Articles by TutsPlus - Design from August 2016

What You'll Be CreatingSocial media continues to be a valuable outlet for any artist to display their work and connect with their audience, as well as potential clients. I had found my own Twitter bac...

What You'll Be CreatingSports cars always draw attention when in public, whether they be standing in the street or in motion. In this tutorial, come with me and learn how to construct a sleek sports c...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to create a fantasy fairy photo manipulation. You will learn how to build a colorful flowery background, retouch a model, adjust colors, creat...

What You'll Be CreatingWith all the Pokémon Go madness going on lately, I thought it would be nice to put together an easy tutorial on how to create your very own icon pack using some of the elements...

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 the...

What You'll Be CreatingAre you a coffee lover with a passion for beautiful fonts and hand-lettering? Follow this tutorial to create a beautiful retro-style coffee-inspired poster that you can print an...

What You'll Be CreatingDo you wish dragons were real? They sadly aren't, but we can pretend they are by using the power of Photoshop! In this tutorial I will show you how to create a mini dragon using...

What You'll Be CreatingDrawing Kawaii animals is always fun. But this is much more fun—you can let free your imagination and creativity. 
In this tutorial, you will see how fun and easy it is to...

What You'll Be CreatingLearning how to draw can be tedious sometimes—you need to practice a lot, rarely seeing any progress. In this tutorial I'll try to make learning more fun for you. I will show ...

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. In this tutorial, learn how to create a 90s-i...

Welcome back to our series on art history. In this article we’ll move on from the Prehistoric era to Mesopotamia, birthplace of human civilization! With the rise of organized communities comes ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you a super quick and easy way to create a glossy, glittering text effect using a bunch of layer styles. Let's get started! This text effect was inspi...

What You'll Be CreatingAugust is a very special month in the Hindu calendar. People are celebrating the annual festival dedicated to the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ...

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the launch of our parent company, Envato, and we've got lots of celebrations planned—many of which involve giving away special discounts and other bonuses, so...

In part one of this two-part series, I showed you how to take an initial idea for an Android app, and develop it into a detailed plan—right down to mapping out the individual screens that'll make up...

Have no time? No problem! These ready-to-edit templates are professional and convenient... and great value to boot.Whether you’re a relative beginner to graphic design or just need to save time, the...

What You'll Be CreatingDo you want to improve your digital painting skills while working on a complex fantasy scene? If so, our new course, Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth, is ...

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

One of the common frustrations with social media is blurry header and profile pictures. You can spend hours perfecting your profile images, only to find they look pixelated and lacklustre when you upl...

What You'll Be CreatingWho doesn't like to play games? In this tutorial we will draw a game object that can also be used as a game icon. The main theme is a pirate or underwater icon, and our obj...

When presenting your T-shirt design to your clients, or displaying your apparel products on your website, it’s important to showcase them realistically and with creative taste. This leads to more sa...

What You'll Be CreatingCities, skylines, and urban landscapes make great sources of inspiration for design and illustration projects, with their interesting shapes and architecture. Today, we'll be lo...

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 an Email IconIn today's vi...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop's 3D tools and material settings, along with a couple of images, filters and adjustment layers, to create a retro, summery, floa...

What You'll Be CreatingLife is better by the pool in the summer, so follow this tutorial and learn how to create a seamless pattern inspired by this. At the beginning you'll draw all the elements that...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial we look at how you can integrate typography with photos to create an impressive 3D effect. You’ll see this sort of effect on advertising and poster art, but i...

The Mixer BrushIn Photoshop you can create heavily customized brushes, but there's one limit to them—they must be saved in grayscale. It's because the program converts various shades of gray to vari...

The hallmark of every great artist is the determination to grow. So if you need more inspiration in your life, take on a new challenge. Collaborate with another artist to see your work in a whole diff...

What You'll Be CreatingIt’s been a long time since I wanted to do this project, and today my wish has finally come true, and boy you’re going to love this one.If you haven’t figured it out from ...

Whether you're looking for content to add to your designs, inspire your designs, or show off your designs, this jam-packed digital asset list from Envato Market is for you! Apparel designers of all so...

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!Scatter Photo EffectYou can create an explosive s...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to create a desolate landscape photo manipulation using Adobe Photoshop. First, we'll build the basic scene using a sky and a road images...

When you're a child, drawing is simply one of the things you do—one of many games that adults invented for you. And just like with other childish games, you abandoned it many years ago without even ...

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 an Avatar IconIn today's v...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I will show you how to create an easy Spiderman text effect, using a pattern and a layer style. The Spiderman text effect is a part of Super Heroes - Photo...

What You'll Be CreatingToday we’re going to kick it old school, and create one of the most iconic handheld consoles of all time: the original Game Boy.This is probably going to be one of my favorite...

Do you want to learn calligraphy?If so, you're in the right place. Although the word "calligraphy" comes from the Greek for "beautiful writing", there's a lot more to learning calligraphy than simply ...

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!Polyscape A polyscape is an amazing photo effect ...

What You'll Be CreatingYou or a friend might have just got engaged—congratulations! Once you’ve set a date for the big day, you’ll need to let your guests know to keep that day free in their dia...

Do you often find yourself needing access to high-quality digital graphics for your creative projects? Would you like access to a library of ready-to-use icons, fonts, illustrations, brushes and more,...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial we’ll be designing a game screen for a “match three” kind of game. We’ll be transforming basic geometric shapes to create lovely animal icons and applyi...

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

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn to create the famous Kingdom Centre landmark of Saudi Arabia, using basic Adobe Illustrator functions, geometric shapes, and simple tools.The K...

What You'll Be CreatingAs we continue our series on effects inspired by music videos, one of the effects I find entrancingly beautiful is the ghosted figure effect. One of the best examples of this ef...

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 Add a Long Shadow to Any Icon Usi...

What You'll Be CreatingDouble exposures are not just for photographers. Illustrators can also create this fun effect with a few of Photoshop's tools. So in this quick tip, learn how to create this dou...

What You'll Be CreatingRoses and flowers can be a daunting task without photographic reference. Take the guesswork out of designing beautiful floral patterns in Adobe Illustrator with this seamless pa...

If you’re planning a wedding, either for yourself or someone else, one of the nicest gestures you can make for your guests is to send a beautifully designed ‘Save the Date’ card. Superior all ro...

What You'll Be CreatingSketch is an amazing software package that allows us to create different kinds of vector art. Today you'll be learning how to create simple vector elements, which you're going ...

What You'll Be CreatingWhen you draw a creature, an animal or a fantastic being, the background is not that important. However, the creature still needs something to put their feet on—some kind of g...

What You'll Be CreatingActions are a powerful tool in Adobe Photoshop, and those who use Photoshop for their work will probably use them on a daily basis. They can be a huge timesaver in your workflow...