Articles by TutsPlus - Design from September 2017

Welcome back to our International Artist Series.Next, we turn to Egypt, featuring six artists who create phenomenal work, from cool 3D animations to graphic designs and more! I asked each artist how ...

Digital painting is quite tricky. You get the proper software and that's it, you can start painting. Every tool, even the most powerful one, is within your reach. All the colors are ready to be u...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool and Image Trace in Adobe Illustrator to create a spooky vector Halloween background!If you want to skip the tutorial an...

What You'll Be CreatingWhen I draw traditionally, the thing I miss the most is the layers. Especially when I want to design a creature from scratch and I'm not sure what I want it to look like yet, ex...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you a super easy and quick way of creating a soft pastel text effect, using gradient colors and brushes. Let's get started! This text effect was inspire...

What You'll Be CreatingToday’s tutorial is going to be an absolute blast since we’re going to take a look at the process of drawing and illustrating the Minions, some of the funniest characters th...

What You'll Be CreatingLearn how to take advantage of Photoshop's Smart Objects to mock up your logo with photorealistic results. Thanks to the use of multiple layer styles, we'll carve your logo into...

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 tr...

What You'll Be CreatingIt's not so easy to find a perfect photo for a photo manipulation we have in mind. Sometimes, for example, we want to create a night scene, but the available photos are either t...

Grids are a useful feature in any design software. In this video from my course Affinity Designer Quick Start, you'll learn how to set up grids in Affinity Designer. I'll show you how to use the key ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this simple tutorial, you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator to create a stack of books and an e-reader!If you want to skip the tutorial and just use th...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a leather stamp logo mockup with Adobe Photoshop using the techniques of layer styles and smart objects.If you're looking to skip th...

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...

Children love creating art. They do it intuitively, just pouring their imagination out with any medium they are given. It's pure fun for them, nothing else. But for us adults, things are different. We...

Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today we're catching up with six incredible artists from Jamaica, a big-hearted island in the Caribbean Sea. I asked each artist how their country and ...

Do you want to share your design knowledge with an eager community of millions? Are you looking for a way to supplement your income? Would you like to establish yourself as an expert in your fiel...

Looking for your next Facebook cover? Download easy templates you can install in minutes. Check out this modern selection. 24 Modern Facebook TemplatesConnect with us on Facebook to make friends with ...

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 set of ears of wheat!If you want to skip the tutorial and j...

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

What You'll Be CreatingVintage-inspired styles add a warm, authentic touch to logo and label designs. It’s an especially popular trend amongst drinks brands, which tap into antique styles to reinfor...

What You'll Be CreatingFrom this tutorial, you'll learn some new techniques and tricks. We'll be using the Isometric Map Mockup product as an example and seeing in detail how it was cre...

 In my course, Mastering Script Lettering, I showed you how to create beautiful script lettering by hand. But what if you want to convert your hand lettering into vector format?In this video from th...

Welcome back to our series on art history! From the dreamy paintings of the Impressionist era, we now venture onward to the early-20th-century art movement of Cubism. Let's see how history significa...

What better way to celebrate ten years of Envato Tuts+, than with a fantastic selection of freebies and resources for our community? Join us as we take a look at how Tuts+ has changed over the last te...

What You'll Be CreatingDo you want to draw your own monkey? In this tutorial I will show you how to draw one step by step from scratch. We'll sketch the pose, and then we'll add body volume, the detai...

What You'll Be CreatingBuilding your own high-quality mockup is not as hard as it seems. In fact, it’s something anyone with a digital camera and some basic Photoshop knowledge can master. In this t...

What You'll Be CreatingIn the following steps you will learn how to create a peeled text effect in Adobe Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to create a flat background and how to add a simp...

What You'll Be CreatingBirthdays are among the most fun events of the year. We all get excited about finding that perfect gift for our loved ones, accompanied by the perfect greeting card. So why not ...

There's a soft spot in my heart for nostalgic design. Like many creatives, I've grown up with the internet, and it's been fun to witness its growth and influence on traditional design and art mediums....

