Global Influences in Graphic Design

Learn how design is influenced by different cultures and traditions. Understand global influences and create designs that respect and reflect diverse perspectives.
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  1. Geometric Design: Armenian Knot

    Geometric Design: Armenian Knot

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    We return to interlaced work with this design, but with an extra degree of challenge for a visually smashing result.

  2. International Artist Feature: Brazil

    International Artist Feature: Brazil

    Tutorial • Beginner

    For this edition of our international artist feature, we turn to Brazil and feature a handful of illustrators and designers who create fantastic work from...

  3. International Artists Feature: India

    International Artists Feature: India

    Tutorial • Beginner

    For the first article in this series we turn to India, featuring a handful of illustrators and designers who create fantastic work from minimalist logo...

  4. How to Create a Vibrant Day of the Dead Portrait in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Vibrant Day of the Dead Portrait in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Day of the Dead is very beautiful and inspiring Mexican holiday. We’ll create a female portrait using different methods and techniques for a great result....

  5. Geometric Design: The Lotfallah Mosque Dome

    Geometric Design: The Lotfallah Mosque Dome

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Learn the harmonic pattern behind one of the most spectacular ceiling designs of the Islamic world, and how to obtain different effects from it.

  6. How to Create a Line Art City Landscape in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Create a Line Art City Landscape in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial you'll learn how to create the colorful city landscape of Riga using outlines, the Align panel and the Pathfinder panel.

  7. Create a Double-Decker Bus Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Double-Decker Bus Illustration in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In the following steps you will learn how to create a detailed illustration of a double-decker bus in Adobe Illustrator.

  8. Create a Cute Moldovan Chibi Character in Adobe Illustrator

    Create a Cute Moldovan Chibi Character in Adobe Illustrator

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    In this tutorial you'll learn to create a cute chibi character. We'll use simple shapes, brushes, gradients, which are easy to apply in other illustrations.

  9. Geometric Design: The North Rose Window in Chartres

    Geometric Design: The North Rose Window in Chartres

    Tutorial • Advanced

    This lesson's project gives us an insight into the wonderful Gothic rose windows, where the work starts large and then the scale shifts to ever smaller details.

  10. How to Create a Serbian Ethnic Design: Pirot Kilim Pattern

    How to Create a Serbian Ethnic Design: Pirot Kilim Pattern

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Pirot kilim designs are among the most recognizable traditional Serbian patterns—here's how to make one that's both authentic and unique!

  11. 3D Print a Custom Cut-Out Case for Your Mobile Phone

    3D Print a Custom Cut-Out Case for Your Mobile Phone

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Use Tinkercad (an online CAD package) to customise a mobile phone case and Shapeways (a web based 3D printing service) to manufacture it

  12. Create a French Movie Poster in Adobe InDesign

    Create a French Movie Poster in Adobe InDesign

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Giving a nod to the golden era of French cinema, this New Wave-inspired poster picks up on the graphic elements and je-ne-sais-quoi charm of 1960s...

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