The Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2014
2014 has been a very busy year for the Design & Illustration section of Tuts+ and here's why:
- We've successfully merged into one unified site to provide all content within the Tuts+ family in one glorious site! This helped give you all your design content within one wonderful section... Design & Illustration.
- We've ventured into more niche areas of content, such as fractal art and Arabic calligraphy.
- We've been expanding our content for smaller software brands, such as Sketch, Inkscape, Pixelmator and iDraw.
- We've been reaching out to more of our community by translating our most popular tutorials into a variety of languages, such as Portuguese, German, Arabic, Russian and Spanish.
And there's so much more to mention, but the main thing is, we provide all this written tutorial content for free!
The Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2014
So apart from all of these highlights of 2014, what exactly were the top tutorials posted in the Design & Illustration section? Well in no particular order, it's my pleasure to share with you our top 40 tutorials.


How to Create a Flyer in Photoshop for Promos and Advertisements

Róbert Šarudy19 Apr 2024

How to Add Realistic Falling Snow to a Photo in Photoshop
Tony Aube19 Nov 2019

Mastering Calligraphy: How to Write in Cursive ScriptNaselle Anderson16 Jun 2023

How to Render Short, Detailed Hair in Adobe Illustrator

Sharon Archer-Thomas27 Aug 2014

10 Things You Need to Know About Smart Objects in Photoshop
Martin Perhiniak16 Apr 2014

How to Write in the Sand in Adobe Photoshop

Rose24 May 2023

Human Anatomy Fundamentals: How to Draw Hands

Joumana Medlej15 Jul 2014

Cartoon Fundamentals: How to Draw the Female Form

Monika Zagrobelna22 May 2019

Mastering Calligraphy: How to Write in Roundhand ScriptNaselle Anderson21 Jan 2024

How to Create an Animated Pixel Art Sprite in Adobe Photoshop

Gleb Polikanin01 May 2014

The A to Z of Sketch

Armando Sotoca20 Oct 2014

How to Optimize an Animated GIF: 10 Ways
Martin Perhiniak02 Mar 2024

How to Create a Chalk Logo Effect in Photoshop
Lindsey Meredith31 Jan 2014

The A to Z of Adobe Illustrator

Mary Winkler20 Jan 2014

Cartoon Fundamentals: How to Draw Cartoon Hands

Carlos Gomes Cabral22 Jan 2014

Create a Mixed Martial Arts Event Flyer in Photoshop
Wojciech Pijecki17 Feb 2014

Create a High-Gloss, Bubble Gum Text Effect in Photoshop
Samuel Mensah25 Feb 2014

Create an Illustrated Watercolor and Ink Photo Effect in Photoshop
Sheridan Johns19 Feb 2014

How to Create an Ornate, Vintage, Poster Design in Photoshop
Benjamin Mounsey24 Mar 2014

Create a Fun Cartoon Character Face in Adobe Illustrator

Andrei Marius19 Mar 2014

Create a 3D, Fruit-Textured, Text Effect

Tomasz Lechocinski07 Apr 2014

How to Create Banner, Label and Badge Templates in Illustrator

Nataliya Dolotko07 Apr 2014

The A to Z of Adobe Photoshop

Mary Winkler19 May 2014

How to Create a Retro Fox Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

Nataliya Dolotko06 May 2014

Designing an Elegant Blog Layout in Photoshop

Tomas Laurinavicius16 May 2014

How to Create a Surreal Poster Design in Adobe Illustrator

Mary Winkler04 Jun 2014

How to Create an Abstract Low-Poly Pattern in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Mary Winkler03 Jun 2014

Create a Post-Apocalyptic Movie Poster in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign
Mark Mayers24 Jun 2014

Comparing the Logo Creation Process Between Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Mary Winkler14 Jul 2014

Create an Animated Interface GIF in Adobe Photoshop

Mohammad Jeprie29 Jul 2014

Design a CD Cover in Low-Polygonal Grungy Style in Adobe Illustrator

Yulia Sokolova04 Aug 2014

Create a Retro Gold Leather Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Rose16 Sep 2014

Create "The Walking Dead" Inspired Grungy Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Rose08 Oct 2014

Create a Spooky Forest Setting in Adobe Photoshop

Kirk Nelson13 Oct 2014

Create a Mysterious Halloween Scene in Adobe Illustrator

Yulia Sokolova07 Oct 2014

The 7 Habits of Highly Efficient Adobe Illustrator Users
Cheryl Graham03 Nov 2014

Experiment With Color in Adobe Illustrator to Create an Abstract Rose Illustration

Masha Goubar14 Nov 2014

Create a Tattoo Style, Grunge, Day of Dead Girl Poster in Illustrator

Sergey Kandakov06 Mar 2014

Create a Large Face, Cat Illustration from Stock in Adobe Illustrator

Sharon Archer-Thomas06 Feb 2014

Create 5 High-Impact Typography Effects in Adobe InDesign

Grace Fussell02 Mar 2023
Happy New Year and All the Best for 2015!
As always, if there's something you want to learn, no matter how simple, complex or niche it is within the Design & Illustration world, drop us a comment and we'll be sure to consider it.
If you're interested in seeing if your skills and educational content can make the cut for the Top 40 posts of 2015, then why not get in touch!
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for 2015, from Team Awesome (the ever-so-talented Design & Illustration Instructor Team) and myself. We hope you join us in 2015 for more inspirational and original content!