Articles by TutsPlus - Design from September 2020

What You'll Be CreatingNineties grunge was an explosive era in American culture, filled with the sounds of punk rock, heavy metal, and electric guitars. If you need to create an eye-catching grunge ...

Every budding YouTube star needs a professional banner that matches their awesome channel. So explore these 50+ creative premium banner templates to find the one that works for you!50+ YouTube Banner...

What You'll Be CreatingI've always been fascinated by smoke and have experimented a lot with it. So in this tutorial, I'll explain how to create a realistic smoky texture, make it into a smoke vector ...

Without a doubt, colour affects our emotions and behaviours and plays a critical role in designing a successful logo. Yet it’s one of the elements of logo design that small business owners who want ...

What You'll Be CreatingThere are many types of illustrative jobs, so let's dive into the topic of editorial illustration. At the end of this article, you will find a special part: pro tips from top pr...

Affinity Professional Creative Software is the latest challenger to Adobe's decades-long dominance. With Affinity Publisher offering similar interface and functions to Adobe InDesign, it provides an...

If you love the geometry and simplicity of Century Gothic, you're going to be very excited by the collection of fonts we're showcasing today, which are all font styles similar to Century Gothic but...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you want to create a grass brush, Illustrator is the right way to go, and I will show you how easy it can be. Using only three simple Illustrator brushes and understanding ho...

Paper textures have a myriad of uses, and if you're looking for just the right texture for your next project, you've come to the right place. Just one of the terrific paper textures available at Envat...

What You'll Be CreatingPhotoshop is not just a tool for retouching or manipulating photos. It can also be used for creating your own textures. In this quick tip tutorial, I’m going to show you how...

Amazing backgrounds and textures are the unspoken heroes of graphic design—adding depth, interest and detail to layouts, they’ll be the hardest-working images in your collection. In this article,...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, we'll create a dusty overlay texture from scanned paper, and I'll show you how to apply this texture to your photo.Dust textures applied to images look great, ...

Film grain or noise can infuse your projects with depth, nostalgia, and emotion, but it can be time-consuming and complicated to recreate. Check out these stunning collection of Grain Photo Effects...

What You'll Be CreatingWondering how to make an old paper texture in Photoshop? In today's tutorial, I will show you how to create a paper texture overlay from scratch using paper, coffee, and a scann...

What You'll Be CreatingDo you live-stream on Twitch? Ever wanted to make your own live-stream Twitch overlay graphics from scratch? In this tutorial, we'll walk through the basics of creating a stream...

Looking for cool clan logos? Creating your own is easier than you think with the Placeit gaming clan logo maker.This is just one of the terrific cool clan logos you can find at PlaceitIn this article,...

Derided by design fans but loved by millions of Microsoft users, Comic Sans is one of the most popular—and divisive—fonts ever created. Since its release in 1994, Comic Sans has been a consistent ...

What You'll Be CreatingThe use of grain is a very useful and popular effect in photographs and other digital imagery. It has many uses and can be used as a mood enhancer, to create focus, or to recrea...

Look, we get it. Money is tight, but you're getting into streaming and need a well-designed Twitch stream overlay for your channel. Find the right Twitch Overlay Template for you at Placeit.net Well, ...

Have you ever noticed that twisty curl at the end of a character? That's called a swash. In this quick tip tutorial, we take a look at what they are and how to use swashes in fonts. First, we'll defi...

Trajan is one of the most recognisable and enduring display typefaces. Based on classical Roman letterforms, the original digital version of the font was designed by Carol Twombly for Adobe in 1989. S...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps, you will learn how to create a Japanese wave pattern in Adobe Illustrator. What You'll Learn in This Japanese Wave Pattern Tutorial How to use th...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you want to learn how to make product mockups but you don't want to use Photoshop, in this tutorial I'll show you how to make a mockup without Photoshop in just five easy st...

Calling all font lovers with a great eye for detail! This collection of incredible premium assets features 29 stunning handwritten fonts you'll want to download today!29 Stunning Handwritten FontsA be...

There's no denying, calligraphy swashes or fonts with tails bring a certain pizazz to your text. If you're looking for the best fonts with swashes, here's a collection from Envato Elements and Graphi...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today's tutorial, we'll be looking at how to create a reusable Photoshop grid template with just a few clicks! The end result will be great for Instagram grid templates and o...

