Realistic Photocopy & Print Effects in Photoshop (COPYCULT Tutorial)

Ready to ditch that perfect digital white and embrace the aesthetic of “corporate despair”? In this tutorial, RSCO in-house artist Matt teaches you how to take a squeaky-clean illustration and turn it into a cursed artifact found in a haunted copy room.

We’re using our brand-new COPYCULT kit in Photoshop to get that gritty, high contrast “photocopied in the library” look.

We’re going to roleplay as a broken photocopier, manually smearing ink, simulating toner failure, and finishing it off with a top secret stack of smart filters to glue the whole thing together.

HERE’S WHAT WE’LL COVER:

-A walkthrough of the COPYCULT kit
-Creating an illustration to destroy
-Using overlays to add grime and strip ink away
-Thinking like a machine to add smears and toner leaks
-Attacking dark areas to create organic, physical wear
-A specific formula of smart filters for the ultimate lo-fi finish

Whether you’re making gig posters, zines, or just want to ruin some beautiful art, this workflow is your ticket to the COPYCULT.

HELPFUL RESOURCES:

COPYCULT Brush & Texture Kit: https://www.retrosupply.co/collections/new/products/copycult-for-photoshop

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CREDITS:

VIDEO AND ART Created by Matt Tower exclusively for RetroSupply Co. Follow him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/royland.art/

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