Design inspires us all, and you never know where it might take you.Today, we'll catch up with five amazing authors from Envato Tuts+. In celebration of ten years of Design & Illustration tutorials...

What You'll Be CreatingWe're celebrating ten years of Envato Tuts+! Join us by trying out our very first tutorial.In 2007, Collis Ta'eed launched the site with this easy jelly layer style. Ten years l...

What You'll Be CreatingThis is a very special tutorial as it celebrates ten wonderful years of Envato Tuts+, and what better text effect to celebrate with than one inspired by balloons and confetti? T...

What You'll Be Creating We all know that April showers bring May flowers, but what about rainy September days? Usually in September we start to grow the seeds of our new skills. So let's start with ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to use Adobe Photoshop to create a photo manipulation featuring an elephant and a rat skateboarding together. First we'll build the base ...

In celebration of Envato Tuts+’s ten-year anniversary, we’re going to look back even further in time to explore the era-defining trends and styles in graphic design and illustration over the past ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, I’ll show you an easy and quick way to sketch with graphite pencils. We’ll also learn to apply different types of hatching to achieve impressive results. �...

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

Highlight the best qualities of your business. Download a premium product mockup to boost sales, followers, and more. 10 Must-Have Product MockupsA product mockup displays your product with stylish,...

What You'll Be CreatingFollow this tutorial step-by-step to create a low poly wolf model that you can use in video games, graphic design and illustration projects whilst learning Cinema 4D&n...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create ten adorable pugs in Adobe Illustrator. If ten is too much for you, feel free to only make one of the pugs. And don't worry, you do...

What You'll Be CreatingLayer styles are one of Photoshop's powerful tools. Their many different settings and options can help you create endless effects pretty easily and quickly. This tutorial will s...

It’s been a while since I’ve done this sort of article, but today I’m back, and I really think you’re going to love this one. We’re going to put our creative juices on hold and spend some qu...

Think of a famous logo. Whether it's the McDonald's golden arches, the Nike swoosh or another iconic design, the logo you thought of is almost certainly very simple, yet very effective. With just a fe...

To celebrate ten years of Envato Tuts+, we're giving away this essential pack of Photoshop brushes! Learn how to create your own, and find more inspiration from our trusted tutorials. 10 Essential Br...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial we’re going to learn how to create a set of messenger stickers to share on our chat apps. We will use basic Adobe Illustrator geometric shapes and tools,...

Are you new to Photoshop? We're here to help!Learning Photoshop takes time, and there are so many things I wish I knew when I first started. So today, I'm bringing you ten helpful tips to make designi...

What You'll Be CreatingWhether clipped to the top of your resume or handed out at a networking event, the humble business card is an absolutely essential tool for reaching out to potential new clients...

You want to be a good artist. You practice a lot, you follow tutorials and watch videos, you analyze the art of others… but you don't seem to progress at all. You work so hard, and yet you can’t s...

What You'll Be CreatingToday is a special one, since we’re celebrating ten years of awesomeness, and how better to do that than by giving you a special tutorial where you’ll learn how to create a ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this yummy tutorial, I’ll show you an easy way to draw three different types of ice cream, using a graphite pencil and ink liners. We'll create various textures and ex...

Discover 23 unique fonts to create chilling designs. Check out this collection below!23 Thrilling, Chilling, and Spooky FontsStorytellers know the design of horror. They use scratched-out fonts and dr...

What better way to celebrate ten years of Envato Tuts+, than with a fantastic selection of freebies and resources for our community? Join us as we take a look at how Tuts+ has changed over the last te...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial, we’re going to take an in-depth look at the process of creating a set of barber-themed tools and accessories using the most basic shapes and tools that ...

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Austria, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from cool 3D illustrations to graphic designs and more! I asked each artist h...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to use photo manipulation techniques in Adobe Photoshop to create a fantasy scene featuring a magic butterfly. First, we'll build the bas...

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