2020 was a bit of a rubbish year overall, but over on Envato Tuts+, we kept publishing our free educational content and even increased our offering of free video courses! So what awesome things did we do in 2020?
- 2020 was a big year for our YouTube efforts. You may have noticed more and more tutorials and articles have videos accompanying them. People learn in different ways, and we hope to keep on providing both written and video content in the future.
- We reached 400,000 subscribers over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel. This is a gain of almost 250,000 subscribers in the past year... crikey! Thank you so much for joining us over there!
- All three of our Adobe for Beginners courses hit over 1 million views! Together, they give you almost nine hours of quality free video course education. These free courses are for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign!
- We even began publishing video content on our YouTube channel in other languages. So far Russian, Spanish, and soon German!
- Speaking of translations, we hit over 45,000 translations! If you want to be paid to translate content, head on over to our Envato Tuts+ Translation page to find out more.
- We continued pushing into more areas of design, including recently posting more content to do with Affinity Publisher and Cricut.
In Envato-specific news, it was also a big year:
- Envato has reached over $1 billion in community earnings since the company was founded in 2006! This includes people over on Envato Elements and Envato Market!
- Envato reached B Corp status by reinforcing our positive purpose.
- We also welcomed our new CEO, Hichame Assi, as our co-founder, Collis Ta'eed, stepped down (we'll miss you!).
Want to see what the community loving this year? Well, without further ado, let's go into tutorials, videos, and courses...
40 Best Design & Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2020!
Based on several metrics, these are the most popular and best tutorials from 2020:
How to Create a Mountain Landscape in Flat Style in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Rubber Stamp Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop Brush Tool: A Basic Guide
Create Light Painted Typography From Scratch in Photoshop
Use a Pattern Rope Brush to Create a Rope Text Effect in Illustrator
15 Design Tips to Make Professional Business Flyers in 2023 (With Great Designs)
How to Create and Customize Procreate Brushes
How to Simulate X-Ray Photography in Photoshop
Advanced Glow Effects
How to Create an Engraved Effect Photoshop Action
10 Tips for Designing High-Impact Magazines
How to Create a Realistic Neon Light Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
How to Draw a Rose
How to Make Your Own Logo Design (Do It Yourself Guide)
How to Optimize an Animated GIF: 10 Ways
Creating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment
How to Create Smoky Brushes and Type in Illustrator
Make a Trendy Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop
How to Create a Font in Adobe Illustrator
How to Create a Promotional Flyer in Photoshop
How to Draw a Heart
10 Essential Tips & Tools All Adobe Illustrator Beginners Should Learn
How to Create Halftone Effects in Adobe Illustrator
How to Add Light Rays in Photoshop With Your Own Brushes
How to Create a Gold Chain Pattern Brush With Illustrator
Creating a Simple Kawaii Yeti With Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
How to Make a Cool Photo Effect Album Cover Design in Photoshop
How to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
How to Create a Cartoon Gradient Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
How to Create a Music Poster Using Bitmap Mode in Photoshop
How to Make a Comic Book Cover
How to Use Spell Check in InDesign
How to Create an Architecture Sketch Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Everything You Need to Know About Affinity Designer Brushes
How to Make Stars in Photoshop
What Is Editorial Illustration? (& How to Get Into It)
How to Install and Use Fonts in Procreate
How to Make Your Own Gorgeous Christmas Crackers
Create a 60s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster
20 Best Free Design Video Tutorials
As you may have guessed, 2020 saw plenty of awesome free video courses and tutorials on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel. Check out these gems:
Happy New Year, and Let's Have a Better 2021!
Thanks for being part of the Envato Tuts+ community and joining us in 2020. Did we miss a tutorial or video which was your favourite? Tell us in the comments!
From me and the rest of the team at Envato Tuts+, we wish you all the very best for 2021!
If you want to check out past years, why not head on over to my previous roundups:
50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2019!
50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2018!
50 Most Awesome Design & Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2017!
The 50 Best Design Tutorials & Articles of 2016
The Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2015
The Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2014
The Top 25 Vector Tutorials on Tuts+ in 2013
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