Articles by TutsPlus - Design from July 2017

Have an upcoming presentation? Make a great impression with this brilliant selection of creative infographic templates.27 Creative Infographic TemplatesShare your favorite subjects with an infographic...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to use photo manipulation techniques in Adobe Photoshop to create a surreal artwork featuring a woman carrying an old television on her head.&...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial, we’re going to take a short journey back in time and look at the process of creating three of the most iconic communication devices ever made, using not...

Add a stylish calligraphy font to your designs. Explore this amazing selection of unique calligraphic fonts curated from GraphicRiver and Envato Elements.35 Best Calligraphy FontsCalligraphy is an exq...

What You'll Be CreatingLove is... universal.Learn how to create a digital painting inspired by the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet in this Photoshop tutorial. I'll cover how to draw each hand f...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use a bunch of fonts, shapes, textures, and a brush tip, to create a newspaper-cut ransom note text effect in Adobe Photoshop. Let's get start...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a pencils text effect in Adobe Illustrator using a pretty detailed pattern brush. For starters, you will learn how to s...

Nothing grabs you more than an awesome movie title. And you can achieve the same dramatic effect with a Photoshop layer style. Explore this amazing selection of unique text effects from GraphicRiver a...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, we’ll draw a singing bird with beautiful blue feathering.I’ll show you an easy way to create a pencil sketch from scratch, and then we’ll explore the ste...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to use photo manipulation techniques in Adobe Photoshop to create a dreamy scene featuring a medieval woman with a dove carrying a letter.&nbs...

What You'll Be CreatingThe humble post box has been our connection to people around the world for decades. They come in all different shapes and sizes, but the pillar shape is arguably the most iconic...

Restaurants that invest considerable thought in their menus do better than those that don’t. Menu designs are vital in convincing customers to buy specific items. They also get them to return to try...

What You'll Be CreatingAs a designer, you'll sometimes have clients asking you to design logos on very short notice. Our new short course, Creating Professional Logos in an Instant, will show you a fo...

What You'll Be Creating Love using emojis? Now you can learn to make your own!We all use emoticons/emojis (emotion icons) in our messenger chats, apps, and online comments. Emojis are a very fun way ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an adorable sloth illustration in Adobe Illustrator. We will be using simple shapes and different tools and effects such as the War...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an adorable sloth illustration in Adobe Illustrator. We will be using simple shapes and different tools and effects such as the War...

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Switzerland, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from stunning vector art to digital paintings and more! I asked each arti...

Introduce your business to new clients with a professional letterhead. Check out this awesome collection of corporate letterhead templates.25 Modern Letterhead Templates So what is a letterhead and wh...

What You'll Be CreatingThe marble/rose gold combination is one of the popular minimalist trends, and it is almost everywhere from home decor to stationery, cookware, etc. This tutorial will show you h...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial we're going to create a scene of coffee in the morning with cookies and milk using simple shapes in Adobe Illustrator.Find more great Coffee inspiration on Grap...

What You'll Be CreatingSloths are amazing creatures, so different from everything we know. The seem to have a very chill attitude towards life, and they're definitely not lazy—they just don't see...

What You'll Be CreatingLet's create a magical photo manipulation using basic tools in Adobe Photoshop.In today's tutorial, we'll create an enchanted rose inspired by the classic Disney movie Beauty an...

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

Welcome back to our series on art history! From the lands of Africa, we now venture onward to experience art from the Neoclassical era and Romantic period. Let's see how history significantly affect...

Pixel art is often viewed as just a retro style of graphics made for the purpose of nostalgia; a throwback to the early days of video games. However to me, and many other lovers of pixel art, it’s t...

What You'll Be CreatingPhotoshop is very advanced software, but it has certain tools that even beginners can use easily to create stunning effects. For example, you don't need special skills to create...

What You'll Be CreatingLogos are everywhere. A great logo design can give your website, product or business the right image and help people to recognise your brand instantly.In our new course, Masteri...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a nautical vector logo in Adobe Illustrator. For starters you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to create your o...

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 CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a grunge, vintage text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to set up a simple grid and how to creat...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use a couple of colorful texture images, with a Photoshop action and some smoke and texture overlays, to create an easy, colorful explosion te...

Last month, we made a big announcement: unlimited stock photos on Envato Elements. Now, to celebrate the launch, we're giving away 16 free images and design assets, to give a small taste of what Eleme...

What You'll Be CreatingBackgrounds are the unspoken heroes of graphic design—adding texture, interest and detail to layouts, they’ll be the hardest-working images in your collection.We’ve tracke...

I grew up on the poor side of one of the richest counties in America. And I'll be honest, living by the water was really beautiful. So much so that I reveled in the beauty of my seaport hometown, with...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial we’re going to take an in-depth look at the process of creating a transportation-themed icon pack, using some geometric shapes and tools that you probabl...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial was originally published in February 2009 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is now available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version o...

Vibrant patterns and gorgeous colors are in full bloom for 2017. Check out a few of our favorite design trends below.Popular Design Trends of 20172017 looks to be the year of bold color! It all began ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use layer styles, textures, brushes, with a bunch of tools and adjustments to create a text effect inspired by the Aquaman movie poster. Let's...

What You'll Be CreatingHair 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 when...

What You'll Be CreatingNineties style is making a big comeback in fashion and design at the moment. Tap into the trend with this flyer design, perfect for advertising club nights and music events. Ins...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool and Warp Effects in Adobe Illustrator to create a beautiful sunflower!If you want to skip the tutorial and just use thi...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial was originally published in February 2009 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is now available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version o...

Whether you're a graphic designer, a web designer or working in any other field of digital design, Sketch has a lot to offer. Our new course, Up and Running With Sketch, gets you fully up to speed wit...

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Singapore, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from stunning 3D art to digital paintings and more! I asked each artist how...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to create a mockup of a red wine bottle. This kind of mockup may come in handy if you need to showcase a red wine bottle with a customized lab...

Whether you love to use fun and interesting fonts in your work or simply in everyday use, this must-have list of everything from serifs to scripts and more should be right up your alley. Thanks to the...

What You'll Be CreatingWhat could be better than cheese? How about a fresh, cheesy, spicy pizza? So today we’ll learn how to make easily a colorful pattern with pizza slices in Adobe Illustrator. We...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial we’re going to take a close look at the process of creating the Wheel of Fortune in Adobe Photoshop, using shapes and layer styles.Find more great Game Graphi...

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!Photoshop in 60 Seconds: Bokeh EffectThat beauti...

Welcome to another entry in our series exploring the wide world of software created by developers other than Adobe! In this article we’ll be going through a collection of awesome vector art applicat...

What You'll Be CreatingDid you know that July 29th is International Tiger Day? According to Days of the Year, Tiger Day aims to protect and expand tigers' habitats and raise awareness of the need for ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw an apple. We’ll create two illustrations: one of a whole fruit and one of an apple cut in half.Drawing an apple is an excel...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial was originally published in September 2011 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is now available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version ...

What You'll Be CreatingSince summer is already upon us, I thought it would be nice to treat you to a little icon tutorial using some of the most common accessories that you would normally bring with y...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial is probably my personal favorite because of my love for script lettering and its ability to communicate a wide variety of messages. In this tutorial you’re going...

Welcome back to Best of the Design Web, where we feature some of the best design tutorials of this past month! Tackle new and exciting projects from across the web, and let us know your favorites in...

What You'll Be CreatingAlong with the popularity of 80s style, the glitch effect has been widely popular in the last couple of years. It appears in stock photos, text effects, and of course ...