Bring 80′s-inspired styles to your web templates

10 Colouring: Cassette Tape

In Illustrator, File>Place the cassette image and then create a new layer on top. Use the Pen tool to trace the label and inner reel in black stroke with no fill.
Select both of the shapes and click the Divide button from the Pathfinder panel. Right-click, Ungroup and delete the inner shape. Apply a gradient of #FF9FD6
to #FFD2DC.

11 Colouring: Cassette Tape 2

Select the shape and copy/paste into ‘80’s_style.psd’ in Photoshop as pixels on a new layer at blend mode Multiply. Resize to fit if needed and place on top of the cassette image layer. Repeat this colouring and copying/pasting method for the Rubik’s Cube.

12 Linking layers

Every single object that you have drawn and its colours are on separate layers in Photoshop. Select each set of layers and click the Link icon in the Layers panel. Now the two linked layers will remain intact whenever one is moved or transformed, ensuring you won’t lose track of any of your work.

13 Logo

Hand-draw the logo on paper and scan into Photoshop. Double-click on the layer, hit Enter to exit the locked background layer mode, and remove the background. Save as a .psd file. In Illustrator, File>Place the file. Add a new layer and using the Pen tool, trace an outline shape around the logo.

14 Logo: 3D effect

Apply fill #FFF100 and stroke #F44A7A to the shape. Select it and click Effect>3D>Extrude & Bevel. Experiment with the angle. Click More Options and check Custom in the Shading Color panel, with colour set to #AEFFFB. Copy/paste the shape into ‘80s_style.psd’ in Photoshop as pixels on a new layer. Copy/paste the logo sketch and use Free Transform>Distort or Skew to match the shape of the text.

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