Articles by TutsPlus - Design from March 2018

What You'll Be CreatingSome of our greatest inspiration can come from learning about the past.In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a realistic vintage portrait in the old Victorian style. We'...

The award-winning Affinity Designer is one of the most powerful yet user-friendly vector design applications to emerge in recent years, and these two strengths are the reason its popularity grows by t...

Get the latest must-have templates for Adobe InDesign. Check out this list below!19 New Must-Have InDesign Templates Write that book you've always wanted. Or launch a new magazine. Your chance is now ...

What You'll Be CreatingWant to give your type an edgy, Mad Max makeover?  This super-quick glitch effect only takes 10 minutes to put together, and it makes a good substitute for lengthy or price...

What You'll Be CreatingMake a fabulous photo collage inspired by Beyoncé! Learn how in the quick video below.Photoshop in 60 Seconds: Beyoncé Photo Collage Could your Instagram use a little glam?  ...

What You'll Be CreatingThe majority of people in Ukraine, the country where I grew up, are Christian. Therefore, Ukrainian culture has a big influence from Christianity, and one of the biggest celebra...

What You'll Be CreatingTrees are beautiful embodiments of nature’s abundance and variety. They can live for many years; the oldest tree ever discovered is approximately 5,000 years old. No wonder th...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an amazing architecture sketch effect. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have...

Our new Coffee Break Course is ideal for the small business owner who is looking for a convenient and quick way to establish or revamp their professional presence through effective branding. Try 5 Wa...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, let's imagine an underwater journey while drawing a deep diver and lost sea treasures in Adobe Illustrator. As usual, we will use the most common instruments a...

What You'll Be CreatingPhotorealistic paintings are impressive, but they're also very valuable for artists for one special reason: by painting one, you learn what reality looks like, so that you can l...

Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today we're catching up with five incredible artists from Thailand, home of amazing food, royal palaces, and the people of Southeast Asia. I asked ea...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial, we’re going to take a look at the process of creating a simple geometric bird illustration, which we will bring to life using some hand-drawn shapes in ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial was originally published in December 2010 as a Tuts+ Premium tutorial. It is now available free to view. Although this tutorial does not use the latest version o...

What You'll Be CreatingToday, we will be learning how to create a ghostly woman and tormented child composite that would please any horror movie fan. We will be looking into how powerful adjustme...

Video is coming soon to Envato Elements, and to give you a taste of what's to come, we're giving away some free video files to use on your next project. What's on Offer?Here are some more de...

Apply your favorite colors to photos, typography, and more! Learn about the colorful duotone trend below!Trend Watch: Duotones Duotones are two halftones applied to an image to bring out the highlight...

What You'll Be CreatingCreate awesome text effects like your favorite Instagrammers. Check out this video below!Photoshop in 60 Seconds: Neon Text Effect There are so many ways to bring your photos to...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an amazing shatter effect. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened...

Try out the best isometric vectors around! Check out this list of premium resources below!49 Isometric Vectors & IconsIsometric design allows designers to see the true scale of their 2D work. It i...

What You'll Be CreatingHave 15 minutes to spare? This super-quick and high-impact effect gives any text an instant dose of vintage movie magic.  We’ll create the effect in InDesign, and the tex...

What You'll Be CreatingFor this tutorial we will design a poster using Layer Masks, clipping masks and the Liquify Tool to create a poster that is literally outside of the box! If you're looking ...

If you're looking to get started in animation, try our new course, Animate a Rubber Hose Character in Cinema 4D.In this post, you'll find out more about the course and be able to watch some free lesso...

What You'll Be CreatingDid you know that by using basic shapes and warp effects, you can create not just a straight portrait or one from the side, but even one in three-quarter view? Yes, it's po...

What You'll Be CreatingThis mockup is a part of the 3D Gold Text Mockups from my portfolio on Envato Market.3D Gold Text Mockups Tutorial AssetsThe following assets were used during this tutorial:Rale...

For a long time, I was a big fan of using Photoshop for digital art. Sure, it's software for photo editing, but it has brushes and colors, so you can easily use it for painting. It wasn't until I gave...

