These vector tech illustrations were created specifically for 1stWebDesigner readers and cannot be found anywhere else, so you can use them knowing that you will be among a select number of designers who have access to them. We always enjoy giving something back to all of our loyal followers and readers, so we created these free vector tech illustrations just for you!

Smartwatch

First in our collection of free vector tech illustrations is a pair of hands using a messaging app on a smartwatch. You’ll notice the recurring theme throughout, with the background reflecting what is on the screen in the foreground.

Cell Phone

Next is a familiar scene – “liking” something on an app on a mobile phone. Has anyone ever not done this?

Tablet

Who hasn’t used a tablet to submit a thumbs up? Here’s a colorful representation of this oft-used action.

Laptop

In this illustration, the user is checking statistics of some type on a laptop. You could use this to represent almost any type of stat-checking setting.

Desktop Computer

Our fifth and final illustration depicts a pie chart being viewed on a desktop computer.

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3 Tips to Master a Minimalist Web Design

Choosing a minimalistic approach for your company’s web design? Feature only the most essential elements by focusing on these three areas.

20 Unmissable Websites, May 2020

Some exciting portfolio sites, a strong selection of health and beauty sites, and some fabulous new takes on technology.

Resources to help remote designers

Adapting to a new world of working remotely or from home.

Tips for Being Productive While Working from Home

In today’s post we’ll share some tips to help you get the most out of that new home office.

Setting TypeScript For Modern React Projects Using Webpack And Babel

Learn how to efficiently set up TypeScript in a React Project as we build a Money Heist Episode Picker App.

Modern CSS Solutions for Old CSS Problems

A series by Stephanie Eckles.

Turning a Fixed-Size Object into a Responsive Element

Modifying a CSS library from fixed to responsive elements.

Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (May 2020)

In this list, you will find references for code samples and recipes, one-liner codes, and articles that will teach you new tricks to improve your coding skills.

Run More Effective Remote Usability Tests with These 5 Tips

Remote usability tests require more preparation and planning, especially in setting up the tools you use.

Branding Is Storytelling

Your story creates your bond with customers and clients.

CSS3 and jQuery Loading Animations, Examples and Plugins

12 Amazing Bootstrap Forms

Latest Collection of free Bootstrap Forms Code Examples.

How to Prototype a Web App with Django and Vue.js

Prototype a custom web application that’s responsive (mobile-ready), reactive (light-speed fast), with a full-featured admin interface to manage the content.

How to Run a Web Design Business in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Here’s how we’ve managed to stay competitive and ensure business continuity during a global pandemic.

How to Create a Resume CV Website Template in Adobe XD

Learn how to create a resume web page design using a resume website template and how to easily animate parts of its elements.

Are you getting honest feedback for your Design?

Is there a trusted tool or method available to verify the feedback that you have received?

8 ways your design system can fail (and how to avoid them)

Even with the best-laid plans, sometimes changes in company direction or product features mean that your design system fails.

Angular vs. React: Which Is a Better Choice in 2020?

To build an app, developers use various frameworks. Two deserve a special consideration, effectively narrowing the choice to the alternative between Angular or React.

16 Pitch Deck Templates You Need to See

Check out our collection of functional and attractive pitch deck templates for use in your business projects.

How To Convince Others Not To Use Dark Patterns

Arguing that dark patterns are unethical is not enough on its own.

How To Say No to Clients and Create Clear Boundaries

Everything that I’m about to tell you about saying no to clients and creating boundaries, I learnt the hard way.

5 Tips for Working with Clients When You’re at Home

There needs to be a clear separation between work and home when working with remote clients.

How to Use Emotional Imagery to Boost Landing Page Conversions

Investigate the all-too-human reasons why emotional images and videos can be so effective in boosting conversions and how to do it right.

10 Challenges UX Designers Face & How To Overcome Them

Dive into several challenges that a UX designer will likely face during their career, and ways to overcome each one.

How to Make a Simple CMS With Cloudflare, GitHub Actions and Metalsmith

Let’s build ourselves a CMS. But rather than build out a UI, we’re going to get that UI for free in the form of GitHub itself!

101 Cognitive Biases & Principles That Affect Your UX

To improve your user experience, you need to understand the biases & heuristics affecting 4 decision-cycle steps.

How to Choose Hardware for Your Design Business

The tools we use can go a long way towards determining whether we produce a quality end product.

UI Interactions & Animations Roundup #6

A hand-picked collection of superb UI inspiration from the past weeks.

