Articles by TutsPlus - Design from October 2016

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a simple maggot text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to cre...

What You'll Be CreatingHalloween is not only abut scary things—it's also about fun! The 1981 movie classic An American Werewolf in London combined these two parts, horror and comedy, into a fan...

What You'll Be CreatingScream is a classic slasher movie series, and in this tutorial, you will learn how to draw the famous scary mask of the mysterious killer known as Ghostface. Practice your ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial we’re going to continue with the Horror Movie Special, and learn how to create the trippy carpet pattern from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.We’re goi...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I will show you how to create an easy text effect inspired by Freddy Krueger from the horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street, using patterns and a layer st...

What You'll Be CreatingPoltergeist has to be one of the most iconic horror movies of the 80s. It's that story of a family who are visited by a ghost and think it's all fun and games until it decides t...

What You'll Be CreatingDolls are just plain ole creepy. And possessed dolls always have a way of causing infinite destruction. Inspired by the movie Annabelle, let's create some creepy fan art to cele...

What You'll Be CreatingPoltergeist has to be one of the most iconic horror movies of the 80s. It's that story of a family who are visited by a ghost and think it's all fun and games until it decides t...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to create a text effect inspired by the Pinhead character from the Hellraiser movie, using textures, shapes, layer styles, and a couple...

What You'll Be CreatingToday’s tutorial is part of the Horror Movie Week special, in which I and everybody else at Team Tuts+ got the chance to recreate a part of their favorite horror flick. Since ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to create a horror scene based on the movie "The Uninvited". You'll learn how to combine different stock images into a cohesive scene, make a ...

What You'll Be CreatingThe Birds is one of Hitchcock’s best-loved horror films. Released in 1963, the film is set in the seemingly idyllic and serene Bodega Bay area of California. Before long, thin...

What You'll Be CreatingFor Horror Movie Week, we're turning some of your favorites into creepy tutorials right here on Envato Tuts+! I had the pleasure of creating a Frankenstein-inspired photo manipu...

What You'll Be CreatingToday I have something really special and actually kind of gory prepped for all of you Evil Dead fans out there. Yup, today we are going to create a one of a kind themed icon pa...

Want access to amazing design assets handpicked just for you? Let's take a look at 50 insane Photoshop actions from Envato Elements. And learn more about this subscription service below so you ca...

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Argentina, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from illustration to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how thei...

What You'll Be CreatingYou must be a lover of all things Halloween related if you are here, so let's have some fun and create a not-so-scary voodoo doll in Adobe Illustrator. We will start with the sh...

What You'll Be CreatingHello and welcome to my tutorial on how I went about making my first published children's book, Ruan The Little Red Squirrel by Rachel McGaw. This tutorial will cover ...

What You'll Be CreatingGet ready for Spirit Day! Today's the day when millions of people go purple to show their support for LGBTQ youth against bullying. We’re proud to stand together with GLAAD an...

What You'll Be CreatingJoin us as we celebrate Spirit Day to advocate against teen bullying. In this tutorial, we'll create an avatar that you can place on your social media using Adjustment Layers, L...

What You'll Be CreatingLayer styles are a classic Photoshop feature, but they don't have to be stale and lifeless. See how to use GraphicRiver items to breath life into Layer Styles.Photoshop in 60 Se...

What You'll Be CreatingWhat I love most about drawing is that it lets us picture unreal things as if they were real. If you want to feel the thrill of creation, in this tutorial I will show you how to...

What You'll Be CreatingBeautiful, easy, and low maintenance—it is no wonder that succulents have become a fad recently. Their beautiful aesthetics play an essential decorating element in interior d...

If you're a student, you're in luck. For a limited time, you can save 50% on a yearly Envato Tuts+ subscription. That means you pay just $45 for a whole year of learning. Details of the Student Disco...

What You'll Be CreatingPhotoshop comes with a large and varied set of different brushes and brush tips, but one of the most useful features of the tool is the ability to use custom brushes. Custom bru...

Welcome to our Illustrator in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn an Illustrator skill, feature, or technique in just a minute!Illustrator in 60 Seconds: How to Create a Search Icon Using Stroke...

What You'll Be CreatingDo you want to create a beautiful sci-fi scene that can be used for film or games? In our new short course, Designing a Sci-Fi Galaxy for Film, you'll learn how to do exactly t...

