1. Design & Illustration

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. Six Ways to Create Condensation in 3D Studio Max

    2 Posts
    In this two part series, Christian Pop walks you through six different methods of creating condensation effects in 3D Studio Max. In the first part, you'll look at the scatter compound object, the easy-to-use PArray particle system and ways to manually paint on condensation using the power of ParticleFlow. In the second tutorial, you'll look at thinkingParticles, Object Paint and the incredibly useful FR Wet shader.
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  2. Create a Dynamic Pie Chart using Lightwave & After Effects

    2 Posts
    In this two part tutorial, Joshua Jorgensen takes you through the process of creating a motion graphics style effect to animate a pie chart scene. Using a combination of keyframing and expressions in Lightwave 3D, you’ll build a flexible semi-automated system to create an impressive effect out of what would normally be a boring statistic!
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  3. Create a Hanging Lantern in 3D Studio Max

    3 Posts
    In this tutorial we'll go through the entire process of modeling, uvmapping, texturing, lighting and rendering an old lantern in 3d Studio Max. We'll use poly modeling techniques for the majority of the model, but we'll also take a look at how to use splines to create the more complex pieces.
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  4. Presenting a Brand

    2 Posts
    When designing an identity and brand materials for a client, good presentation is crucial! In the first part of this 2-part series, Hussain Almossawi takes you through how to model the different items usually involved in the branding process. In part 2 you’ll go over lighting, materials, studio settings, rendering, exporting, and finally post production.
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