Design & Illustration

Take your graphic design and illustration skills to a new level! You can find thousands of free tutorials on every design topic under the sun, from making Photoshop actions to designing a classy corporate brochure in InDesign or completing your own vector illustration.

We’ve got tutorials on all the major design software, so you can brush up your skills on the full Adobe suite or get up to speed with other options like Affinity Designer or Procreate. Or you can learn how to make beautiful text effects, choose the right fonts, design eye-catching magazines, and much more.

Design & Illustration Courses

  • Featured Design & Illustration Tutorials

  • What Fonts Are Trending Now and Font Trends for 2023

    What Fonts Are Trending Now and Font Trends for 2023

    Grace Fussell
  • How to Create a Sketch Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a Sketch Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

    Marko Kožokar
  • How to Make a Time Magazine Cover Template

    How to Make a Time Magazine Cover Template

    Laura Keung
  • How to Make a Watercolor Brush in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Make a Watercolor Brush in Adobe Illustrator

    Andrei Stefan
  • All Design & Illustration Content:

    1. How to Make a GIF

      How to Make a GIF

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn how to create an animation of a wolf with glowing eyes. This will teach you everything you need to know about creating GIFs in Adobe Photoshop.

    2. 36 Best Fall Fonts to Download (Autumn Fonts for Your Fall Designs)

      36 Best Fall Fonts to Download (Autumn Fonts for Your Fall Designs)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Cute fall fonts can be the perfect touch for your fall designs. Take a look at this collection of themed, autumn fonts, inspired fall lettering, and more....

    3. 20 Scary Halloween Photo Effects & Horror Filters for Photoshop

      20 Scary Halloween Photo Effects & Horror Filters for Photoshop

      Tutorial Beginner

      Love scary spooky Halloween pictures? Take your scary Halloween photos even further with these amazing effects and scary filters! Find your next favourite...

    4. The Ultimate Guide to Typography

      The Ultimate Guide to Typography

      Course Beginner

      Are you interested in typography? This complete course covers everything from typography history to typeface classification, how to choose a font, and more!

    5. How to Add Grain in Photoshop

      How to Add Grain in Photoshop

      Tutorial Beginner

      Here, we'll learn how to create a grain effect in Photoshop from scratch. We'll focus on how to add film grain in Photoshop and using Smart Filters so that...

    6. 36 Best Transitional Typefaces (Fonts to Download)

      36 Best Transitional Typefaces (Fonts to Download)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Curious about transitional typefaces? Some of the most popular fonts fall into the transitional serif typeface classification, and in this article, we'll...

    7. 44 Best Halloween Fonts for Cricut (+Cricut Halloween Ideas and SVGs)

      44 Best Halloween Fonts for Cricut (+Cricut Halloween Ideas and SVGs)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Looking for Cricut Halloween fonts? Take your Cricut Halloween decor, T-shirts, invitations, and other Cricut Halloween projects further with cute Halloween...

    8. How to Add Hair in Photoshop

      How to Add Hair in Photoshop

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Whether you want to add some extra detail or fill in a patchy spot of hair, this tutorial will give you the skills to do it quickly.

    9. Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

      Adobe Photoshop for Beginners

      Course Beginner

      Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop in this detailed course. You'll learn all the essential tools and techniques, starting from scratch!

    10. 40 Best Twitch Webcam Overlays (Make Your Own With a Custom Webcam Frame Maker)

      40 Best Twitch Webcam Overlays (Make Your Own With a Custom Webcam Frame Maker)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Looking for the perfect Twitch camera overlay? Check out this list of amazing webcam frames you can customise right in your browser. Create your own webcam...

    11. How to Get a Square Brush in Photoshop

      How to Get a Square Brush in Photoshop

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this short tutorial, you'll discover how to make a square brush in Photoshop—both a hard and a soft one—as well as what to use it for.

    12. Best Resources of 2023: Photoshop Text Effects & Layer Styles

      Best Resources of 2023: Photoshop Text Effects & Layer Styles

      Tutorial Beginner

      Create cool text effects in seconds! Check out this collection of Photoshop layer styles and text effects from Envato Elements. For one low monthly fee, this...