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 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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.

  4. 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?...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. How to Feather Edges in Illustrator

    How to Feather Edges in Illustrator

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to feather edges in Illustrator. This technique is very useful and can be used to soften an image, a brush, or the edge of a shape.

  8. How to Clip Layers in Affinity Designer

    How to Clip Layers in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    Want sharp cut-outs? Learn how to clip layers in Affinity Designer to define shapes and control effects in seconds.

  9. How to Use the Pencil Tool in Affinity Designer

    How to Use the Pencil Tool in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    The Pencil Tool in Affinity Designer is a great, more natural alternative to the Pen Tool. Learn how to use it here.

  10. How to Create Leo the Lion Artwork in Photoshop

    How to Create Leo the Lion Artwork in Photoshop

    Tutorial Advanced

    Celebrate the bold, fiery characteristics of the Leo star sign by creating this beautiful Leo the Lion composition in Adobe Photoshop.

  11. How to Use the Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator

    How to Use the Shape Builder Tool in Illustrator

    Tutorial Beginner

    This quick Shape Builder tutorial will teach you what the Shape Builder Tool is in Illustrator, where it is, and how to use it!

  12. How to Create a Photocopy Effect in Photoshop

    How to Create a Photocopy Effect in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today we will look at how to create a photocopy effect in Photoshop! This Photoshop photocopy effect can be done in just a few steps and is completely...