Articles by TutsPlus - Design from October 2021

Valentine's Day is a day for love! So celebrate your love for your special partner, friends, and family with something they can treasure forever. And to kick off that romantic time of the year, we're...

Looking to create an awesome Twitch banner design (or Twitch offline banner) for your channel? Well, we’ve got the perfect tool for you! The Twitch Banner Maker from Placeit offers terrific banner...

What You'll Be Creating Today we will be creating a quick and easy hair brush Photoshop set! We will use simple shapes mixed with brush settings to create three different hair effect brushes in Photos...

Love vintage and gothic design? Then we're sure you'll love this sweet collection of Old English-inspired fonts. But before we jump into the selection of top Old English fonts, let's briefly talk abo...

Always wondered what a Photoshop drop shadow is, or how to add a drop shadow in Photoshop? Well, what if I told you that in this tutorial, I'm going to teach you all of that and more? From how to add...

What You'll Be Creating This tutorial will show you a super quick and easy way to create a glossy, glittering text effect using a bunch of layer styles. This glitter text effect was inspired by the ma...

Creative typography is exactly what you need when you want to take your projects from 'YAWN' to 'WOW'. If you're wondering where to find the best typography designs, this article can help. Today we'...

What You'll Be Creating When I was starting out in graphic design, without a doubt the most terrifying and intimidating aspect of the job was preparing and sending my work to print.  Sure, your layou...

If you need to create your own death metal logo, using a template will save you time and money.  Today we will share over 20 of the best templates you can find at Placeit and GraphicRiver.  Unlimi...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, you'll learn how to add bleed and crop marks in Photoshop in just a couple of steps. What You'll Learn In This Quick Photoshop Bleed Tutorial What i...

What You'll Be Creating Today, we will be learning how to make fake ghost photos in Photoshop! We'll be combining a handful of layer modes to create a creepy see-through ghost Photoshop effect, and th...

Typography T-shirts are fabulous in so many ways. They're great for branding, celebrating an event, and sharing our views with the world. You can create cool graphic typography T-shirt designs like ...

What is a pamphlet? That's exactly the question this short article will answer for you.  Not only will it define a pamphlet, but it will also show you some fabulous pamphlet example templates that...

What You'll Be Creating Sometimes, using an InDesign highlight effect for text gives a stronger emphasis and style to your design. In this quick tip, we are going to achieve that effect by using Parag...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial we’ll be creating a colorful character of a mermaid, imitating a watercolor painting technique in Adobe Illustrator. One of the most beautiful and touching c...

What You'll Be Creating Explore another letter of the alphabet with this article on the letter J in different fonts. Let's take a look at some creative ways to make graphics with a single letter. In t...

Wolves embody the spirit of the wild and are a great symbol for gamers. If you're looking for cool wolf gaming logos, we've got a treat for you.  If you're a fan of wolves, you need to get this coo...

What You'll Be Creating Wondering how to install a font in Windows 11? Today I'll show you a few simple ways to do that! If you want to find high-quality fonts for your next project, take a look at En...

Norse fonts possess a mythical quality that can really transform a design project. Get this cool Viking rune font from Envato Elements. If you are in the market for a Nordic writing font, then you'...

What You'll Be Creating Setting type using InDesign doesn't have to be about drawing simple square and rectangular boxes. In this tutorial, you'll learn how you can use the actual type to create a cus...

Typography is one of the most important elements of graphic design. In this article, we'll take a look at typographic terms that will help you get started in the world of design. Typographic terms a...

Everyone has a favorite cartoon character, but how did they first come to life? A lot of research and love goes into creating universally recognized characters.  So today we're bringing you ten grea...

Looking for the perfect medieval font? Whether you're looking for a medieval gothic font, medieval calligraphy font, or other medieval-style font designs, there's plenty to see in this list. Use a m...

What You'll Be Creating Did you know you can use Photoshop for designing T-shirts? In this Adobe Photoshop T-shirt design tutorial, we'll learn to create a typographic T-shirt design—how to design y...

What You'll Be Creating Hair is very difficult to draw, because what we see is different than what we know. You can't simply draw all the hairs in the form of lines, because that's not what we see whe...

