How to get this low res effect??

[violentchalupa]

Hi I am trying to recreate a graphic art piece that looks low res and similar to the following 3 photos.  The last one is me trying to practice with dust and scratches and noise / pointillize in photoshop, but it just isn't looking right.  Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks.

[D Fosse]

Resample a couple of times and crank jpeg compression all the way up (quality 1-3), and you're good to go It will look horrible, guaranteed...

[Trevor.Dennis]

Or you  could use Free Transform to downsize

And the Free Transform it back to its original size.  That would mess it up nicely as well.

Or Camera RAW > fx > Grain

It's one of my favourite methods of applying texture.

[jane-e]

The first one looks a lot like the “I Love Lucy” logo:

[Trevor.Dennis]

jane-e  wrote

The first one looks a lot like the “I Love Lucy” logo:

I was reading one of those trashy online celeb magazines recently, and it said that Lucille Ball had a mean streak a mile wide.  A bit off topic methinks.

[jane-e]

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

I was reading one of those trashy online celeb magazines recently, and it said that Lucille Ball had a mean streak a mile wide.  A bit off topic methinks.

Trevor, I am shocked, simply shocked, twice: that real-life Lucy had a mean streak and that you read trashy celeb magazines!