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  • Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline

    Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline

    Sean Hodge
  • Rebellious Design: Brutalism Meets 90s Graphic Design

    Rebellious Design: Brutalism Meets 90s Graphic Design

    Laura Keung

    • All Theory tutorials:

    1. How to Create a Vintage Photo Effect Action in Photoshop

      How to Create a Vintage Photo Effect Action in Photoshop

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Learn how to create a Photoshop action to add vintage effects to your photos. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even...

    2. Art for All: Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 19

      Art for All: Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 19

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome back to our Diversity in Design series on Envato Tuts+. Discover four talented artists with inspiring styles you'll love.

    3. Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, March 2019 Edition

      Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, March 2019 Edition

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community! Check out this set of results and join in for the...

    4. International Artist Feature: Guatemala

      International Artist Feature: Guatemala

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome back to our International Artist Series. Today, we're catching up with five incredible artists from Guatemala, a central American country that is...

    5. Art for All: Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 18

      Art for All: Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 18

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome back to our Diversity in Design series on Envato Tuts+. Discover four talented artists with inspiring styles you'll love.

    6. How to Create a Vintage Photo Effect in a Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Style

      How to Create a Vintage Photo Effect in a Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Style

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial we'll create a vintage postcard photo effect in style of famous Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky using Adobe Photoshop and...

    7. Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, February 2019 Edition

      Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, February 2019 Edition

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community! Check out this set of results and join in for the...

    8. International Artist Feature: Slovenia

      International Artist Feature: Slovenia

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Today, we're catching up with seven incredible artists from Slovenia, a central European country with vast mountains and landscapes.

    9. Art for All: Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 17

      Art for All: Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 17

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome back to our Diversity in Design series on Envato Tuts+. Discover four talented artists with inspiring styles you'll love.

    10. Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, January 2019 Edition

      Envato Tuts+ Community Challenge: Created by You, January 2019 Edition

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Welcome to our monthly feature of fantastic tutorial results created by you, the Envato Tuts+ community! Check out this set of results and join in for the...

    11. Improve Your Art With These Awesome Design & Art Challenges

      Improve Your Art With These Awesome Design & Art Challenges

      Tutorial • Beginner

      If you've heard about #inktober, you may wonder what other challenges there are over the year. In this article, I compiled a list of such challenges for each...

    12. How Apple Ended Up Leading the Icon Design Trends

      How Apple Ended Up Leading the Icon Design Trends

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Have you ever wondered how Apple actually ended up leading the design trends when it comes to icons? Well, in today's article, we're going to examine how it...

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