Human-Centered Design in Real Time

Co-designing emergency response solutions with COVID-19 frontline workers.

Using UX testing to dramatically improve your A/B testing results

We are used to thinking of A/B split testing as a way to improve UX and increase conversions. But it’s actually a two-way road.

How to Format a UX Case Study

Hopefully, you’ll be inspired to start your own case study by the end of the article or add a couple of things you missed in your next one.

Instead of having to hunt down brushes to use in your art, we’ve put together a resource you can reference whenever you need a new brush. Here, we’ve compiled some premium brushes, free collections, as well as premium (free & premium) collections you can use in your work starting right now.

Premium Procreate Brushes

Vintage Comic Brushes

The Vintage Comic Brushes set contains 51 brushes for Procreate that are heavily inspired by the vintage comic halftone look.

Procreate Texture Brushes.Sand

This set of texture brushes offer a variety of sand effects for your Procreate projects. The set comes with 6 sand texture brushes.

Fabulous Pencils for Procreate

The Fabulous Pencils set comes with 44 different brushes that offer realistic pencil textures for any project that requires a hand drawn look.

Graffiti Brush for Procreate

The Graffiti Brush set makes it easy to create analog graffiti looks in your digital artwork.

The Jungle Brushes

The Jungle Brushes is a set of 20 brushes for Procreate that can be used to add an earthy and grungy look to any project.

Free Procreate Brush Collections

Watercolor & Paint Brushes

This is a lovely collection of free watercolor and paint brushes.

250+ Creative and Free Brushes for the iPad Pro

This is a real treasure trove of free resources! Here, you can find over 250 free brushes that offer you new creative ways to make what you want to make.

351+ Inking, Lettering, and Calligraphy Brushes for the iPad Pro

If lettering is what you’re interested in, why not browse the 350+ brushes listed in this resource?

Free Procreate Brushes

Here’s another lovely set of brushes that you can browse and use for free.

Free Brushes: A Stockpile of all My Freebies

In this collection, you can browse through all the free brushes a fellow artist has compiled. How generous!

50 of the Best Free Brushes

Another great list here, this time of 50 fantastic free brushes.

Premium Procreate Brush Collections

Premium Brushes for Artists & Illustrators

If it’s within your budget, you can always splurge on a new brush or two after browsing those listed here.

34 of the Best Brushes

This list of 34 all-time favorite brushes can really take you far when it comes to professionalism — plus there are some freebies included here as well.

The Best Procreate Brushes for iPad (Free & Premium Packs)

Another free and premium list here, chock full of some of the best brushes you could ever ask for.

The Best Procreate Brushes to Download in 2019

Over 300 brushes are listed at this resource. Odds say you’ll find what you’re looking for here.

100+ Brushes for Artists (Best Free & Premium Brush Sets)

Last on our list is this collection of over 100 brushes that includes free and premium selections, all of which are great for working artists.

Use These Procreate Brushes to Create Your Next Stunning Work

Don’t let a lack of on-hand resources stunt your next project. Instead, see what’s available to you for or for a nominal fee. What’s available might really surprise you. And hopefully, this collection of Procreate brushes will send you well on your way toward putting together something truly eye-catching. Be sure to check out our other brush resources here.

But free, high quality textures can be hard to come by. That’s why we’ve put together this huge collection of texture downloads, free for use by any designer. Some require an email subscription to download, but that’s all.

Altogether there are nearly 300 textures and brushes here, sorted into three categories: nature and materials, abstract, and brushes.

Nature and Materials

These photorealistic textures draw from nature, as well as man-made materials like brick and plastic. You’ll find woods, stones, paper, and dirt that make great natural backgrounds or overlays.

7 Plywood Textures

Crumpled Paper Textures Set

5 Stone Wall Textures Vol.2

24 Free Dirt Textures

Brick Wall Textures Vol.2

Plastic Transparent Textures

Arctic Frost Textures

6 Weathered Textures Vol.1

Vintage Paper Textures Set

Abstract

Rather than drawing from nature, these textures are more abstract and random. They make great background textures for websites and posters, or pretty overlays for objects. You’ll find noise, splatters, foil, and watercolors mixed in here.

10 Free Textures To Simulate Holographic Foil Print Effects

Dust & Noise Overlay Textures

Free Ink Stamp Texturizer Smart PSD for Adobe Photoshop

6 Watercolor Textures Vol.2

Rose Gold Foil Textures

25 Free Speckle Textures

Voyager Textures Background Set

Brushes

Last but not least we have textured brushes. These make it super easy to add shading, splatters, or grain to any image; just use the brush to draw it on, and add a little realism to your graphics.

