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. How to make mixed media collage art

    How to make mixed media collage art

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, you'll learn to create a mixed media collage art with magazine cutouts and digital assets to achieve an eclectic yet creative look.

  2. How to match color in photo manipulation

    How to match color in photo manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to learn how to color match in Photoshop in a couple of quick easy steps? This short tutorial can help.

  3. How to Use the Flood Fill Tool in Affinity Designer

    How to Use the Flood Fill Tool in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, we'll learn how to use the Flood Fill Tool in Affinity Designer. You'll be able to easily fill in different shapes and areas of your design.

  4. How to Create a Photoshop Composite

    How to Create a Photoshop Composite

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial, How To Create a Photoshop Composite, we'll show you how easy compositing in Photoshop is by creating a realistic image using multiple photo...

  5. How to Extract Images for Photo Manipulation

    How to Extract Images for Photo Manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to know how to extract an image in Photoshop? Well, there are multiple ways to extract objects from an image, but today we'll teach you the two quickest...

  6. How to Use Global Colors in Affinity Designer

    How to Use Global Colors in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    Are you itching to learn how to control the Affinity Designer colors easily and consistently? In this Affinity Designer tutorial, you'll learn how to use...

  7. How to Find and Prepare Images for Photo Manipulation

    How to Find and Prepare Images for Photo Manipulation

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want to find out how to combine images in Photoshop? The first step is to find great images and prepare them appropriately. And that's exactly what we'll...

  8. How to Use the Swatches Panel in Affinity Designer

    How to Use the Swatches Panel in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    The Swatches panel is your one-stop shop for managing and applying colors to your designs when using Affinity Designer. From creating custom palettes to...

  9. How to Use Parametric Shapes in Affinity Designer

    How to Use Parametric Shapes in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, we'll add water and sky to a scene using parametric rectangles. Parametric shapes are one of the most powerful tools in Affinity Designer.

  10. What Font Does Instagram Use?

    What Font Does Instagram Use?

    Tutorial Beginner

    With 2.4 billion active users, Instagram is one of the most popular social media sites in the world. Today we ask the question: What font does Instagram use?...

  11. Hand Lettering: Scripts, Swirls, and Flourishes

    Hand Lettering: Scripts, Swirls, and Flourishes

    Tutorial Intermediate

    This tutorial will provide you with a deep understanding of informal and formal scripts as well as basic flourishing practices. Some techniques and...

  12. How to Use the Affinity Designer Vector Brush

    How to Use the Affinity Designer Vector Brush

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this Affinity Designer tutorial, we'll go over the vector paint brush. You'll learn what it is and how to use the Affinity vector brush to add visual...