Articles by TutsPlus - Design from December 2015

Paint Tool SAI is a lightweight, Japanese digital painting program which is very popular among artists due to its simplicity and vast range of tools. This tutorial is a basic guide which will be usefu...

What You'll Be CreatingNo matter why you're using a stock vector pattern, you may want to know how to install, use, and edit it within Adobe Illustrator CC. In this quick tip tutorial we'll run throug...

What You'll Be CreatingUsing Photoshop's filters and alpha channels is a great way to create and play around with selections. This tutorial will show you how to use a simple technique to create drople...

Illustration by Lucy Fleming.The power of a good children's illustrator can stay with us well into adulthood and is often something shared from parent to child. Children's illustrators work in a varie...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial we’ll be creating a cozy winter forest scene in a trendy flat style. We’ll be using various basic shapes and Pathfinder operations of Adobe Illustrator, bui...

What You'll Be CreatingDrawing has many faces. On the one hand, we admire realistic representations of the world around us, and on the other we seem to enjoy distortions of it. At least, certain kinds...

What You'll Be CreatingLet's get a little festive with our pixel art. We'll make Christmas's #1 decoration: a Christmas tree! The tree itself will be reusable for natural environments (sans the d...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to design a simple letter to Santa illustration in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to set up a simple grid and ...

What You'll Be Creating’Tis the season to be jolly! The season of joy is finally upon us. What comes to your mind when you think of Christmas? Of course the Christmas tree, the gifts, the warm fir...

What You'll Be CreatingIn our latest course, you will learn how to develop a compelling environment for games or film. You will learn the core principles of sketching, lighting, composition, color and...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you’re on the hunt for your next job and need to give your resume or CV a much-needed refresh, this tutorial is going to be perfect for you. In this tutorial you’ll ...

What You'll Be CreatingAnimals are really fun to animate. In my early days as an animator, a flying bird was one of the first things that I learned how to animate!This is our bird—cute little fella,...

What You'll Be CreatingDigital painting is very tempting with all the possibilities it offers. However, the mouse you use for all your digital activities isn't the best tool for it—to replicate the ...

For this edition of our international artist feature, we turn to France and feature a handful of illustrators and designers who create fantastic graphic design work and illustrative media. I asked eac...

What You'll Be CreatingCharacter design is always fun and creative. If you love it as much as I do, then jump into this tutorial and learn how to create a cute gingerbread man character in vector form...

What You'll Be CreatingWelcome to the second children's tutorial! One of the styles that I’ve been noticing lately is the retro style. It’s definitely made a comeback.In this tutorial, we will c...

Welcome to our Design in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a new design skill or technique in just a minute! This time around we're looking at the RGB and CMYK color modes. If thes...

Are you excited about the continuation of the Star Wars saga? So are we! On this occasion we've prepared a list of space-themed tutorials you can find on our site. Do you want to create fan art for St...

What You'll Be CreatingWhether you are a fan or not, there's no denying that the Star Wars movies are inspirational material for children (and adults) everywhere who dream of being a Jedi and wielding...

What You'll Be CreatingCall me old-fashioned, but there’s nothing nicer than receiving a thoughtful card in the mail, especially during the holidays. So we’re going to create a fun, retro postcard...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial we’ll be drawing a lovely cartoon penguin, which will help us to feel warm and cozy on a cold winter day. We’ll be using basic shapes and some drawing tools...

Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community! Every day visitors like you take the time not only to read our tutorials but also to try them o...

What You'll Be CreatingOur geometry lessons have been gradually increasing in complexity and construction time, and today's pattern is the most complex to date—not difficult, but it takes quite a lo...

What You'll Be CreatingIn some countries, the winter has already begun. Big city streets are covered with sparkling lights and snow, and people are wearing layers of warm clothes. When you stroll th...

It’s party season (hooray!), and there’s no better way to advertise a fun event than with an awesome flyer, whether in print format or circulated online. I’ll share 10 professional tips for...

We know that many of our subscribers are busy people and have limited time available for online learning. So recently we created a new type of video content, called the “Coffee Break Course”,...

