Another exciting month in terms of great new high quality tutorials. This post is an overview of tutorials which have been added to the website in the past month which consider to be the best.

Create a Vibrant Abstract Vector Design Illustrator

Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a vibrant abstract design. We’ll put Illustrator’s Gradient Mesh tool to use to create a colourful shape, then build up layers of objects to create an abstract design with lots of vibrancy, bright colours and transparency effects.

How to Create a Location Map Icon in Photoshop

In this tutorial you will be using Adobe Photoshop to create a modern map with dropped pin icon.

Lighting and Decoration Techniques for Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I will show you the methods I use frequently in Quick and Effective Lighting and Decoration Tips for Photo Manipulation in Photoshop. This is a beginner level tutorial with lots of tips and tricks about effective photo manipulation.

Create a Burning, Vector Match Using Gradient Meshes

In this tutorial you will learn how to create realistic vector fire, using the Gradient Mesh Tool and Screen Blending mode. Believe me, there’s nothing overly complicated.

How To Create An Espresso Machine Icon Inside Adobe Illustrator

In this Illustrator tutorial IT will guide you through the process of creating an espresso maker icon using simple illustration techniques

Quick Tip: How to Create a Gummy Text Effect

In the following tutorial you will learn to create a gummy text effect. Perfect for illustrative designs, you will create a cute and fun lettering effect using the Offset Path function and various other coloring techniques.

How to create illustrator full spectrum spirograph

I should point out that this is just one way of how you can create these kind of compositions. I’m sure there are other techniques as well. This shape is inspired by Andy’s creation and recreated for education purposes only.

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This month has flown past it feels like just yesterday i was putting last month tutorial roundup together. There’s a great mixture of Photoshop and illustrator focussing more on some of the advanced techniques which each application offers. I hope you enjoy another collection of tutorials featured on Design Chair through out April.

A Fluffy Clouds Design Using Photoshop Illustration

So in this tutorial I will show you how to create an wallpaper with some very stylized and super fluffy clouds in Photoshop. We will use basic tools and Layer Styles to create the effect.

How To Create a Cool Chrome Text Effect in Illustrator

Follow this step by step tutorial to create a super cool retro chrome text effect in Illustrator. We’ll use a range of gradients to give the impression of bright highlights, then take the text into Photoshop for some finishing touches.

How to make a realistic vintage typewriter in Illustrator

Don’t panic because now the second part of the tutorial has arrived and  how to make a great realistic typewriter with Adobe Illustrator, so fasten your seat belts and let’s go.

How to Create an Effective Coming Soon Page

Coming soon pages are generally very simply when compared to regular websites. However, they’re notoriously difficult to get right. The simplicity of the concept can actually overwhelm many designers, as they end up with a boring, lackluster design.

Create a Tri-Color Rosette Ribbon in Illustrator

The key to this satiny ribbon is the careful placement of gradients on its component parts. And once you have the individual elements down, it’s a snap to create award ribbons, medals, or bunting.

Create This Dazzling 3D Text Effect in Photoshop

The key to this satiny ribbon is the careful placement of gradients on its component parts. And once you have the individual elements down, it’s a snap to create award ribbons, medals, or bunting.

Create an Explosive Flaming Poker Card in Photoshop

The key to this satiny ribbon is the careful placement of gradients on its component parts. And once you have the individual elements down, it’s a snap to create award ribbons, medals, or bunting.

How to Create a Cute Piggy Bank Using Illustrator

Many people have difficulty in drawing objects in perspective. Most of the time it helps if you have that particular object in front of you, but we still need our imagination.The most important aspects of perspective are size and distance.

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The month of March marks the return of our monthly wrap up on Design Chair.The monthly wrap is tutorials which have been added to the Site through out March, this month wrap is a great way to kick start our monthly tradition with some truly amazing Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials.

Making a Fantastic Superhero Movie Teaser Poster

In this tutorial It will give you an example of how to create a movie teaser poster. It will show you how to draw a mask for your character using the pen tool , blend modes and textures.

Create an Ice Cream Type Treatment in Photoshop

In this tutorial It will give you an example of how to create a movie teaser poster. It will show you how to draw a mask for your character using the pen tool , blend modes and textures.

Meteorite Impact Photoshop Photo Manipulation tutorial

Welcome to another Photoshop tutorial. In this tutorial It will show you how to create a building hit by a meteorite. I tried to simplify it so that less advanced users can follow it. It will show you how to create a realistic smoke trail and a meteorite using only Photoshop filters and custom brushes.

Create a Lost Fantasy World with Powerful Photo Manipulation Techniques

Today you will take a break from the ordinary stuff and go into a fantasy world. Learn how to build up your own micro society using many different pictures and some cool photo manipulation techniques.

Create an Abstract Starfield Photoshop Background

In this ‘Quick Tip’ tutorial the author uses Photoshop CS5. Here you will learn how to utilize different shapes, brushes and blending modes to create an awesome space scene.

How to Create Fireworks Using Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to create vector fireworks using the Pixelate Effect and complex Art Brushes. Now we can decorate a night landscape or a greeting card with bright fireworks.

Illustrator Tutorial: Create an Abstract Vector Lava

Learn how to create this super cool abstract lava illustration in Adobe Illustrator. You will learn how to use transparency options to create the overlap color effect. A simple tutorial to achieve trendy lava splashes in Illustrator.

