Design & Illustration Tutorials

Take your graphic design and illustration skills to a new level! You can find thousands of free tutorials on every design topic under the sun, from making Photoshop actions to designing a classy corporate brochure in InDesign or completing your own vector illustration.

We’ve got tutorials on all the major design software, so you can brush up your skills on the full Adobe suite or get up to speed with other options like Affinity Designer or Procreate. Or you can learn how to make beautiful text effects, choose the right fonts, design eye-catching magazines, and much more.

All Design & Illustration tutorials:

  1. Why we see ghost images: After-images and successive contrast

    Why we see ghost images: After-images and successive contrast

    Tutorial Beginner

    Have you ever wondered why you sometimes see "ghost images" after staring at a bright color or pattern? This article delves into the fascinating phenomenon...

  2. How to edit Lottie animations for free in your browser, After Effects not required

    How to edit Lottie animations for free in your browser, After Effects not required

    Tutorial Beginner

    Customise animations quickly and easily with the free browser-based Lottie Editor, for use across websites, apps and more; in this tutorial you'll learn how.

  3. Tips to master advanced compositing techniques

    Tips to master advanced compositing techniques

    Tutorial Beginner

    Interested in compositing in Photoshop? This Photoshop compositing course will help you advance your skills and create stunning images.

  4. Advanced color theory: Why the color wheel is wrong

    Advanced color theory: Why the color wheel is wrong

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you're basing your color harmonies on the red, yellow, blue color wheel and find yourself endlessly tweaking colors to get the result you want, check out...

  5. How to add finishing touches to a photo manipulation

    How to add finishing touches to a photo manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to know how to create a consistent look in the finishing stages of a project? It's simpler than you think.

  6. How to design an anti-design poster

    How to design an anti-design poster

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, you'll learn to create an anti-design poster that explores the style that ignores conventional graphic design rules. The result is a...

  7. How to create light and shadow in photo manipulation

    How to create light and shadow in photo manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to know how to add light and shadows in Photoshop? This short tutorial will guide you through two alternative methods.

  8. How to match saturation in photo manipulation

    How to match saturation in photo manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to learn how to create more realistic images? This lesson focuses on perfecting hue and saturation in Photoshop.

  9. How to add a gradient fill in Affinity Designer

    How to add a gradient fill in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to know how can you do gradients in Affinity Designer? Learn about linear, elliptical, radial, and conical gradients and what the Fill Tool can do,...

  10. How to match contrast in photo manipulation

    How to match contrast in photo manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Wondering how to adjust contrast in Photoshop? Matching contrast could not be easier when you follow the simple steps in this tutorial from Envato Tuts+

  11. How to use compound shapes in Affinity Designer

    How to use compound shapes in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this Affinity Designer tutorial, we'll go over a basic but powerful feature called compound shapes. Learn how to use it among other Affinity Designer tips...

  12. How to use the Brush Tool in Affinity Designer

    How to use the Brush Tool in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    This beginner-friendly Affinity Designer tutorial will take you on a journey through the Brush Tool. We'll cover everything from choosing the perfect brush...