50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2018!

It’s that time of year again… we’re going to dive into the best design and illustration tutorials and articles of the past year!  Before we jump into it, let’s look at what we’ve been up to on Envato Tuts+ as a whole: On Envato Tuts+, as mentioned in the Envato Year in Review 2018, we… Continue reading 50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2018!

The Binary Search Algorithm in JavaScript

In this post, I’ll compare linear search and binary search algorithms. You’ll learn pseudocode for linear and binary algorithms, see examples to demonstrate both the methods, learn about time complexity, and get a step-by-step guide on how to implement the algorithms. Introduction As a programmer, you want to find the best solution to a problem… Continue reading The Binary Search Algorithm in JavaScript

How to Draw a Cartoon Nose

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll look at different ways of drawing cartoon noses. We’ll start with the nose’s construction, and then use this in the context of experimenting with stylistic renditions of this part of the face. When in doubt, I recommend looking at references, even when drawing stylistically! They can be… Continue reading How to Draw a Cartoon Nose

How to Make a Great (Coming Soon) Website Product Launch Page

Launching a new product is an exciting business venture, one that could mean a world of difference for your business. However, as you’re prepping for the launch, it’s important to think about how you’re going to promote your product as well as make it possible for people to buy it. Here are two options: Create… Continue reading How to Make a Great (Coming Soon) Website Product Launch Page

How to Create a Vintage Photo Effect in a Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Style

What You’ll Be Creating This week is dedicated to Russian culture, so I would like to introduce you to the artworks of the famous Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. He made a large number of color photographs of the early 20th century using his three-image method of photography.  He was able to capture in his photos not… Continue reading How to Create a Vintage Photo Effect in a Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Style

25+ Best Free Gothic Fonts for Fantasy Lettering Art Designs

Need a Gothic font that is also free? Then dive into this amazing list of freebies below! The Best Free Gothic Fonts So what is a Gothic font? Gothic fonts draw their influence from the medieval period in European history. Now designers use this inspiring age to create artistic recreations of blackletter handwriting and hand-made… Continue reading 25+ Best Free Gothic Fonts for Fantasy Lettering Art Designs

How to Draw Anime Hair

What You’ll Be Creating Hair is a very complex subject to draw, because it’s like a substance that can take many shapes and forms. Because of this, manga artists have developed a special method of simplifying hair. In manga or anime, you draw hair as a mass or a cloth. This way it can be… Continue reading How to Draw Anime Hair

How to Use Photoshop Adjustment Layers to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Photoshop adjustment layers to create a fantasy photo manipulation featuring a rock goddess.  First, we’ll build the base scene using several arch, rock and landscape images. After that, we’ll add the ground, the model’s face, and a rock texture. Later, we’ll add… Continue reading How to Use Photoshop Adjustment Layers to Create a Fantasy Photo Manipulation

How to Make Cool Photoshop Text Effects Fast With Actions

What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create Photoshop text effects in this beginner’s tutorial. You’ll be shown how to create a Photoshop action for your text effect and more. This text effect that we are going to create is part of Super Bundle Styles. This is a collection of 146 unique styles and is… Continue reading How to Make Cool Photoshop Text Effects Fast With Actions

How to Create an Engraved Stone Text Effect in Adobe InDesign

What You’ll Be Creating You can’t miss this Games of Thrones-style type effect. Perfect for posters and social media that need to command attention, this effect is also super quick and easy to create using Adobe InDesign.  Learn better with video? Follow along on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel: How to Create an Engraved Stone… Continue reading How to Create an Engraved Stone Text Effect in Adobe InDesign

How to Draw Natural, Textured, Afro Hairstyles (Afros, Locs, Braids, Twists)

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll look at drawing multiple hairstyles that tend to be popular choices for natural, afro textured hair: afros, locs, braids, and twists. While these styles could potentially be worn by people with other hair types, we will primarily focus on Type 4 hair. We’ll take a stylistic approach… Continue reading How to Draw Natural, Textured, Afro Hairstyles (Afros, Locs, Braids, Twists)

