Graphic Design Techniques & Workflow

Use these techniques to improve your graphic design workflow and be more productive. With the time you save, what creative new designs will you come up with?

All Techniques & Workflow tutorials:

  1. How to Use Photoshop Adjustment Layers to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation

    How to Use Photoshop Adjustment Layers to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to use Photoshop adjustment layers to create a fantasy photo manipulation featuring a rock goddess. First we'll build the base scene using several...

  2. How to Add Oil Painting Photo Effects Quickly (With Actions) in Photoshop

    How to Add Oil Painting Photo Effects Quickly (With Actions) in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Give your photographs the look of an oil-painted masterpiece with these three actions for Adobe Photoshop from Envato Elements.

  3. How to Create an Eco Bulb and Butterfly Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create an Eco Bulb and Butterfly Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vector light bulb with grass and a butterfly using the Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator!

  4. How to Create Mesh Leaves and a Wooden Sign in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create Mesh Leaves and a Wooden Sign in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to create a vector nature background with a wooden sign, grass, leaves and a ladybug using Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator!

  5. How to Draw a Nature Scene With Dandelions and a Butterfly in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Draw a Nature Scene With Dandelions and a Butterfly in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to create a vector natural scene with some flowers and a butterfly using Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator!

  6. How to Learn to Draw: Stage Four, Style

    How to Learn to Draw: Stage Four, Style

    Tutorial Intermediate

    How come when other people draw unrealistic things it's called "style", but when you do the same it's called wrong? Are there any rules you can use to make...

  7. How to Draw All Crystal Shapes

    How to Draw All Crystal Shapes

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you want to draw crystals, first you need to answer a question: what crystals? There are so many shapes! Luckily, they all have something in common—they...

  8. How to Draw a Palm Tree

    How to Draw a Palm Tree

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this short tutorial, we’ll discover an easy way to draw a palm tree from scratch, using graphite pencils.

  9. How to Create a Poster Using Layer Masks in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a Poster Using Layer Masks in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    For this tutorial we will design an empowering poster using typography interwoven into flowers using the Layer Mask tool.

  10. How to Create a Vacation Beach Background in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Vacation Beach Background in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to create a vector vacation background using the Mesh Tool in Adobe Illustrator!

  11. How to Draw a Tree

    How to Draw a Tree

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, we’ll explore different parts of a tree, including the branches and bark, and then we'll apply this knowledge to draw a whole tree and a...

  12. How to Use Layer Masks to Create a Bold Typography Poster in Photoshop

    How to Use Layer Masks to Create a Bold Typography Poster in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    For this tutorial we will design a poster using Layer Masks to create text that is engaging with the image in a captivating way.