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. Improvements to Layer Style Feature in Photoshop CS6

    Improvements to Layer Style Feature in Photoshop CS6

    Tutorial Beginner

    Photoshop layer styles are a popular way to add effects, such as drops shadows and strokes to layers in a non-destructive way. Layer styles were first...

  2. Preparing and Talking About Your Graphic Design Portfolio

    Preparing and Talking About Your Graphic Design Portfolio

    Tutorial Beginner

    As a graphic designer a portfolio is essential. While it's great to have an online one, it's also a good idea to have a physical one too to take along to...

  3. Scenes and Backgrounds in Vector Illustration

    Scenes and Backgrounds in Vector Illustration

    Tutorial Beginner

    In today's feature article, I'm going to show you work from seven talented vector artists. Discover how they approach backgrounds and construct whole scenes....

  4. Top Tips and Secrets from Talented Vector Artists

    Top Tips and Secrets from Talented Vector Artists

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today we share top tips and secrets from talented vector artists, which can help add insight into their processes and can give us the advice we need to...

  5. The Art of Skin Shading

    The Art of Skin Shading

    Tutorial Beginner

    Skin shading is a large part of creating portrait and people art. In today's article I'm going to show you different styles of skin shading and give you some...

  6. The Making of an "ELITE" Identity

    The Making of an "ELITE" Identity

    Tutorial Beginner

    Deep down inside every designer loves a good ol' fashion logo. In-fact, as a kid you probably redrew the Nike or Lacoste logo over and over, just for fun. ...

  7. Creating Debut Album Art for If I Were A Mountain...

    Creating Debut Album Art for If I Were A Mountain...

    Tutorial Beginner

    The Debut album of If I Were A Mountain... entitled "Dreams Are For Their Dreamers," is an introspective EP that takes a dive into the dream world and molds...

  8. Powerful Task Automation with Photoshop Scripting

    Powerful Task Automation with Photoshop Scripting

    Tutorial Beginner

    Actions are very popular. They're easy to use and can save you a lot of time, but at the end of the day, they aren't very powerful and offer very low...

  9. Adobe InDesign CS5, Advanced Typography and Special Characters

    Adobe InDesign CS5, Advanced Typography and Special Characters

    Tutorial Beginner

    Adobe's InDesign is considered to be the most advanced multi-page editor software, but we need to take advantage of it's full power to quickly create and...

  10. Does Photoshop Really Cost Too Much?

    Does Photoshop Really Cost Too Much?

    Tutorial Beginner

    Let's be honest, Photoshop isn't cheap. Most of us have probably complained about the cost of Photoshop, and Adobe products in general at some point in our...

  11. The Art of Choosing the Right Paper

    The Art of Choosing the Right Paper

    Tutorial Beginner

    Choosing the right paper for your printed media can be tricky. Paper tells about the function of the product, it's feeling and quality. Therefore it's a...

  12. Speed Up Your Photoshop CS5 Workflow by Making Your Own Custom Panels

    Speed Up Your Photoshop CS5 Workflow by Making Your Own Custom Panels

    Tutorial Beginner

    Speed up your workflow with the power of custom panels in Photoshop. In today’s tutorial, we will turn multi-stepped commands and tasks into one-click...