What You'll Be CreatingDrawing a braid may seem easy and intimidating at the same time—this object has a relatively simple repeating pattern, but the question is how to make it look realistic and th...

Welcome back to our Diversity in Design series on Envato Tuts+. Discover four talented artists with inspiring styles you'll love.4 Artists You Should Know: Diversity in DesignCelebrate the work of th...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn how to create a text effect using displacement mapping in Adobe Photoshop.I created a Text Destroyer with unlimited text effects using the ...

What You'll Be CreatingThis tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop's 3D tools and settings to create a trippy, lenticular text effect pretty easily. Let's get started! This text effect was inspi...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you love Oreo cookies and vector drawing then this tutorial is for you. You will learn how to draw an Oreo-inspired icon with the help of the 3D effect and Mapping option, pl...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial, we’re going to embark on a creative journey into the land of Minecraft and learn how to create a cute little character using Affinity Designer’s handy...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing energy effect. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just open...

What You'll Be CreatingArt Nouveau is a romantic, decorative design style that works beautifully for wedding stationery. Here, we’ll give a modern update to this ornate style with this easy-to-creat...

What You'll Be CreatingToday we will be exploring the darker side of fashion by creating a latex-clad spider woman! We will create our own spider-web brush using simple shapes, create our ow...

What You'll Be CreatingIf you want to draw something but you don't consider yourself an artist, you can draw some Pokémon—they can be easily created out of simple shapes, and they're so heavily sty...

What You'll Be CreatingCrafting home-made fire effects is a fun way to add visual energy and excitement to your digital artwork. I'll show you how to safely create, capture, and use custom-made fireba...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Mesh Tool and Blend in Adobe Illustrator to create a professional office desk background!If you'd like to skip the tuto...

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 th...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to use Adobe Photoshop to create a dark photo manipulation called "Temptation". First we'll build the base scene using several stock imag...

What You'll Be CreatingOne of the early spring celebrations in many countries of the world is International Women’s Day, which is celebrated on March 8. Wives, daughters, grandmas and girlfriends wi...

Graphic design hasn't always had the best reputation for gender equality. It's a traditionally male-dominated industry, and most of the best-known designers discussed in articles and books today are m...

Bring out the artist in you! Let's explore the hand-drawn illustration trend below.Trend Watch: Hand-Drawn Illustration One of the first ways we communicated as humans was through prehistoric art. We ...

What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial, we’re going to tackle another icon project, in which we’re going to gradually learn how to create a set of text editor elements, using some of the bas...

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 CreatingDid you know that turtles belong to one of the oldest reptile groups in the world—beating snakes, crocodiles, and alligators? The first proto-turtles are believed to have exis...

Do you want to learn animation quickly and easily? Our new course, Rig a Rubber Hose Character for Animation, will take you through the step-by-step process of rigging a simple “rubber hose style”...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an amazing typography effect. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just ope...

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, we will create an animated photo reveal effect in Adobe Photoshop for Instagram stories, which can be used with any image.I created the animation for Anim...

It's not all that often that you come to a moment in life when you end up feeling stuck, gasping for a breath of fresh air while every cell in your body keeps telling you to make a change. Believe it ...

Invite your friends and family to the wedding of your dreams! Check out this list of premium wedding templates below!22 Modern and Creative Wedding InvitesYou only get one chance to make your wedding ...

What You'll Be CreatingFor this tutorial we will design a poster using Layer Masks to create text that engages with the image in a captivating way. What You Will Need You will also need to downlo...

What You'll Be Creating2018 marks a hundred years since women won the right to vote in Britain, due to the remarkable efforts of the suffragist movement. The suffragettes campaigned tirelessly for the...

What You'll Be CreatingBright, pastel 3D typography is one of this year's awesome trends, and it's such a fun style to create and include in projects. This tutorial will show you how to use Photoshop'...

What You'll Be CreatingWelcome back to another Affinity Designer tutorial, in which you’re going to learn how to create a set of office icons using some simple geometric shapes that we will adjust h...

The gradient trend is rocking the world! Let's find out why and check out this awesome list of resources below.42 Trendy Gradient ResourcesIf a bold punch of color is exactly what you need, consider t...