What You'll Be CreatingWhat's more jolly than snowflakes and holly? Birdies and bunnies plotting their winter feasts! Make this charming seamless pattern in Adobe Photoshop, get it printed and use it ...

What You'll Be CreatingGraphic Styles can be a wonderful asset to any illustration or graphic creation in Adobe Illustrator. In this quick tip tutorial, we'll source and download a stock graphic style...

What You'll Be CreatingWe're continuing the work on our isometric pixel art world, and on this occasion we'll add an industrial workplace to our library. It may be good to make it look dull, but that ...

Got a Minute?In this entry for our Photoshop in 60 Seconds series,we take a look at using a pressure-sensitive graphics tablet in Photoshop. Resources to Take it FurtherWant to use the pressure sens...

For this article in this series we turn to the Philippines, featuring five illustrators and designers who create fantastic work from illustrative lettering to character design and more! I asked each a...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you have an interest in architecture, or you just like houses or icons in general, then this tutorial is for you! You'll learn how to create a house mock-up icon in Adobe Ill...

What You'll Be CreatingMagazines aimed at children and families are enjoying a resurgence, with titles like Milk in France and Junior in the UK presenting super-stylish designs.If you want to get star...

What You'll Be CreatingWith Winter arriving, ice starts to become a major feature in the outside world. So come and join me as I show you how to draw a cool icicle.What You Will NeedYou will need the ...

Lately I’ve been getting a lot more technical and started exploring solutions to the different challenges that you might encounter along your creative journey. One particular challenge that we are g...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create this gorgeous text effect in Adobe Photoshop. It's one of a series of 15 Elegant Text Styles, as well as many other styles av...

What You'll Be CreatingWhether you're in need of stock graphics for print or web, vector artwork often does the trick the best, being easily scaled and edited. In this quick tip we'll explore how to u...

What You'll Be CreatingHigh-quality textures are an integral part of creating digital artwork with depth, realism and visual interest. One of the best ways of adding believable detail to any digitally...

What You'll Be CreatingThere are many methods of digital painting. You can paint in grayscale and color later, you can use various Blend Modes to create maps like those in 3D programs... But sometimes...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I’ll walk you through the process of designing a welcome screen for an iOS fitness application. We’ll be working with Affinity Designer, a new and promising...

What You'll Be CreatingToday’s tutorial is a little bit special since I’ll be showing you the process behind the icon pack that I had the honor to create for our awesome little team here at Envato...

Got a Minute?In this entry for our Photoshop in 60 Seconds series, I explore some of the amazing benefits of using Smart Objects in Photoshop.The majority of product mock-ups available on Envato Marke...

What You'll Be CreatingThis past August, my family and I moved to the US. We have lived in many different countries in the past already—this time, we moved to the agricultural state of Iowa. We li...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed winter house illustration in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to set up a simple grid, how ...

Color can be powerful and evocative, but only if you know how to use it properly. In Working With Color in Adobe Photoshop, you will learn about the basics of color theory. En...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this Quick Tip, we’ll look at how you can transform a minimal business card template, creating something that’s more unique and individual.You don’t need to put in a hu...

What You'll Be CreatingPurchasing a template from Envato Market is an excellent strategy to produce high-quality materials without spending the time to design it yourself. But it may come as a su...

What You'll Be CreatingToday we’re going to take a look at the different ways of exporting icons using a tool that is often feared, but will take your productivity to another level once you master i...

Everything is hard when you're a beginner, but the problem with drawing is that everyone thinks they know how to do it. Drawings turn out well or they don't, but you can't blame the artist—it's tale...

What You'll Be CreatingHalftones are dots of varying sizes and spacing, put together to simluate a tone or gradient. Though it is a method connected to print, the aesthetics of it have made it popular...

What You'll Be CreatingDecember 1st is World AIDS Day, a day in which we further the fight against AIDS through charitable efforts and awareness. As such, I've cooked up a vector awareness ribbon tuto...

This article is dedicated to a subject that is close to my heart but at the same time gave me some strong headaches in the early days of my design process. If you haven’t already guessed it fro...

What You'll Be CreatingAccording to my daughters, one of the best things about being a set of triplets is that their older brother is easily outnumbered! He may be bigger and stronger, but eventually ...