Articles by TutsPlus - Design from July 2021

If you're a musician or promoter and looking for great music flyer templates to create a flyer or poster to promote an event, then you're in the right place.  Today, we'll show you 43 of the best m...

What You'll Be Creating In this Adobe InDesign newspaper tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a newspaper template in InDesign, designing the front page for a tabloid newspaper template. The result wi...

In this simple tutorial, we're going to create a clever little way of making little buttons using a couple of layers and one interchangeable image layer.  Step 1: Start by drawing in a colored backg...

Bars and nightclubs: they’re fun, popular, and deserve cool bar logos to attract crowds! If you work in one, you know how important marketing is.  But what if you don't use design software and you...

What You'll Be Creating In this "Mastering Calligraphy" lesson, we'll be learning what is by far the hardest font but also the most impressive: Gothic Script. This font is a bit different than the oth...

If you're looking for modern logo ideas, there’s no better place to find the best simple logo inspiration than by looking to current logo trends.  Here's One of Our Cool Logo Designs From Envato ...

Businesses and entrepreneurs of all sizes can make use of a well-thought-out brochure, leaflet, or pamphlet. But making one that grabs the attention of potential clients can be tricky without experie...

What You'll Be Creating Trees seem like one of the few things that are easy to draw. However, if you know nothing about drawing, you may either go too simple... ... or too literal: Neither of these ...

Let's discover the different brochure styles and learn how to tell the difference between a brochure vs. a flyer, leaflet, and pamphlet design. In this article, we'll give you a better understanding...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, you'll learn how to pixelate an image in Photoshop. I'll explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create the effect, even those who have just op...

Step back in time with an extraordinary vintage photo effect! Check out this list of 26 amazing vintage and retro-inspired Photoshop actions. 26 Vintage Photoshop Actions We'll always be inspired by ...

What You'll Be Creating If you're wondering how to create a watermark in Photoshop, there are two ways to do it: manual and automatic. In this tutorial, I'll show you both of these methods! Watermarks...

A touch of glitter or sparks can transform an image. A portrait can instantly stand out, and a digital composition can become magical with a sparkle dust overlay. Do you want to learn how to create t...

If you design postcards and are looking for top-quality postcard mockups, Placeit's got you covered.  Today, we'll show you how to create a postcard mockup at Placeit and share 42 of the best mock...

Give back to your local community with a great fundraiser. Check out these amazing premium fundraiser flyer templates for your next event. Charities and non-profit organizations can benefit a lot fro...

What You'll Be Creating In the following steps you will learn how to make 3D text in Illustrator. Using just a piece of text and the 3D Rotate effect, you will learn how to create the main 3D text in ...

If you're a designer who creates Instagram posts for various clients, you may need Instagram mockups to show the client how your work will look once added to their account. Here are the best Instagr...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make a distressed effect in Photoshop with actions using smart filters, adjustment layers, and overlay textures. If you want to learn thes...

What You'll Be Creating Do you want to learn how to create photo overlays in Adobe Photoshop? In this tutorial, I will show you how to add a texture overlay in Photoshop.  This complete texture overl...

Magazine mockups are incredibly useful if you’re designing your own magazine. These customisable design templates help you work out the best covers and layouts for your new venture and allow client...

If you're looking for Affinity Designer templates, you've come to the right place. Check out this huge collection of templates for Affinity Designer and download everything from T-shirt designs to po...

What You'll Be Creating Calligraphy is an art that never dies. You see it coming back into style with hand-lettered invitations and in high-end magazines. It's a great way to jazz up your corresponden...

What You'll Be Creating Welcome to our Design in 60 Seconds series, in which you can learn a new design skill, feature, or technique in just a minute, as well as discovering 34 of the best geometric d...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial I will show you how to create a fur effect in Photoshop using a pattern, a fur brush, a layer style, and a gradient map. At the end of this Photoshop fur tutor...

What You'll Be Creating Roses are very popular flowers, commonly seen as a symbol of love. They're very difficult to draw, though—they're made of many layers of petals. You need to add them carefull...

Looking for your next OBS stream overlay for your webcam or Twitch channel? Check out these free Twitch overlays and premium options to set your stream out from the pack. Create your own OBS overlay ...

If you create T-shirt designs for children, you need terrific child T-shirt mockups to showcase your work.  Today we've got 45 of the best kids' T-shirt mockups you can find online. Check them out,...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a 3D isometric text in Illustrator. For starters, you will learn how to create the isometric letters using the 3D Extrude & Bev...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial, you will learn how to design a music lesson flyer design in Affinity Publisher. Using basic tools and techniques along with some fonts and photos fro...

