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.

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    Featured Design & Illustration Tutorials

  • Everything you need to know about Lottie animations

    Everything you need to know about Lottie animations

    Jonathan Lam
  • How to create a movie poster using AI with Envato ImageGen and ImageEdit

    How to create a movie poster using AI with Envato ImageGen and ImageEdit

    Ashlee Harrell
  • How to create a colorful fan art portrait in Procreate

    How to create a colorful fan art portrait in Procreate

    Maria Dimova
  • All Design & Illustration Content:

    1. How to Make Pop Art Text Effects in Illustrator

      How to Make Pop Art Text Effects in Illustrator

      Tutorial Beginner

      Are you a fan of pop art letters and pop art effects? In the following tutorial, you'll learn how to make pop art text with cool Illustrator effects.

    2. How to Insert an Image in InDesign

      How to Insert an Image in InDesign

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you're new to InDesign, you might have wondered, "How do you insert a picture in InDesign?" This quick tutorial offers three easy methods to learn how to...

    3. How to Use Outline Stroke in Illustrator

      How to Use Outline Stroke in Illustrator

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Learn how to use an outline stroke and brushes to make a creative Noël text effect in Adobe Illustrator.

    4. The Power of Album Cover Art: From the Earliest to the Most Controversial

      The Power of Album Cover Art: From the Earliest to the Most Controversial

      Tutorial Beginner

      Purple Rain and 2014 Forest Hills Drive are two albums that have some of the best album art of all time. In this article, I will share examples of album...

    5. 30 Top Comic Text & Cartoon Effects With Photoshop Actions

      30 Top Comic Text & Cartoon Effects With Photoshop Actions

      Tutorial Beginner

      Fan of cartoon edits? Create comic text and cartoon effects with Photoshop actions faster than ever before. Check out these resources from Envato Elements!

    6. How to Realistically Change Hair and Fur Color in Adobe Photoshop

      How to Realistically Change Hair and Fur Color in Adobe Photoshop

      Tutorial Intermediate

      You can use Photoshop to change hair color in a realistic manner. If you want to learn how to change hair color in Photoshop quickly, this tutorial will help...

    7. Fonts Similar to Cinzel & What Font Goes Well With Cinzel

      Fonts Similar to Cinzel & What Font Goes Well With Cinzel

      Tutorial Beginner

      Are you in love with the clean sharp lines of Cinzel font? Are you wondering what font is similar to Cinzel? Today we'll share ten great fonts similar to...

    8. How to Draw a 90s Sun and Moon Pattern

      How to Draw a 90s Sun and Moon Pattern

      Tutorial Beginner

      Do you remember this characteristic 90s sun and moon bedding style, where both sun and moon have facial features? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw...

    9. How to Create Gradients in Adobe InDesign

      How to Create Gradients in Adobe InDesign

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn how to create a gradient in InDesign. You'll then learn how to save and load gradients for future projects in your InDesign templates and projects.

    10. How to Upload Fonts to Cricut Design Space

      How to Upload Fonts to Cricut Design Space

      Tutorial Beginner

      Found a new font and need to know how to add fonts to Cricut Design Space? In this tutorial, we'll walk through how to add fonts to Cricut and more!

    11. How to Make an Image Black and White in InDesign

      How to Make an Image Black and White in InDesign

      Tutorial Beginner

      Wondering how to make an image black and white in InDesign? Follow this tutorial to quickly and easily make a photo black and white, whether in your layout...

    12. 52 Best Affinity Publisher Templates (Including Publisher Brochure Templates)

      52 Best Affinity Publisher Templates (Including Publisher Brochure Templates)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Affinity Publisher templates are great for print projects. Here are some awesome examples of Publisher booklet templates, brochure templates, flyer...