Stipple Shading Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

10 Free Grain Shader Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

10 Free Halftone Texture Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

30 Free Vintage Shading Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

14 Free Subtle Grunge Texture Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

10 Free Ink Splatter Photoshop Brushes and PNG Textures

15 Free Grit & Grain Texture Brushes for Adobe Photoshop

Beautiful High-Resolution Textures

Whether you’re using a brush to carefully draw realistic grain on an image, adding a pretty foil overlay to an object, or downloading a futuristic texture to use as a background, there’s something for every designer here.

Most of these are totally free for use, but make sure to check the licenses before you include any of these in a commercial project. Once you have the go-ahead, go crazy using these gorgeous high-res textures in your web and graphic designs.

Photoshop may be the leader in graphics editing, but it has a price tag to match. With the Creative Cloud service on a monthly payment scheme, it can cost you a minimum of $120 per year, and you don’t even get a permanent license to use Photoshop.

If that’s just too expensive for you, or you want editing software with a perpetual licensing model, there are plenty of alternatives out there. Some are even free. Here are 6 design software alternatives with similar functions and feel to Photoshop.

Affinity Photo

Affinity Photo is one of the best and most similar Photoshop alternatives available. A one-time $50 fee gets you access to an advanced and affordable program for Mac or Windows, or you can get a cheaper version for your tablet.

The editor comes with support for RAW files, panoramas, vector drawing, and effective retouching tools. Its one downside is the limited plugin selection that leaves it not very extendable. But for a majority of designers, it can take Photoshop’s place pretty well.

GIMP

You can’t beat free, and open source GIMP is a popular Photoshop competitor. A majority of Photoshop’s tools are available here, and it accepts a wide range of file formats including PSDs.

One of GIMP’s main features is its customizability. There are hundreds of third-party tools ranging from entire plugins to artistic brushes. However, its interface is less streamlined than Photoshop’s, and it’s missing some important tools like non-destructive editing and CMYK support.

But overall, it’s a solid choice for graphic designers if you don’t need certain advanced features.

Sketch

Sketch is a vector graphics editor and web design tool for macOS, with multiple improvements over Photoshop in areas of UI design. It’s made for website prototyping and comes with grids built in, pixel perfect precision, and smart guide functionality.

The program is focused solely on UI and mockups, and comes with no features like bitmap brushes or photo editing. If you find yourself using Photoshop’s other artistic features frequently, you may want a more general-purpose editor. But UI/UX designers will quickly fall in love with this easy-to-use program.

Photopea

For a free, entirely in-browser editor, Photopea comes with a surprising array of features. Its clean interface will feel very familiar to Photoshop fans, and you’ll be shocked at how much is packed into it.

That said, if you’re used to advanced or even mid-level Photoshop features, Photopea doesn’t yet hold up in all of these areas. It’s a great emergency editor, and perfect if you only need a basic set of tools. Some designers won’t need anything more, but don’t expect the raw power of a downloadable program from this.

Krita

If your design work often involves painting and creating artwork or graphics, Krita would be a great choice. It’s free and open source, and has the power of Photoshop with an interface specialized for artists.

There are over 100 brushes included and ways to download more, a fully customizable interface, vector support, and HDR painting. Krita isn’t suitable for general editing and manipulation, but it’s perfect for illustrators and graphic designers.

Figma

Figma is similar to Sketch in that it’s focused around prototyping and UI design, but it comes with its own host of features. The biggest is its support for live multi-user editing with your teammates. It works in the browser and has a free starter plan for up to two designers.

It also comes with vector editing, commenting, prototyping tools, and the ability to export as a PDF or image. If your focus is on collaboration, and you want to design alongside others, Figma is definitely one to consider.

Low-Cost Photoshop Alternatives

Photoshop is considered a staple of a designer’s toolkit, but it hardly has a monopoly on the industry. There are plenty of other programs out there that have similar functionality to Photoshop and a price tag as low as free.

Just remember that these programs only provide similar functionality to Photoshop. If you use other programs in the Creative Cloud suite, such as Lightroom, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, or InDesign, you’ll need to find alternatives for those as well.

Certainly, it’s great to have an ever-growing selection of useful software to choose from. But the perception is that there is something wrong with us if we don’t buy into the hype. It feels like we’ll be judged as “out of touch” if we don’t jump onto each and every bandwagon.

