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Stay on top of the latest design trends. Use these articles to get inspiration, deepen your understanding, and create designs that are both trendy and timeless.

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  1. How to Create a Cartoon-Like Elemental Sword in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Cartoon-Like Elemental Sword in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create your own cartoon-like Elemental Sword that might come in handy in future projects. The tutorial will...

  2. Design a Glamorous Art Deco Menu in Adobe InDesign

    Design a Glamorous Art Deco Menu in Adobe InDesign

    Tutorial Beginner

    Winter may be long, dark and cold, but that’s all the more reason to host a cosy dinner party for friends, family or colleagues. Perfect for New Year...

  3. Geometric Design: Working With 4 and 8

    Geometric Design: Working With 4 and 8

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this part of our series on geometric design, you'll learn to construct static and dynamic squares and octagons, our first grid, and tiling patterns based...

  4. Create a Winter Scene in Adobe Photoshop: The Line Art

    Create a Winter Scene in Adobe Photoshop: The Line Art

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will learn how to create some fun line art as a basis for a cute winter illustration.

  5. How to Create and Use Gradients in CorelDRAW

    How to Create and Use Gradients in CorelDRAW

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial you'll learn how to incorporate various gradient types and styles into an icon design in CorelDRAW. Additionally, you'll become comfortable...

  6. How to Create a Vintage Seasonal Greeting Card in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Vintage Seasonal Greeting Card in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Winter is around the corner. And if you are not afraid of winter, let's create a snowy vintage greeting card!

  7. How to Create a Vivid Ombré Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create a Vivid Ombré Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Create a vivid ombré text effect using two layers of Bevel and Emboss, along with a couple of other layer effects.

  8. Fractal Art: How to Create Basic Fractal Flowers in Apophysis

    Fractal Art: How to Create Basic Fractal Flowers in Apophysis

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to harness the power of the fractal editor Apophysis to create stunning flowers of infinite variety.

  9. How to Create an Intertwining Trellis Pattern in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create an Intertwining Trellis Pattern in Adobe Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial you'll learn how to create an intertwining trellis design from scratch using grid layouts and lining up a narrow, rotated rectangle...

  10. Geometric Design: The Basics

    Geometric Design: The Basics

    Tutorial Beginner

    Geometry may be a bad high school memory for some of us, but it is the key to a very old, fascinating and endlessly creative art form, that requires no other...

  11. Live Perspective: Draw Animals in 3D Space

    Live Perspective: Draw Animals in 3D Space

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Learn how to draw simple shapes in perspective and build complicated animal skeletons out of them. Add depth to your animal drawings and create interesting,...

  12. Create a Multicolored Splashed Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Multicolored Splashed Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to create a vibrant, colorful splashed text effect with built-in Scatter Brushes in Adobe Illustrator.