Quick Tip: Create a Shiny Shield with Illustrator

In this Quick Tip, you’ll learn how to harness the Appearance panel to make the basic structure of a shiny, beveled shield. Once the structure is in place, a few well-placed gradients are all it takes to achieve a sharp, polished look.

How To Create A Beautiful Windmill Illustration Using Illustrator

Windmills have been around for centuries and although their construction evolved through time the idea remains the same. Let this tutorial be a tribute to those old fashioned windmills that are hardly met these days.

How to Create Typography Poster Enigma Using Photoshop

Windmills have been around for centuries and although their construction evolved through time the idea remains the same. Let this tutorial be a tribute to those old fashioned windmills that are hardly met these days.

Create a Painterly Landscape with the Blob Brush Tool

Illustrator’s Blob Brush is an intuitive and versatile tool. When used with a graphics tablet, you can create loose, painterly images that venture far from the sharp, clean lines usually associated with vector graphics.

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A great short but sweet illustrator tutorial aimed at beginners the perfect tutorial, which will show you how to use illustrator to create simple but well designed geo metric vector illustrator pattern.

Time estimation: 5 to 3 Minuets

Difficulty: Beginner

Program: Adobe Illustrator

Preview Of End Result

The Screencast

Hope you enjoyed?

I hope enjoyed you have enjoyed this screencast and feel free to share your thoughts and comments about the tutorial, in the comments we would love to hear your feedback.

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This is monthly collection of design tutorials which will featured as our favourite design tutorials through march, which is great collection of Photoshop and illustrator tutorials.

Create a Stunning Retro Futuristic Typography Effect

In this tutorial, you will learn some really cool techniques to help you achieve a few aspects of Retro Futurism. You will be learning a lot of concepts, tips and tricks in Illustrator. You’ll also learn how to add the futuristic look using Photoshop. This is a very detailed tutorial so, i request you to maintain your composure throughout

How To Build a Vector Clock Graphic in Illustrator

If you’re looking to develop your Illustrator skills, here’s a tutorial for you! Follow this walkthrough to see the how adding layer after layer of vector shapes, along with a range of gradients and a spot of texture can quickly create a great looking icon-style clock graphic.

Create a Powerful Mental Wave Explosion Effect

In this tutorial, It will show you how to create a crazy explosion, like a mix of Magneto’s ability with Peter Petrelli’s power. You will use images and filters to produce this wave explosion effect. Even though it may look like a difficult tutorial, it’s really not that hard.

An Beautiful Illustrator’s Project: From Start to Finish

This tutorial is more of a walkthrough where she share general tips and tricks of starting and finishing an illustration project rather than a tutorial in making a particular illustration—let me say now that it’s not that kind of tutorial. It’s also important to note that I’m using Adobe CS4, so some features that she discusses here may not be present to you if you have an older version.

How to Make a High-Impact Fashion Poster in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you are going to learn how to use shapes and other objects to create a unique fashion poster scene. Utilizing Adobe Photoshop shapes is an awesome means for improving your designs and they can easily be used without spending too much time on them. The results of using shapes can be completely different every time depending on various factors such as what shapes you use, how many you use, and how you apply them to your work.

Create a Digital Camera With Wooden Accents Using Photoshop

As designers, we occasionally need digital versions of electronic devices to use in our designs. All to often however, we find that the device we need doesn’t actually exist in the format that we need. In times like those, having experience building realistic-looking electronic devices in Photoshop can be a real life-saver. In this tutorial you will learn how to draw a digital camera using Photoshop.

How to Create Beautiful Realistic, Vector Bubbles

In this tutorial You will learn how to create realistic colorful bubbles. You will cover numerous techniques and build this illustrations step by step. Set aside a couple hours for this one!

Create The Face Of A Greedy Monkey In Illustrator

This tutorial will help you create a simple illustration of a monkey face. It uses the Ellipse Tool, the Pen Tool, the Rectangle Tool, the Crystallize Tool or the Gradient Tool. For the the shadow effects you’ll use some classic effects like the Inner Glow or the Gaussian Blur.

Creating A Fantastic Fantasy Night Sky In Photoshop

This tutorial it will show you how to create cartoon-style clouds using Photoshop and a bit of Illustrator.

An Underwater Content Box Design Using Photoshop

In this tutorial It will teach you how to create an underwater content box. You will make it appear as if the content box fell into the water using stock photos and different techniques.

How To Create A Very Attractive Vector Butterfly

In this tutorial IT will show you how to make a vector butterfly using the blending mode from transparency box and the gradient mesh. The techniques shown in this tutorial will help you make shades on objects and liquid transition of colors. Believe me it is very easy.

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How to Make a White Holiday Scene in Illustrator

Design an awesome Christmas tree in Photoshop

Awesome digital bokeh effect in Photoshop

How to Apply Wooden Textures to Uneven Surfaces

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Draw a funny cute snowman in Illustrator

Design An Easy Colorful Star Light in Photoshop

Create a Watercolor-Themed Website Design In Photoshop

Design a Cute Hamster Avatar Using Illustrator

Master colorful abstract photo effects in photoshop

How to Create a Vector Goldfish in Six Steps

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Design a simple clean, modern web template

Draw a very happy monster illustration Using Illustrator

How to Create a Contemporary Style Illustration

How to Create a Stained Glass Effect in Illustrator

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Create a Rolling Stones Inspired Tongue Illustration

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Create a Cheerful Twitter Bird Icon Using Photoshop

Create an old school TDK cassette illustration

Amazing 3D Text Effect Using Photoshop And cinema 4d

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