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Design & Illustration Learning Guides

Discover our selections of the best free design tutorials on a range of topics, all in one place. If you want to brush up your Photoshop skills or learn a new piece of software like Adobe XD, you’ll find learning guides here to help you do that. Or maybe you want something more specialised, like learning how to draw textures or how to paint hair. We’ve got guides to help you with that too.

Just browse through the list and click on a topic that interests you to discover more and to find links to our hand-picked selection of free tutorials, designed to teach you that new skill or software as easily and enjoyably as possible.

  1. Web and Interface Design With Vector

    27 Posts
    In this session, we'll look at creating a variety of web interface elements as well as looking at vector roles in web design. Join us with tutorials aimed at beginners all the way through to advanced users, we'll show you have to create some awesome multi purpose additions to your website design.
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  2. Christmas Illustration Content

    23 Posts
    It's coming up to Christmas! If you're looking for some joyful, festive, scalable content, this is the place to be. With a variety of tutorials and freebies, we've got you covered, regardless of your skill level.
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  3. How to Draw Animals

    34 Posts
    Get into drawing animals with our resident animal drawing expert, Monika Zagrobelna. With the assistance of diagrams on each animals anatomy, from skeleton to muscle structure and even the odd animation, you'll learn how easy it is to draw your favourite animals. Keep checking back to see the latest in this on going series of how to draw animals.
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  4. Easy Character Design

    31 Posts
    If you're new to vector, one of the first projects you may wish to take on is creating a cute, character from scratch. These types of projects introduce you to fundamental drawing concepts of building characters from basic shapes, as well as the odd trick here and there, which you can bring into more advanced projects as you progress.
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