In fact, these new-fangled tools that all the kids are talking about make me feel out of touch. For instance, I don’t use Sketch. I have a copy of Adobe XD but it’s collecting dust on my drive. Slack annoys me (it’s pretty much a nicer-looking version of IRC). Does this make me a bad person?

Even worse is that I’m hesitant about being judged for what I do use. I still create mockups in Photoshop. I edit code in Dreamweaver. There, I said it (and “Hi” to my friends at Adobe). These tools, although frequently updated, are older than some of you reading this.

Could this mean that I’m a dinosaur, forever stuck in my ways?

Comfort Matters

Building a beautiful and functional website takes a lot of work. And dealing with the ups and downs of the process can be mentally taxing. The tools we use can either help us or hinder us along the way. Therefore, there is a certain comfort in utilizing something that is familiar.

You know what’s stressful? Learning a new app. Even an intuitive piece of software is going to have some mystery as you first start to use it. Not to mention the differences between it and what you had previously used. Your whole workflow can become a jumbled mess, albeit temporarily.

For a busy designer, this is a serious concern. Learning to work a new way could mean falling behind on paying projects while struggling to figure out this shiny new tool.

Don’t get me wrong. I understand that one of these new prototype building tools may have advantages over my old school methods. But the idea of completely switching gears seems a bit unnecessary. Besides, if I did this every single time someone told me to change, well, I may not accomplish much actual work.

In the real world, productivity is vital. Therefore, when I need to get things done, I’d prefer to stick with the tried-and-true.

Change Isn’t Bad – It’s Just Not Always Necessary

While all of this may sound a bit like an old person shooing kids off their lawn, it doesn’t mean that I’m against change. It’s more that I need a compelling reason to do so. And it seems like these reasons make themselves apparent over time.

Eventually, there’s a tipping point where clinging to a certain language, tool or technique puts us out of step with the mainstream. Or, it simply becomes an obstacle with regards to building a site the way we want to. It’s those types of moments where the need to change becomes clear.

Take page layouts, for example. In the early days of web design, we often used HTML tables to create all manner of layouts – even if it wasn’t necessarily the cleanest of code. But then CSS standards came along. They provided a simpler and more accessible way to build multicolumn layouts – something that’s still evolving to this day.

In this case, using tables eventually became a hinderance. CSS allowed designers to accomplish more and do so in a user-friendly way. While some designers held out for a while, eventually the industry shifted and didn’t look back.

But not everything is so cut-and-dry. You can still design an amazing website in Photoshop, or write complex code in a text editor. Whether or not you want to use those tools is more about personal preference.

Here’s the bottom line: If a tool or technique enables you to achieve your goals, and you’re comfortable with it, why change?

Design Is More Than Tools

Whether you’re working with clients or creating your own portfolio, the end result is what matters most. Clients, for one, generally don’t care to be bothered with details of your workflow. After all, they hired you because you know what you’re doing. They just want their website to look fabulous and work as intended.

As for the design community, well, it’s always easy to judge others. I’d bet that all of us have placed some sort of label (positive or otherwise) on a fellow designer at some point in time.

The reality is that there are a whole lot of web designers out there. And there just as many ways to build a great website. What is comfortable and familiar to one of us may have the opposite effect on someone else – and that’s okay.

So, if you’re using the hot new app that everyone’s buzzing about – enjoy it. For everyone else, don’t feel compelled to change for the sake of change. If you’re happy with the tools you’re using, you needn’t feel left behind. Because, when it’s time to take things in another direction, you’ll know it.

Gemma O’Brien

All you can say when looking at these images: Wow! These designs are super cool and complicated. Letters, colors and unique designs mix together perfectly to create these fantastic pieces.

Sarah Disney

This artist creates hand-lettering for weddings and home decor, and that sophisticated aesthetic permeates the whole gallery. You’ll find their work on everything from signs and cards to plates and book covers.

Ian Bernard

This page is full of totally unique lettering designs, and there’s no one style here, either. Traditional, digital, grungy, sketchy, and elegant art awaits you. The artist also created letter brushes you can purchase for Procreate.

Heyfoxy.au

Have you ever wanted to keep a cute journal filled with artwork and calligraphy? Look here for all the inspiration you’ll ever need! These pretty pastels are nothing less than breathtaking.

JansArts

This page is especially interesting because you’ll see both traditional art right on the paper and the artist’s work digitally overlaid on photography. The effect is pretty awesome!

Michael Moodie

This artist specializes in clean script font, but you’ll see other types of lettering too. Bold letters that look like something off a poster, or painted words with bleeding ink – but all pulled off with the same stylish grace.