What You'll Be Creating Have you ever wanted to create your own Procreate custom brushes? Maybe you'd like to customize some of your favorite brushes or just get more familiar with Procreate's wealth ...

What You'll Be Creating Found a new font and need to know how to add fonts to Cricut Design Space? Or maybe you'd like to expand your Cricut font library with custom fonts. In this tutorial, we'll wal...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create gradients in InDesign. I'll then show you how to save and load gradients for future projects in your InDesign tem...

In this easy cartoon drawing tutorial, you'll learn how to draw cartoon characters. A good cartoonist is one who can extract the main details of an object or a human being and represent them with sim...

What You'll Be Creating Layering glow and gloss effects can help create nice, shiny objects and a neon effect in Photoshop. Learn how to modify a brick texture for the background, and then use Layer s...

The Beginner’s Guide to Packaging Design 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 ult...

What You'll Be Creating Roses are very popular flowers, commonly seen as a symbol of love. They're very difficult to draw, though—they're made of many layers of petals. You need to add them carefull...

What You'll Be Creating You’ve probably seen this interesting effect of two or more overlapping photos on the covers of music albums, in modern magazines, and in advertisements. In this double expos...

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 Wel...

What You'll Be Creating Line art drawings are used as the base for a digital painting or colored drawing. They're built, as the name suggests, from lines, and they should have lines only, without any ...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, you'll discover how to add a drop shadow in Illustrator and learn everything you need to know about the Illustrator drop shadow effect. Would you lik...

What You'll Be Creating (Placeit Mockup) In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a print-ready Eid flyer template in Adobe Photoshop by adding a pattern, photo, vector shapes, and text, as wel...

Create a lasting impression with a professional brochure. Check out this amazing collection of 25+ brochure templates from Envato Elements. You can find editable brochure templates like Rigel from E...

What You'll Be Creating If you want to learn how to rotate something in Photoshop, no matter what it is, you came to the right place! In this tutorial, I'll show you all the methods of rotation, as we...

Are you a restaurant or cafe owner looking for a terrific Valentine's Day menu template to celebrate the day and showcase your special menu? This romantic Valentine's Day menu template is available ...

Looking for Procreate tutorials? Whether you're looking for a Procreate tutorial for beginners or the best Procreate tutorials for specific results, check out this list. There's plenty to see, from P...

We see them on a daily basis—these popular fonts are everywhere! Check out this article to find hand-picked alternatives to some popular fonts. Alternatives to the 10 Most Popular Fonts If you're i...

What You'll Be Creating Whether you are a beginner or an expert, learning how to mirror an image in Adobe Photoshop is one of the most commonly desired skills. However, with so many tools available to...

What You'll Be Creating Wondering how to flip a layer in Photoshop? Today I'll show you a few simple ways to do that! What You'll Learn in This Tutorial on How to Flip a Layer in Photoshop How to fli...

Photoshop is the tool of choice for many artists. Whether you're a photographer, a designer, or any kind of creative, there is so much you can do with one program. So in order to show you how endless...

As beautiful, stylish fonts go, thin cursive fonts are hard to beat. Bellisia is one of the most beautiful thin cursive fonts available on Envato Elements. Today, we present 40+ of the best thin cu...

Can you make your own business cards and still have them look professional? It's easy when you use an InDesign business card template. Premium InDesign business card templates you can find on Enva...

In the following tutorial, you'll learn how to make a dashed line in Illustrator following a few simple methods. Once you've learned how to make a dashed line in Illustrator, you might want to create...

Thin sans serif fonts bring a certain delicacy and elegance to projects. So if you are looking for fonts with a light touch, thin fonts are a great place to start. If you like thin straight fonts, h...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, you'll learn two simple methods that you can use to embed photos in Illustrator. What You'll Learn in This Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Difference bet...

So you want to create your own font? And why not—the world of font design has positively exploded, with hundreds of new fonts making their debut every year. In this article we'll cover how to crea...

For some designers, the Swiss Style design is synonymous with Helvetica—which means "Swiss" in its original language. It's one of the main characteristics of the style, but to really understand Swi...

When you need a font with rounded edges, Envato Elements and GraphicRiver are great places to start your search.  The cool Octanis Rounded Sans Serif Font is available on GraphicRiver. Today we wi...