Let's face it, sometimes our needs extend way beyond our budget. If that's exactly where you are and you're looking for a free folded shirt or hoodie mockup, we can help. Today we showcase ten of th...

Create cartoon photo effects and comic text effects with Photoshop actions faster than ever before. Check out this list of helpful resources below. 30 Best Cartoon Photo Effects & Comic Text Act...

What You'll Be Creating Are you wondering how to create a barber shop flyer design? Today, we're going to make one with standard Photoshop tools and a vintage font family. Then we'll take a look at th...

If you're getting married and looking for wedding program ideas or trying to create your own wedding ceremony programs, we've got some great resources for you.  One of the terrific wedding program...

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 th...

Discover 30+ programs to help you illustrate, design, animate and more! This is the A to Z of graphic design software, featuring both free and premium programs that you can download and start using t...

When it comes to adding quick detail to an image or design, there aren't many better ways to do it than by adding a texture vector. Texture can completely turn a design around, taking it from somethi...

What You'll Be Creating What I love most about drawing is that it lets us picture unreal things as if they were real. If you want to feel the thrill of creation, in this tutorial I will show you how t...

Do you struggle with a simple circle from the first step of every tutorial? Do your straight lines keep bending, no matter how hard you try? Do you seem to be unable to draw two points with a given d...

Funeral or memorial service programs are an important way to pay tribute to your deceased loved ones as well as guide attendees through a service. If you are looking for an easy way to create a progr...

If you'd like to promote your latest book and need a striking book cover mockup, this list of the 41 best book cover mockups from Placeit is for you. Just one of the many terrific book cover mockup...

What You'll Be Creating In the following tutorial you will learn how to create long shadow text in Illustrator and some simple techniques that can be used to add text shadows in Illustrator.  For sta...

Brochures are an inexpensive and effective tool for communicating information to a wider audience. These single foldable sheets are perfect for highlighting products and services, making announcement...

What You'll Be Creating Printing a beautifully laid-out product catalogue can help you attract customers and drive up sales. Catalogues contain important information about products that can help peopl...

Affinity Publisher templates can be a helpful addition to any print project, saving you both time and money. Let's take a look at some awesome, Affinity Publisher compatible design templates availabl...

What You'll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to curve text in Affinity Designer. We'll use this simple badge design to exemplify all the techniques that you can use to edit and s...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an event poster design in Photoshop using an event poster template from Envato Elements. What You Will Learn in This Music Event ...

It's almost Halloween! That special time of the year when stores pack their shelves with candy and we all dress up as our favorite ghouls. And what better way to celebrate our favorite monsters and u...

Let's take a look at some dingbats, symbols, and cool text characters you can use today. Whether you're looking for an icon font or other cool fonts and symbols, there are plenty of cool symbol ...

What You'll Be Creating If you want to learn how to make glossy text in Photoshop, in this tutorial I'll show you how to make use of the Layer Style panel to create shiny letters. You don't need a spe...

Hey, designers! Throw out your spray paint and download a premium stencil font instead! Mind The Gap is one of the thousands of stencil alphabet fonts on Envato Elements. Today we bring you an awes...

Looking for cool easy fonts to draw by hand? In this article, we'll look at some simple fonts to draw and where you can find them. We'll also look at what you need to know about using cool fonts to d...

What You'll Be Creating In the following steps, you will learn how to create a pastel gradient background in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. This timeless trend will give a soothing effect to a...

What You'll Be Creating Are you looking for font substitutes for the Georgia font family? In this article, we'll be introducing to you the Georgia typeface and providing 16 Georgia font alternatives y...

What You'll Be Creating In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of how to make a good fundraiser flyer. We'll look at common elements for a fundraiser flyer, some tips and tricks, and some fundraise...

Adding dust textures to your photos is a great way to give your images a vintage look. Thankfully, with dust texture overlays, you don't have to spend tons of time and energy to create this terrific ...

In this article, we'll take a look at the difference between readability and legibility. We'll also define kerning, tracking, leading, and many more terms that can help you make your text more enjoya...

Portability and the iPad go hand in hand. Combine that with the Photoshop iOS app, and you have an instant on-the-go photo editing machine.  So today, in this Photoshop iPad tutorial, I’m going to...