The Inky Hand

This marker artist has a distinctively vibrant style. Mixed in you’ll find hand-lettering embroidery and digital pieces too, so there’s plenty of variety here!

Saskolinas

This artist is all about the atmosphere. Their black and white lettering and drawings are amazing, and you’ll also want to take note of the carefully arranged background! It all comes together to make the perfect image.

Shelley Hitz

Do you love watercolors and soft designs? Then you’ll definitely want to check out this artist! They make beautiful watercolor cards with calligraphy text.

Miichellabella

Have you ever seen prettier hand-made cards? You’ll definitely want to take a look at these cards with their artistic calligraphy and sweet designs.

Mateusz Witczak Designs

Do you love vintage lettering? This art looks like it could be engraved on a sign or as an established company’s logo.

Nim_br

Absolutely gorgeous calligraphy. You’ll see a lot of sketches, soft gradients and shiny gold lettering here.

Humletters

You’ll love these watercolors with a unique font! There are plenty of distinctive and pretty designs here, all on cute little cards that will brighten up your day!

Lettering By Usha

Here’s an artist who’s got their colors down. The gradients they create within letters are absolutely stunning, and there’s not a bad mix of colors in this whole gallery. The backgrounds are super fun and well-crafted too!

Jessica Hische

Not only is this artist a talented lettering artist, she’s also a best-selling children’s author. Her art is incredibly intricate and spans a wide variety of looks and genres. You’ll find anything from classic, homemade craft to modern styles within her gallery.

Creatifolio

This elegant hand-lettering looks like it could be on a greeting card. Scroll down to see a rainbow of colors and beautiful typography.

Hello Tosha

These cursive designs just exude positivity. Maybe it’s the cute drawings or the splashes of bright colors. Either way, it’s impossible to be unhappy when you see this gallery.

Add Some Creativity to Your feed!

These awesome artists are sure to bring a little color and variety to your Instagram feed. If you find someone whose work speaks to you, make sure to like your favorite posts and give them a follow. Every artist could use a little love. And these fantastic hand-letterers definitely deserve it!

Free Stock Textures

Created by two photographers and artists, this website hosts a ton of textures all licensed under Creative Commons Zero. From nature, to concrete, to abstract – there are all sorts of images to find here. You can also sort by tags, so it’s easy to find what you’re looking for.

There’s a download limit of 5 per day for anonymous users and 50 for registered users.

Rawpixel

Rawpixel is a royalty-free stock photography resource, which has a textures section that contains tons of gorgeous, high-quality images. Their Free plan includes 100 images per month.

Unsplash

Unsplash is a free photography website supported by a large community of photographers. There are tons of textures and patterns, all available for personal and commercial use under CC0.

Textures.com

Textures.com is a versatile site that comes with basically every kind of textured graphic you can think of. Need photos? 3D scanned surfaces? Panoramas, decals or brushes? You can find them here. The robust search feature allows you to search for specific textures as well as tags like “seamless” or “scanned”.

You can download up to 15 images a day with an account. From there, you’ll need to purchase credits or a subscription. You’ll also need credits to download larger files.

Vecteezy

Need textured vectors? Vecteezy is the place to find them. There are tons of beautiful, clean vectors available for download. Some are free while others require credit. You can sort by license, which is really helpful if you only want to see the free images.

Wild Textures

Wild Textures has textures of all kinds, but where the website shines is in its sorting system. You can sort by categories, tags and even by color! This makes it super easy to find the perfect texture. There’s also some auto-generated previews of the pictures used for different functions.

Stockvault

This vault of stock photos and textures contains everything from grungy patterns to the abstract. Simple or complex, you’ll find a high-definition picture that fits your needs here. Users who upload can choose from commercial or non-commercial use, or public domain – so make sure to check the license.

Freepik

Freepik has a massive library of vector textures that come in .ai and .eps format. Without buying a plan, you’re limited to 5 anonymous and 30 registered downloads a day. There are also a few commercial stipulations.

Texturelib

A small-but-robust library, Texturelib is free for personal or commercial use. Most of the images are inspired by nature, but there are also quite a few architecture textures – such as photos of roads, windows and doors.

TextureKing

TextureKing has a variety of grungy, nature-like textures, available for use in almost any commercial project. While the site features about 400 images and doesn’t appear to be updated very often, there are a few categories to pick from, and the high-quality textures can be downloaded for free without an account.