Gold crown logos communicate a sense of power and authority and are a great choice for some brands. This elegant gold logo design template is available from Envato Elements. If you want to find out...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, you will learn how to recreate the business/invite card design from the Squid Game television series. To start, we'll use a brown kraft paper texture...

What You'll Be Creating Wondering how to center something in Photoshop? Today, I'm going to show you how to center in Photoshop—anything from images to text—in a few simple ways. What You'll Learn...

There's no denying it: Art Deco fonts are totally cool and are the right choice for designers and design dabblers who want to bring a fresh and stylish look to their projects. Just one of the fabul...

How to Get Started With Adobe InDesign If you’re putting together a magazine, brochure, or book, it’s likely that you’ll encounter Adobe InDesign during your design process. This publishing pr...

What You'll Be Creating In this article, I'll show you the letter S in different fonts and effects. This is a great way to explore new creative assets! There's a vast amount of fonts and effects as as...

What You'll Be Creating Want to add a new font to Adobe Photoshop? Using Adobe Fonts is an easy way to do so via Adobe's Creative Cloud. We can use this tool to add new fonts to Photoshop, as well as ...

What You'll Be Creating Sometimes you want to quickly liven up an Adobe InDesign layout without the need for creating custom images in Illustrator or Photoshop, or having to track down and purchase st...

The Optima font family is one of those incredibly striking yet simple font families that you just want to own.  You can find Yadon and other terrific Optima alternatives at Envato Elements In cele...

If you want to add a touch of luxury to your designs, you’re going to want to know a bit about foiling. Often used on premium print media, like invitations, business cards, reports, and letterheads...

Looking for a cookbook template for your favorite recipes? In this article, we'll take a look at some inspiring cookbook layout template designs. Use them for your next recipe-related project or sit ...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, you will learn how to make a shirt design in Illustrator. We'll start with some basic tools and vector shape building techniques to create the main s...

Logos are the face of your business. With one glance, they should communicate to potential clients and customers something essential about your brand. It stands to reason, then, that some careful tho...

When you want to create eye-catching invitations, there's nothing more beautiful than rose gold invitations. Today we will take a look at the best blank rose gold invitation templates to be found at...

Do you have a business or a brand to promote on Instagram? Would you like to have a polished feed and gain more followers? Then you need to pay attention to your Instagram visual design. Visual appea...

What You'll Be Creating Learn how to animate in Procreate. In this tutorial, I'll show you the step-by-step process of creating a vibrant text animation. You can use any font, such as the many availab...

Watercolour backgrounds are a great readymade asset for designers of all kinds because they allow you to add interesting colour, texture and detail to your designs quickly and easily. If you're wond...

What You'll Be Creating Do you want to know how to unlock a layer in Photoshop? Or maybe you need to know how to use the lock layer Photoshop tool? Today, I'm going to show you all the possible method...

Want to create a leaflet, or is it really a pamphlet that you need?  Today we will define what a leaflet is. We'll explain what it is used for and what the difference is between a leaflet and a pam...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, we'll walk through the basics of creating a calendar template in Adobe InDesign. We'll experiment with tables, cells, and ways that we can easily manipulate t...

What You'll Be Creating You’ve probably seen this interesting effect of two or more overlapping photos on the covers of music albums, in modern magazines, and in advertisements. In this double expos...

What You'll Be Creating In this article, we will give you an overview of the popular Copperplate font. And if you are wondering which fonts are similar to the Copperplate font, we have a selection of ...

Black and gold is a classic colour combination that's bound to catch the eye of your intended audience.  Today, we will share 41 of the best black and gold logo templates you can find at Envato Ele...

What You'll Be Creating June is seen as LGBTQI Pride month (although this varies around the globe), but showing your Pride isn't contained to one month. To celebrate, I'm overjoyed to share with you h...

Pay homage to the past with beautiful typography. Check out this selection of premium typewriter fonts. 20+ Best Classic Typewriter Fonts Remember typewriters? Punching each keystroke required a leve...

The Procreate app for iPad is not just the killer mobile app for artists—it’s genuinely one of the best painting programs ever released. So What Is the Procreate App? In this A to Z of Procreate...