20 Different Fonts to Make Stylish Graphic Design Projects in 2018

Explore different letter fonts to complement your work. Get inspired with this awesome list of new resources for 2018. Make Stylish Graphic Design Projects With These Fonts Every designer should have a collection of different font styles in their arsenal. Because no matter the occasion, creative fonts are the best way to upgrade any project.… Continue reading 20 Different Fonts to Make Stylish Graphic Design Projects in 2018

How to Create a Chalkboard Sign With Chalk Text in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating Learn how to create a chalkboard sign with chalk text effect in Photoshop using textures and layer styles. This chalk photo effect is a part of the Chalk and Chalkboard Photoshop Actions from my portfolio on Envato Market.  You can also the check the new Chalk Photo Effect Photoshop Action. You can create realistic… Continue reading How to Create a Chalkboard Sign With Chalk Text in Adobe Photoshop

How to Create a Pastel Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing pastel photo effect in Adobe Photoshop. I will explain everything in so much detail that anyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.  The effect shown above is the one I will show… Continue reading How to Create a Pastel Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

How to Draw a Ball

What You’ll Be Creating Drawing a ball may sound like something very simple, yet if you try it, you may discover that there are certain rules that must be followed. You need to know them if you want to draw a perfect ball!  In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw a soccer… Continue reading How to Draw a Ball

How to Draw Angel Wings

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I will show you how to draw wings on the back of a human, creating an angel. Angels, though seen as spiritual rather than material, are pictured as winged humans. But wings are not simply an appendix growing out of the shoulder blades—they’re specialized arms. So a typical… Continue reading How to Draw Angel Wings

How to Create a GTA V Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an amazing photo effect inspired by the Grand Theft Auto V video game art style. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create it, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time.  The effect shown… Continue reading How to Create a GTA V Photo Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

How to Create a Sunburst Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating This sunlight photo effect is a part of the Rays Of Light Photoshop Action from my portfolio on Envato Market.  You can also the check the Animated Sunlight Photoshop Creator. The color tones of the sunlight rays and the flare effects are easy to edit and customize. Sunlight Rays Photoshop Action Tutorial Assets… Continue reading How to Create a Sunburst Effect Action in Adobe Photoshop

How to Make Your Own Easy Button Logo with Adobe Illustrator

This Adobe Illustrator tutorial will teach you how to make your own button logo using pre-generate gloss and chrome effects. With this tutorial, you will learn a quick and easy method to design logos and other web graphics using arcing gradients and shapes. Step 1 – Button surface First, we will want to create the… Continue reading How to Make Your Own Easy Button Logo with Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Website with a Drag & Drop Builder

Perhaps, nowadays it’s quite unnecessary to explain anyone the importance of the online presence. Fortunately, the majority of business owners have already realized the benefits it brings. That’s why the number of websites is increasing constantly. The best thing is that today you don’t have to hire a professional for building a website. You can… Continue reading How to Create a Website with a Drag & Drop Builder

Illustrator Tutorials: 35 Fresh and Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Fresh free illustrator tutorials will help you to learn how to create illustration vector resources like vector logo, cartoon characters, typography poster and more useful illustration graphics. You’ll be able to use these illustration and drawing techniques for your future drawing and vector art and creating new interesting graphics and compositions! Tutorials are the best way to learn trendy styles and… Continue reading Illustrator Tutorials: 35 Fresh and Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

Analysing Usability Testing Data

Gathering feedback from your users is a crucial part of any design process. The way in which you can gather this feedback varies depending on what kind of questions you are trying to answer, the resources you have available for user research and what stage of the product life cycle you are currently in. Qualitative… Continue reading Analysing Usability Testing Data

Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card in Illustrator

Business cards are one of the top ways to market your company because they’re so versatile and portable. That’s why so many business owners use them—but that makes them kind of hard to stand out. A business card needs to be totally unique so it won’t end up in the trash. And that’s where you… Continue reading Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card in Illustrator

Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card

Business cards are one of the top ways to market your company because they’re so versatile and portable. That’s why so many business owners use them—but that makes them kind of hard to stand out. A business card needs to be totally unique so it won’t end up in the trash. And that’s where you… Continue reading Design a Cool Text Portrait Effect for Your Business Card