Over recent years the revival of futuristic art styles from the 1980s have proven to be a popular modern design trend. Highly reflective chrome effect logos with vibrant colours high-tech surroundings are common traits of this aesthetic. In today’s inspiration showcase I present 30 stunning retro designs with 80s style chrome text effects. See how this gaudy art style has come back into fashion as part of the retrowave/synthwave movement.
Rad by Justin Mezzell
Cyber Monday by Justin Mezzell
Cyber Week Continues by Justin Mezzell
Futuralbum by Justin Mezzell
Pulse Power by Justin Mezzell
A.D.D. Since ’83 by Thomas Hatfield
Deifuser by Tom Potter
Vector Hold by Michael B
VHS Glitch by VHS Glitch
80s Style Logo by Mikkel Larsen
Kenzologo by Kenzo Art
Mirko Hirsch by Kenzo Art
Neon Nox by Kenzo Art
RBeg Logo by Tim Waves
New Retro Wave Restyling by Over Glow
Andy Fox by Over Glow
Arc Neon by Over Glow
Over Glow by Over Glow
Born in 1983 by Sean Kane Design
DJ Spider by Sean Kane Design
Denial by Sean Kane Design
Turbo by Craig Berry
Rocker by Signalnoise
Made in the 80s by Signalnoise
Rad by Signalnoise
Saturday Night by Signalnoise
Action Jackson by Chrome & Lightning
Tools & Resources for creating 80s Chrome Text Effects
If you fancy giving this style a try yourself, you might find these tools and resources useful. Discover text effects and tutorials for producing 80s style chrome text effects in Illustrator and Photoshop.
80s Retro Cover Art Textures
80s Retro Typography Effect
80s Chrome Text Effect
80s Text Effects
80s Retro Graphic Styles
The 80s Vector Graphic Set
How to create 80s Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Create a 1980s Inspired 3D Text Effect in Photoshop
Illustrator tutorial: 80’s Metal Text Effect
80s Style Chrome Text Effect in Photoshop
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Ahh…the memories!
I remember powering up the airbrush to produce
these back then. Now, done in a fraction of
the time.
Great collection – thanks.
Ha! Glad you like the collection Ian!
These are great! Takes me back to my days in Art School
Thanks for your comment Kevin!
inspired by those designs, that are not more practiced, or are now a part of history. As a designer, we should have an eye on our history also. thanks for sharing such designs.
Gee, um, I wouldn’t remember these…. LOL NOT!
I don’t care much for the chrome effect, by itself. But, when mixed with colors and other designs, it looks, well, RAD! (I had to do it!)
Seriously, there are several I would like to try!
Thank you!
Su
Ha! Thanks for your comment Su!
Most of them are very trending. I saw many times around the www. Now see at a glance.
Yeh its been trending quite a bit recently!
Hey Chris, I’m really glad to see all these amazing artworks here and I am very grateful for be included on this collection. Thanks a lot!!! Stay retro!
I’ve seen a twitter thread of these type of designs use as memes and they were quite funny.
I certainly wouldn’t use retro all the time but it can be fun to make something like these from time to time.
Great designs thank you