro Styled Poster

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How to create a set of Photoshop grunge brushes

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Tutorial Time: Rainbow Wallpaper

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Photoshop Graphic Design Tutorial

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Earth Day. Green Planet

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Mastering Photoshop: Noise, Textures, Gradients and Rounded Rectangles

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