How to Paint a Delicious Fruit Tart Icon in Krita
What You'll Be CreatingJoin me in painting up a delicious custard tart filled with fruit in the open-source painting program, Krita. You'll learn how to render an assortment of fruits and prepare your...
View ArticleHow to Create a Fantasy Flaming Deer With Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial I'll show you how to create a fantasy deer with a fire effect. You'll work with blending and adjustment layers to combine different stock images into a cohesive...
View ArticleFree Course: Custom Textures for Retro Illustrations
What You'll Be CreatingCan you spare half an hour to improve your illustrating skills?Our new course, Custom Textures for Retro Illustrations, is just half an hour long, and is broken up into seven...
View ArticleHow to Create a Cute Illustration of the Janus House Using Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingHello there fellow readers! In today’s tutorial you will learn how to create a San Fran inspired house using some of Adobe Illustrator’s basic tools such as the Rectangle Tool,...
View ArticleHarness the Elements: Paint Air in All Its Forms
What You'll Be CreatingWelcome to the last part of the Harness the Elements series! This one is going to be quite interesting, because air can't be normally seen. However, there are elements connected...
View ArticleDrawing From the Shoulder vs. Drawing From the Wrist: Pros and Cons
The manual side of drawing seems to be a pretty simple thing. You just hold a pencil, push it onto the paper, and some marks are created. How to make these marks resemble something is another story,...
View ArticleHow to Create a Shiny Summer Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, I will explain how to create a shiny summer text effect using layer styles in Adobe Photoshop. Let's get started!Tutorial AssetsThe following assets were used...
View ArticleTuts+ for Kids
Tuts+ has always been about taking complex concepts and breaking them down into simple, step-by-step tutorials. But recently we set ourselves a new challenge: create some tutorials specifically aimed...
View ArticleHow to Draw a Realistic Bird Portrait in Pencil
What You'll Be CreatingEagles are some of the most imposing and graceful birds in the skies today, and I always marvel at their dominating presence and serious expressions. For Americans they are held...
View ArticleHow to Create a Serbian Ethnic Design: Pirot Kilim Pattern
What You'll Be CreatingPirot kilims are made with some of the most beautiful traditional Serbian design motifs. The figures all bear colorful names like Devil’s Knees, Tulip, Turtle, Queen’s Sleeve,...
View ArticleHow to Create a Set of Flat Hiking Icons in Affinity Designer
What You'll Be CreatingSummer is a great season to go hiking and get closer to wild nature. Are you ready for it? In this tutorial we’ll be creating a set of trendy flat icons with hiking items in...
View ArticleHow to Create a Tasty, Trendy Menu Card in Adobe InDesign
What You'll Be CreatingMenus play a huge part in shaping a diner’s experience, for the better or worse (we’re aiming for the former!). Whether you’re creating a menu for a restaurant, café, or pop-up,...
View ArticleSo You Want to Be a Gallery Artist?
Opening day at Slushbox Gallery's "The Geek Strikes Back: NerdCore III", run by JR and Amanda Linton.Fine artists and commercial artists alike often exhibit their work in a gallery setting. What does...
View ArticleWe Want Your Illustrator Brushes! Contribute to the Tuts+ Community Brush Pack!
Love the infinitely scalable? Well, you too can achieve remarkable designs by creating your own versatile brushes in Adobe Illustrator. Submit to Our Tuts+ Community Brush Pack!We would love to shine...
View ArticleHow to Create a Summer Girl Illustration in Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingI want to show you how to create a summer-inspired illustration: a cute little girl eating a watermelon. As usual, you will use basic shapes as well as the Brush Tool to create...
View ArticleCreate an Isometric Pixel Art City Hall in Adobe Photoshop
What You'll Be CreatingIf you have some basic experience and assets in isometric pixel art, you'll eventually have to do some bigger, landmark buildings. So let's get to it with a City Hall or...
View ArticleCreative Arabic Calligraphy: Putting It All Together
What You'll Be CreatingBefore starting, we need a word, or a sentence to work on. For this purpose I chose the expression: عيد سعيد (Eid Sa'eed).Its exact translation is "Happy Holiday", and it can be...
View ArticlePhotoshop For Kids: Fun Reflections!
What You'll Be CreatingChildren frequently imagine mirrors to be something mysterious. "What if that isn't really my reflection, but another person who looks just like me!?" It's a fun and fascinating...
View Article30 Amazing Websites for Free Stock and Design Resources
What would the world be without freebies? Thanks to the generosity of photographers, designers, and illustrators across the globe, you can now incorporate gorgeous stocks into your own designs for...
View ArticleHow to Create a Set of Ice Cream Icons in Adobe Illustrator
What You'll Be CreatingIn today’s tutorial we will get to create something really sweet—yes, you guessed it, ice cream! OK, so it’s not real ice cream, but we will be making some cool little icons that...
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