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 Use Tabs in InDesign

    How to Use Tabs in InDesign

    Tutorial Beginner

    This is an introduction to how to use tabs in InDesign, and it's perfect for beginners. Learn how to get started using different InDesign tabs and more!

  2. How to Create an Artboard in Affinity Designer

    How to Create an Artboard in Affinity Designer

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this Affinity Designer 2 tutorial, we'll learn what an artboard is and how you can easily add them and customize them. We'll also go over how to add...

  3. What Is a Font?

    What Is a Font?

    Tutorial Beginner

    What is the definition of a font? What is the difference between a font and a typeface? What is a font on a computer? Discover these answers and more here!

  4. Affinity Photo vs. Photoshop: Which Is Better?

    Affinity Photo vs. Photoshop: Which Is Better?

    Tutorial Beginner

    Photoshop can do it all—photos, vectors, video, painting, even 3D—but can Affinity Photo do it better? Let's see how the two raster editing apps compare in...

  5. How to Draw an Arrow in Photoshop

    How to Draw an Arrow in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, you'll learn everything you need to know about drawing an arrow in Photoshop. You'll be able to create Photoshop arrow shapes easily and...

  6. Typeface vs. Font: What Is the Difference Between Them?

    Typeface vs. Font: What Is the Difference Between Them?

    Tutorial Beginner

    Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a font and a typeface? Well, wonder no more because that’s exactly what we’re clarifying today.

  7. How to Create the Transformers Logo in Illustrator

    How to Create the Transformers Logo in Illustrator

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Welcome to this tutorial on learning how to draw the Transformers logo in Adobe Illustrator!  Get ready to unleash your inner Autobot (or Decepticon) and...

  8. How to Install and Use Patterns in Photoshop

    How to Install and Use Patterns in Photoshop

    Tutorial Beginner

    Here, you'll learn all about how to add patterns in Photoshop. In just a couple of minutes, you'll master the ins and outs of Photoshop pattern fills,...

  9. Cancel Adobe? Best Alternatives for Designers

    Cancel Adobe? Best Alternatives for Designers

    Tutorial Beginner

    Thinking about canceling your Adobe subscription to save money and protect your privacy? Here you'll find the best Adobe alternatives.

  10. Affinity Designer 2: Get to Know the Interface

    Affinity Designer 2: Get to Know the Interface

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this Affinity Designer 2 tutorial for beginners, we'll go over the interface and see what you can find in this vector software.

  11. How to Draw in Illustrator

    How to Draw in Illustrator

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a vector illustration step by step, proving to you that drawing using Illustrator is not as scary as it may seem!

  12. Photoshop vs. Lightroom: What Is the Difference?

    Photoshop vs. Lightroom: What Is the Difference?

    Tutorial Beginner

    Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom are both great photo editing programs, but which one is right for you? In this article, we'll take a look at where each program...