Textures in Web Design

When used correctly (and perhaps sparingly), textures are a great design choice. Use them to call attention to important elements, to craft a rough, grungy atmosphere – and to add depth and beauty to a flat design! With so many free resources, you should have all the tools you need to craft deep, gorgeous websites.

In this article you will find 30 free Photoshop Actions that will help you enhance the appearance of your photo.

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Classic People Action By apartyintheUSA

Photoshop Action ver.3 By Gökhan Bartu Yüksel

StarDeviant action 1.06 By Stardeviant

StarDeviant action 1.08 By Stardeviant

Action set 03 By KissOfDeathXxX

Action Collection 1.0 By Philipp Soul

rEDacrion By getinline

The Day Is Passing By By ArinThoughts

Actions 1 By allthebesthere

Photoshop Action 2 By saturn-rings

Red Action By sd-stock

Photoshop Dream Blur Action By Josh Janusch

1Oscar Pilch Photoshop Action By Oscar Pilch

Black white sepia PS action By rosalindharrison

Retro By ShadowsInMyEyes

Action Set 1 By ImaginaryRosse

Landscape and Sky Action By fcpr

Action 2 By lolipopek

Vintage Dream PS Actions By Chitulescu Iuliana Amalia

Pure Luv By GSInteractive

Pack Actions 01 By Patricia Torres

Selective Sepia By Aditya Rao

Horizon Actions By LonelyDiary

Photoshop Action 22 By Oscar Pilch

Lomo-Cross Processing Action By efete-stock

A-Actions By LonelyDiary

Go Green Actions Set By LonelyDiary

If I were to say Adobe Illustrator is the standard application to create vector graphics then I wouldn’t be wrong. It is as handy for logo designers as it is for graphic designers and illustrators. In fact, Adobe Illustrator is most often used to create logos.

Photoshop can do the trick but for creating a logo, Illustrator offers you the most flexible environment possible. We know many of our readers are logo designers so today we have compiled this collection of Illustrator text effects tutorials. Whether you are a beginner or pro, you will surely love them.

24,500+ Illustrator Addons, Photoshop Actions, Print Templates and Fonts are now available for just $29 per month with Envato Elements

By joining Envato Elements you gain access to plenty of Photoshop and Illustrator Addons, as well as many other useful design elements. All of this is available for a single monthly subscription to Envato Elements. Join today, and gain access to a massive and growing library of 24,500+ creative assets with unlimited downloads.

1. Create a Slick Golden Text Effect with Adobe Illustrator

In the following Illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to create a slick golden text effect. Although it’s a pretty short tutorial, the sixteen steps cover many techniques and effects that can be used for other projects. The Pen Tool steps may be a bit challenging, but with patience and some basic knowledge, you will succeed.

2. How to Build Letter Art From Bricks In Illustrator

In this tutorial, we’ll use 3D-rendering, blends, and an art brush for creating the final brick art. The skills you will learn here can easily be transferred to creating various brick letters. Enhance your vector skills as a digital brick artist in today’s Illustrator tutorial. So let’s get started!

3. How to Create a Neon 3D Text Effect in Illustrator

In this cool tutorial we will learn how to create a neon text effect using Gradient Mesh, 3D Modeling, art brushes and a transparency palette. Let’s begin!

4. How to Create a Sparkly Text Effect in Illustrator

In the following quick tip, you will learn how to create a sparkly text effect in fifteen simple steps. It’s another tutorial focused on the Appearance panel. Basically, almost the entire text effect is made using only one compound path. A compound path with a simple fill, eight strokes and some basic Illustrator effects.

5. How to create candy cane typography

In this tutorial, we will create a superb candy cane type design using Illustrator and Photoshop. Apply this effect to your own text and create cool and unique Christmas cards!

6. Meltdown Illustrator Text Effect

Create a super cool meltdown text effect for a typeface in this premium Illustrator tutorial. Have fun with your imagination and artistic skills. Learn how to create glows and a liquid drip effect for text in this tutorial. You will learn the techniques which I used to create beautiful text effects.

7. Create a cool water text effect

In this tutorial, the artist will walk you through the process that he has used in one of the design projects I finished recently. You will learn how to use the mesh tool to create water droplets, use the symbol sprayer tool using the symbol of water droplets and dispersing them.

8. Tron Legacy Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a beautiful effect like the Tron Legacy Style. For this tutorial the artist used Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Cinema 4D.

9. Create a Jar Illustration and Splashy, Purple Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a jar illustration and splashy, purple text effect. We’ll craft this with numerous, layered shapes and with various opacities. We’ll work with paths and the Pathfinder tools to enhance our text, give it dimension, and style. Let’s get started!

