Old Paper
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- SHAMAN
I have a project that requires an old paper look. It's a custom piece of artwork that I would like to screen the illustration onto. She wants an "old" look so the paper I want to be yellow, maybe water stains, dark edges, ripped etc. Any suggestions of where I should start looking for something like this? I could use photoshop to create it but I would rather it be a little bit more genuine.
Thank you for your suggestions and time!
- keithrondinelli0
- Like I said, I would rather not print the oldness of the paper. I would like it more authentic.SHAMAN
- francoisfido0
check old stationer's in your area
- Etype0
coffee.. old books... and a scanner
- SHAMAN0
If I were to stain the paper myself, any suggestions of a type of paper, old school, durable and available in big sheets?
- dbloc0
goodwill
- dbloc0
an old print shop
- Stian0
Try to scan the paper that holds vinyl records
- Greedo0
take a sheet of paper, walk across it 4-5 times, dip it in tea and dry it for about 10 minutes in the oven (watch it so it doesn't catch fire or char).
instant old paper.
- Projectile0
the resources section of deviantart.com is pretty handy for this sort of thing
- WrappedInBooks0
Depends on how much work you would like to do, but this book has a section on how to age paper. Your local library might have it.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Forger…
- kezza_20
you know that there are photoshop brush plug ins for that shit...?
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exc…
theres a few in exchange if you hunt about a bit
- kezza_20
actually these are the ones I have
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exc…
very good, about 20 different textures in there
- Mal0
- dbloc0
just lay some paper out for about 30 years and let it age naturally.
- MLP0
if you don't care about them lasting a long time, newsprint will age super fast if you lay it out in the sun for a day or two. like a lot of dudes said .. goodwill for old books/insides of LP sleeves (the glue will yellow the inside of the sleeve considerably), etc.