Designing your first item of packaging can seem like a daunting endeavour, but taking your 2D designs into 3D territory needn’t be scary. This is your ultimate quick-start guide to packaging design,...

Adobe XD allows you to design and prototype for apps; anything from wireframes, to multiscreen experiences. Let’s see what it offers, in sixty seconds!  Once you’ve opened the application, you c...

Take a look at your outfit. What does it say about you? Are you colorful and quirky, or minimal and serious?Fashion, like any art, is designed with intention. And graphic designers can learn a lot abo...

What You'll Be CreatingTake just a minute and learn how to use product mock-ups to present your designs with professionalism and sophistication.Product Mock-UpsWhat's the best way to display your desi...

Welcome to our Illustrator in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn an Illustrator skill, feature, or technique in just a minute!Illustrator in 60 Seconds: How to Use the Symbols PanelIn today's t...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a colorful rainy scene featuring an emotional woman. You'll learn how to add a colorful background using blending modes, retouch th...

What You'll Be CreatingWelcome to our Photoshop in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a Photoshop skill, feature, or technique in just a minute! In this quick video, Melody Nieves will s...

What You'll Be CreatingToday I’ve put together a special little tutorial for all of you “Doctor Who” fans out there in which we’re going to learn how to create our very own props from the TV s...

What happens when you need to fit an image to a space with a different shape than the original? Maybe you're trying to fit a rectangular image to a square box on the internet, for example. Your choi...

When was the last time you used a photo in a design project? I bet it wasn’t too long ago. Designers use photos in all sorts of projects, to create posters, magazines, websites, and much, much more....

What You'll Be CreatingFollow this inspirational tutorial and learn to create an elegant floral typography composition in Adobe Illustrator! We’ll be working with text, creating custom vectors brush...

What You'll Be CreatingIt's getting cold outside, so let's draw some fire to warm up! In this tutorial I will show you how to draw a candle flame, a campfire, and a thrown flame using a few simple too...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an amazing magic dust effect. I will try to explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have j...

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Australia, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from illustration to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their ...

What You'll Be CreatingWelcome to our Photoshop in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a Photoshop skill, feature, or technique in just a minute! In this quick video, Melody Nieves will show ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps, you will learn how to create a fully editable, colorful, 3D text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to create a simple ba...

What You'll Be CreatingIt’s almost that special time of the year when the dead once again rise from their graves and walk among us, giving all living creatures a night to remember. So I thought it w...

Welcome to our Illustrator in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn an Illustrator skill, feature, or technique in just a minute!Illustrator in 60 Seconds: How to Create a Microphone IconIn today'...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I will show you how to create a metallic medieval text effect, using a pattern and layer styles.This text effect is a part of Metallic Medieval - Photoshop Styl...

What You'll Be CreatingHome Sweet Home! In this tutorial we’ll create the cozy atmosphere of a living room, designing a flat-style interior with a cute cartoon character sitting in a comfy armchair....

It's almost Halloween! That special time of the year when stores pack their shelves with candy and we all dress up as our favorite ghouls. And what better way to celebrate our favorite monsters and u...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use a bunch of floral illustration images, with a couple of layer masks, textures, and adjustment layers, to create a fresh, floral text effec...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, I will show you how to create a realistic embroidered text effect in Photoshop using stitch brushes and layer styles. The Embroidered text effect is a par...

What You'll Be CreatingCinemagraphs are a fascinating blend between still photos and video. Normally these pieces are created by isolating a small portion of movement from a video clip and surrounding...

Welcome back to our series on art history! From Ancient Egypt we move north, across the Mediterranean Sea to Greece! Home to distinctive pottery, brilliant sculptures, and columns, so many columns, th...

Our video course is coming to an end with our final lesson and conclusion. So let's learn what to do before you publish your drawing.Remember to catch up with our previous lesson, Digital Shading, an...

If you are a designer and considering taking the plunge to make your way as a freelancer, good for you! You are probably swimming in an ocean of design-related tasks that need to be done to get your b...

What You'll Be CreatingWelcome to our Photoshop in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a Photoshop skill, feature, or technique in just a minute!Hero Images & Scene Generators Hero images ar...

Apple computers are great for all sorts of media applications, and most of the time they work perfectly. Sometimes, however, problems crop up. One of the most common ones you might encounter with your...