10. How to Create a Delicious Chocolate Text Effect in Illustrator

For all the chocolate lovers out there, here is how to create a delicious chocolate bar text effect in Illustrator. You will use the Blend Tool, effects like Roughen and Chrome, different blending modes and also the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect to create perfect chocolate squares. Enjoy!

11. Create Colorful, Layered Paper Type

In this Illustrator tutorial the artist will show you how to brighten your mood by creating vivid illustrations with layered paper text and ribbons. We’ll create a custom type and use Illustrator effects extensively to enhance our work.

12. Create a Variety of 3D Lettering Effects for Poster Design

In this tutorial the artist showcases three different approaches for creating simple 3D lettering effects in the context of poster design. Onward and upward we go!

13. Create a Furry Calligram

In this tutorial, artist will walk you through creating your own calligram inspired by a dog named Poppy. You’ll learn how to manipulate a typeface through to rendering fur, adding doggy features, and various details.

14. Create a Mummy Text Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create this treatment with some gradients and, of course, heavy use of the Appearance panel. There aren’t a lot of steps, but the tutorial is slightly more advanced.

15. Golden Text with Diamonds

In this Illustrator tutorial, we will learn how to create a golden text style with diamonds using the appearance palette and scatter brushes. You will learn lots of new techniques on applying the transform effect, offset path and seamless pattern on the appearance palette.

16. How to Make a Flesh Ripping Zombie Type Treatment Text Effect

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a Flesh Ripping Zombie Type Treatment.

17. Creating an Environmentally Friendly Illustrator Text

In the following Illustrator text effects tutorial, the artist will teach you how to create a green type treatment. It works great for logos and other design elements.

18. Create a simple blood text effect

In the following steps the artist will show you how to create a simple blood text effect. You’ll start with a simple text then you will use the Roughen and the Warp effects. Finally, you will need multiple gradients and some simple brushes.

19. How to Create a Zodiac Themed Graphic Style

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a complex graphic style, using only the Appearance palette and commands from the Effect menu. We will be creating a style based on the signs of the zodiac. All the style elements are created from a single character. Is it hard to believe? Let’s get started!

20. How to Create Smoky Brushes and Type In Illustrator CS4

In this tutorial, the artist explains how to create realistic smoke text effects, make it into a brush and use it for the type. Let’s light up our vector cigarettes and get smokin’!

21. Old School Type Line Gradients

A detailed and cool Illustrator tutorial on how to create old school style type.

22. How to Make a Wooden Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you can learn how to create “wooden text.” Using the 3D Extrude and Bevel Tool combined with some clever gradients and layer effects you can make this great effect that’s perfect for text and symbols alike.

23. Creating stunning, detailed typography text effect with Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create stunning, detailed typography with Illustrator.

24. Let’s Make a Playful Yet Robust 3D Letter Design

This tutorial is perfect for the confident beginner who wants to take her skills to the next level. We’ll explore how to create 3D text and use depth-of-field to enhance a design.

25. How to Create a Trendy Retro Type Treatment

In this Illustrator tutorial, the artist will show you how to create a trendy retro type treatment with a free font, gradients, blends, and some scatter brushes. It’s a relatively easy tutorial containing techniques that can be quickly applied to many other type treatments and various graphic elements.

26. Bling Bling Text Effect

In this tutorial, the artist will be teaching you how to create this eye-catching bling bling effect in Illustrator. You will learn how to create the texture and apply it to any text. So let’s get started.

27. Create a glossy, smooth text effect

In this tutorial, the artist will show you how to create a glossy, smooth text effect using multiple fills and strokes with different blending modes and varied opacity percentage. For some discrete details, the Star Tool, the Pathfinder options and some other basic effects will come in handy.

28. Create a Stitched Type Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a stitched type effect. You will create simple geometric patterns, a pattern brush and use the appearance panel to create the final look. Let’s get started!

29. Create a Grimy Text Treatment with a Pen Tablet

In this tutorial, the artist will show you how to create a grimy text treatment utilizing Illustrator’s Blob brush, Live Paint, and a pen tablet. You can easily apply these techniques to other illustrations, type treatments and logos.

30. Create An Editable Metal Type Treatment

You can easily create this effect without the Appearance panel, but creating this effect like in this tutorial, you can easily adjust anything with the text without changing the effect. It is also a good idea to create a graphic style for easy implementation to other text and objects within Illustrator.

31. Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography

In this tutorial, we’re going to create a cool 3D Typography based design. All the elements will revolve around the centerpiece and theme: dreaming. The word will dictate the entire layout and control the space by allowing everything else to emerge from within. The trees will grow out of the letters; the mountains will show themselves behind the word and overshadow the glowing moon.

32. Grungy 3D Text

This tutorial will teach you how to use the 3D tools in Illustrator along with some simple but clever shadow techniques to create some awesome looking grungy 3D text.

33. How to Create a Hand Drawn Style Text Effect in Illustrator

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to use different brushes and effects to create a hand drawn text effect. Perfect for illustrative designs, you will create a cute and fun lettering effect.

34. Create a Bending 3D Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a 3D Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator. In addition to using the 3D tools, you’ll layer letter shapes to create color shifts with gradients and highlights. You’ll also work in subtle patterns controlled with opacity Masks.

35. Create a Green Viscous Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to expand an existing font, use Illustrator’s 3D tools to add dimension, and then add a green viscous text effect. If you want to add a fun, vector text effect to your portfolio, then get started now.

36. Create a Vibrant 3D Pixel Type Treatment

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a fun 3D pixel font type treatment. Using a free font, gradients, and Illustrator 3D filter, you will easily create a type treatment that you can apply to many other fonts.

37. Illustrator Tackle Twill

This tutorial will show you how to simulate a tackle twill look with Illustrator’s Appearance palette. When we’re done you will be able to apply this style to any text or shape within Illustrator.

38. How To Create Detailed Gothic Linework Typography

Follow this step by step walkthrough of the design process for my recent gothic typography design. We’ll be customizing a blackletter font with various black and white elements and creating a range of tones with detailed line work to create a cool gothic style design that would be right at home as a logo for a heavy metal band or dark apparel brand.

39. Retro 3D Arcade Text Effect

In this typography tutorial, we’ll make clever use of Illustrators built-in 3D capabilities, gradients and opacity masks to design a retro 3D Type Effect.

40. Create a simple folded paper text effect

In this Illustrator text tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a simple folded paper text effect. Also, to improve the look of the final result, you will learn how to create some ink blobs and stains from some simple ellipses and brushes.

41. Create a Silky Ribbon Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will use the Pen and Gradient tools to create a swirling ribbon text effect. Even though we’re applying the ribbon to text, you can use this effect to make shapes and scrolls. Let’s get started!

42. How to Create a Smokin’ Western Type Text Effect

In this easy tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a western type treatment primarily using Illustrator’s Effects. Using the effects from this tutorial, you can easily apply them to other types of treatment and logos. Let’s get started!

43. Stylish text effect tutorial

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a beautiful text effect with a subtle vintage look that’s going to be applied to a specific typeface, just to help you get an idea, we will try to generate an old school text that can be implemented on modern web designs.

44. How to Create a Colorful, 3D Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a colorful three-dimensional text effect. We’ll use several Illustrator effects, built-in patterns, a modern font, and more to bring this effect to fruition. Let’s get started!

45. How to Create a Glossy, Colorful Text Effect

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a glossy, colorful text design in Illustrator CS5. We’ll use an interesting font choice, opacity masks, shape building techniques, and more to create this text effect.

46. Create a Glassy Text Effect Filled with a Green, Acidic Substance

In the following Illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to create a glassy text effect filled with a green, acidic substance. You’ll use shape creation tools, opacity masks, and filters. This project could work well to add a mad scientist feel to your next creative design project.

47. Create a Marker Text Effect

This tutorial involves intermediate vector shape building skills in Illustrator to create the markers, along with some layering and script usage to create the text effects. Let’s get started.

48. How to Create a Fun 3D Plastic Text Effect

In this 3D text illustrator tutorial, you will learn how to create colorful 3D plastic letters using the 3D Extrude & Bevel effect and also an all-purpose plastic look that you can save in the Graphic Styles and use it in other projects.

49. Create a Chalkboard Type Text Effect

This is one of my most favorite Illustrator type tutorials. You’ll learn how to create a chalkboard type text effect with some gradients, a bristle brush, and some freebies from Vector Mill! The tutorial is relatively simple and can be applied to many other Illustrator projects.

50. Create a Reusable Retro Type Text Effect

In this tutorial, the artist will show you how to create a simple retro type treatment. Even though it’s simple, it uses some powerful Illustrator features. If you have read my tutorials before, you know this means the Appearance panel! Along with the Appearance panel, we will be using some texture effects, Warp effects, and some simple layering.

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