Learn Everything You Need to Know to Create Captivating Digital Collages from Vintage Illustrations in Adobe Photoshop

Collage is one of the most playful and accessible ways to create original art — from surreal and quirky to elegant and refined. In this course, you’ll learn how to turn vintage graphics into engaging digital collages in Adobe Photoshop, with step-by-step guidance that makes the process clear, inspiring, and fun!

Whilst traditional collages often bring to mind scissors, glue, and messy layers of paper, digital collages open up a whole new realm of creative possibilities! With the range of tools available in Adobe Photoshop you can easily cut, combine, layer, scale, recolour, and ultimately transform your found images into something entirely new and often completely unexpected!

Whether you simply want to experiment and level up your collaging or Adobe Photoshop skills or create artworks or designs to sell as prints, t-shirts, or posters, this course will give you the skills and confidence to bring your ideas to life!

What You’ll Learn

In this course, I’ll walk you through the complete process of creating digital collages from scratch, including:

• where to find free vintage illustrations in online image archives;
• how to approach creating collages and combining elements;
• how to select and non-destructively cut out images of varying complexity using a range of Adobe Photoshop tools, including Object Selection tool, Layer Masks, Lasso tools, Pen tool and Select & Mask Workspace;
• techniques for arranging, scaling, and layering elements to build your collage composition;
• adding geometric shapes to enhance your design by creating contrast or focal points;
• applying non-destructive image adjustments to fine-tune colours, contrast and overall aesthetic;
• texturing and finishing techniques to bring everything together;
• saving your artwork for print and for sharing online.

By the end of the course, you’ll not only have created your own collage or collages, but also developed a toolkit of Adobe Photoshop techniques you can apply to other creative projects.

Bonus Lesson

As a special extra, you’ll also get access to a bonus lesson, where I break down a more advanced collage example and take you deeper into my creative process. I’ll share the thinking behind my design decisions, walk you through alternative technical workflows, and give you extra tips that will help you push your collage-making skills even further.

Who This Course Is For

This course is:

• Beginner-friendly — perfect if you’re new to Adobe Photoshop or digital collage;
• Great for intermediate and more advanced Adobe Photoshop users who are looking to pick up new Adobe Photoshop tips and learn smarter workflows;
• Perfect if you want a low-pressure creative project to experiment, develop your skills and visual language, or reignite your creativity;
• Designed for anyone curious about illustration, graphic design, or collage as an art form.

About Your Teacher

I’m Evgeniya Righini-Brand, a graphic designer and educator with a passion for breathing new life into vintage graphics through prints, surface patterns, and illustrations. With a background in university teaching, I’ve been sharing my expertise online since 2016, helping thousands of students master Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create professional, eye-catching work.

This course is a brand-new 2025 edition of one of my most popular courses, originally taken by over 13,000 students. Here, I combine my love of collage and vintage imagery with my favourite smart workflows in Adobe Photoshop—so you can work faster, with more confidence, and create collages you’ll be proud of.

Software & Requirements

• For the best experience, you’ll need an up-to-date desktop version of Adobe Photoshop (CC 2025 or newer version);
• No prior Adobe Photoshop experience is required — all key tools and steps are explained in detail.

Why Enrol in This Course?

• Learn a playful and versatile creative technique you can adapt to many different projects;
• Build skills you can use to create prints, posters, greeting cards, book covers, packaging labels, social media content, and anything else you can think of;
• Gain confidence in Adobe Photoshop while working on a hands-on project.

I cannot wait to see what this course inspires you to create!

—Evgeniya / Attitude Creative