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As a popular art form, I believe most designers would have attempted creating icons before, so in this post I found tremendous help from Benedikte Vanderweeen\u2019s post of creating a pixel perfect icon in Illustrator<\/strong>. With this tutorial, why not take it a step further and create an animated custom GIF? If you\u2019re up for it, then hey we\u2019ve got a post for that, too! Head over to Skillshare and enrol in a free class by Jake Bartlett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For young budding designers looking to get into the wicked world of web design<\/a>, we\u2019ve got your back! Our friends over at Pixelhint gave us the low down on creating a website in Photoshop from scratch<\/strong>! Even if nobody does it from scratch anymore these days, it\u2019s always good to learn the basics first to later expand on it.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve gotten web basics down pat, check out a tutorial that helps both web and graphic designers create perfectly aligned typography<\/strong> \u2013 a truly important element to any design project. Join Mark Bloom in his tutorial that teaches you how to use the column grid system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For aspiring photographers, check out an awesome free course to help you bring your photos from \u201cmehhh\u201d to jaw-dropping \u201cWHOAA!\u201d Join over 30,000 students who\u2019ve taken this Free Photoshop and Lightroom tutorial<\/strong> by professional photographer Yanik Chauvin from Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n In this tutorial, follow Benedikte Vanderwee\u00ebn as he teaches you how to create an icon for a message\/chat application. This tutorial gives you an insight into the steps taken from initial sketch to a vectorized icon. He also lists down resources and articles that are useful at the end of his tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you ever wanted to know how to create a graphics interchange format or GIF, look no further! This simple yet profoundly useful tutorial will get you creating and animating a GIF for friends and family in no time! After taking this tutorial<\/a>, join others and upload your design to the gallery to show off!<\/p>\n Start your learning process with the correct tips with this tutorial from Pixelhint. In this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn how to design a clean, beautiful and pixel perfect website using Adobe Photoshop including useful techniques to help you in your personal or commercial projects. Let\u2019s get started!<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Bloom, aka Mash Creative, walks you through the creation process for perfect typography using a column-grid system as a guide. Creating a column grid can be done via InDesign, but the mathematics is what is being taught here. This principle can be useful in both print and web design.\u00a0Go to there!<\/a><\/p>\n (source:\u00a0http:\/\/softninja.net\/)<\/p>\n Learn how to bring your photos from “mehhh” to “WHOAA what the h***?” in just a few hours. Join Yanik Chauvin in his tutorial for passionate photographers looking to improve the quality of their images and be more efficient in Photoshop and Lightroom. The course has more than 55 lessons to improve your post processing skills and is free! Start learning now!<\/a><\/p>\n Round-up<\/p>\n I hope these tutorials have been useful, even if it helps one\u00a0person. Leave your comments at the bottom if any of these have helped you out. If you have suggestions let us know, too!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We have always been a big believer of free education (no one should pay for knowledge), and trust that learning is a big part of becoming a ninja designer, not just God given talent. So this week, we poked around the web and rounded up a few tutorials\u00a0that\u2019s sure to spark some motivation. As a […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1386,1384,1274,1385,1383],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tutorials","8":"tag-design-tutorials","9":"tag-free-tuts","10":"tag-illustrator-tutorials","11":"tag-psd-tutorials","12":"tag-tutorial"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Create an App Icon in Adobe Illustrator<\/h4>\n
<\/p>\nThe Beginner\u2019s Guide to Animating Custom GIFs<\/h4>\n
<\/p>\nLearn How to Design a Website from Scratch in Photoshop<\/h4>\n
<\/p>\nUse a column grid to align your typography<\/h4>\n
<\/p>\nPhotoshop & Lightroom for Photographers<\/h4>\n
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