Posters are an eye-catching, informative, and cost-effective way to communicate with a large audience and promote a product, idea, or event.Premium Poster Template from Envato ElementsIf you'd love...

Looking for your next OBS stream overlay for your webcam or Twitch channel? Check out these free Twitch overlays and premium options to set your stream out from the pack. Create your own OBS overlay w...

Western fonts influenced by the aesthetics of Japanese language characters are becoming more and more popular. Check out Ungai and other terrific Japanese Style Fonts at Envato ElementsIf you're loo...

Western love of all things Japanese traces back to 1858, following the reopening of trade between Japan and Europe. In fact, the influence of Japanese culture on 19th century art and design was so gre...

Photoshop actions capture all of the steps needed to transform a file and let you apply them with just one click. And with a single click, you can take the creative effect and workflow steps from anot...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps, you'll learn how to easily apply a distressed effect to any font in Adobe Illustrator. What You'll Learn in This Distressed Font Tutorial How to cr...

Want access to amazing design assets handpicked just for you? Let's take a look at 100+ insane Photoshop actions from Envato Elements. And learn more about this subscription service below so you can...

Love pretty fonts? Check out this list of super cute styles from our favorite free and premium sites!A cute free font features the best of both worlds: high-quality design and an affordable price tag ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use some textures and a couple of different 3D material and light settings, as well as adjustment layers, to create a realistic chipped, paint...

Have you read the stories of T-shirt millionaires spreading around the web? For example, TJ Mapes and two of his friends made millions after starting RIPT Apparel in 2009. Now, thousands of people are...

As the weather cools and the Halloween spirit is thick in the air, thoughts of bone-chilling autumn projects start to play on every creative's mind. That's why it's important to have the best horror f...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today's tutorial, we will be creating our very own tri-fold brochure mockup! We will be putting together a tri-fold brochure template in Photoshop perfect for a creative agen...

Looking for the best 80s fonts to complete your projects? Check out this new list for exciting pro fonts!Everyone is in love with the 80s. Inspired by everything from the futuristic sci-fi films to th...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you want to create vector flames in Illustrator, in this tutorial I will show you how to create an illustration of a burning match using a fire gradient. You’ll learn how t...

Create beautiful watercolor art with simple Photoshop actions! Check out these amazing Adobe Photoshop watercolor effects we've gathered for you. Watercolor is one of the coolest mediums to explore....

What You'll Be CreatingMonograms are powerful tools in modern brand design. In this tutorial, we show you how to make a monogram in Photoshop. Ready to make it your own?We'll show you how to design a ...

Your designs aren't complete without the perfect font! Find amazing script styles in this  collection for 2020.30 Beautiful Modern Script Fonts There's nothing more satisfying than pairing the right...

In this tutorial, we take a look at what font ligatures are and how to use them, and we profile some of the best ligature fonts. Font ligatures are one of the most purposeful elements in graphic desi...

With the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19, face masks have now become a necessary and unavoidable part of our daily lives, and designers across the globe are making sure that we protect ours...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, we will go through the steps to create a retro 1960s psychedelic concert poster in Photoshop. This concert poster tutorial relies heavily on the use of the War...

Are you hunting for that dream role at a creative company? You'll need to dust off your old creative resume or CV and give it a modern refresh. But how can you make sure that—out of all the applica...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, we’ll create six different animal portraits from one and the same circle! Let’s have fun making a set of trendy flat elements using basic shapes, the Shape...

Adobe InDesign has long been the market leader in publishing software. But rival layout design programs are starting to make waves in the market, with Affinity Publisher being the latest to offer a co...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this Art Nouveau Illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to turn an Art Nouveau font into a mesmerizing Art Nouveau text effect. What You'll Learn in This Art Nouveau Ill...

Got a new business to launch or an existing company to market? An effective marketing brochure provides an easy and accurate picture of what your company is about and your products or services. A bad...

What You'll Be CreatingCaricatures are a fun alternative to traditional portraits. The idea is to comically exaggerate particular features to create a humorous representation of that person. In this t...

If you've been using the COVID-19 lockdown to become an esports star, you'll want an esports T-shirt mockup to promote your team.You can find fabulous esports T-shirt mockups like this one at PlaceitT...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps, you will learn how to make a brush in Illustrator and how to save Adobe Illustrator brushes. What You'll Learn in This Adobe Illustrator Brush Tutorial...