2020 was a bit of a rubbish year overall, but over on Envato Tuts+, we kept publishing our free educational content and even increased our offering of free video courses! So what awesome things did we do in 2020?
- 2020 was a big year for our YouTube efforts. You may have noticed more and more tutorials and articles have videos accompanying them. People learn in different ways, and we hope to keep on providing both written and video content in the future.
- We reached 400,000 subscribers over on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel. This is a gain of almost 250,000 subscribers in the past year... crikey! Thank you so much for joining us over there!
- All three of our Adobe for Beginners courses hit over 1 million views! Together, they give you almost nine hours of quality free video course education. These free courses are for Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign!
- We even began publishing video content on our YouTube channel in other languages. So far Russian, Spanish, and soon German!
- Speaking of translations, we hit over 45,000 translations! If you want to be paid to translate content, head on over to our Envato Tuts+ Translation page to find out more.
- We continued pushing into more areas of design, including recently posting more content to do with Affinity Publisher and Cricut.
In Envato-specific news, it was also a big year:
- Envato has reached over $1 billion in community earnings since the company was founded in 2006! This includes people over on Envato Elements and Envato Market!
- Envato reached B Corp status by reinforcing our positive purpose.
- We also welcomed our new CEO, Hichame Assi, as our co-founder, Collis Ta'eed, stepped down (we'll miss you!).
Want to see what the community loving this year? Well, without further ado, let's go into tutorials, videos, and courses...
40 Best Design & Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2020!
Based on several metrics, these are the most popular and best tutorials from 2020:
Flat DesignHow to Create a Mountain Landscape in Flat Style in Adobe Illustrator
Photo EffectsHow to Create a Rubber Stamp Effect in Adobe Photoshop
BrushesPhotoshop Brush Tool: A Basic Guide
TypographyCreate Light Painted Typography From Scratch in Photoshop
Text EffectsUse a Pattern Rope Brush to Create a Rope Text Effect in Illustrator
Flyers15 Design Tips to Make Professional Business Flyers in 2020 (With Great Designs)
BrushesHow to Create and Customize Procreate Brushes
Photo EffectsHow to Simulate X-Ray Photography in Photoshop
EffectsAdvanced Glow Effects
Adobe PhotoshopHow to Create a Money Engraving Action: Photoshop in 60 Seconds
Magazine Design10 Tips for Designing High-Impact Magazines
Text EffectsHow to Create a Realistic Neon Light Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
VectorIllustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide
DrawingHow to Draw a Rose
Logo DesignHow to Make Your Own Logo Design (Do It Yourself Guide)
GIFHow to Optimize an Animated Gif: 10 Ways
Text EffectsCreating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment
Text EffectsHow to Create Smoky Brushes and Type in Illustrator
Photo ManipulationMake a Trendy Double Exposure Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Font DesignHow to Create a Font in Adobe Illustrator
Print DesignHow to Create a Promotional Flyer in Photoshop
DrawingHow to Draw a Heart
Adobe Illustrator10 Essential Tips & Tools All Adobe Illustrator Beginners Should Learn
ComicsHow to Create Halftone Effects in Adobe Illustrator
BrushesHow to Create Your Own Light Ray Brushes From Scratch in Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator BrushesHow to Create a Gold Chain Pattern Brush With Illustrator
IllustrationCreating a Simple Kawaii Yeti With Basic Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
Album CoverHow to Make a Cool Photo Effect Album Cover Design in Photoshop
IllustrationHow to Create an Inspirational Vector Political Poster
Text EffectsHow to Create a Cartoon Gradient Text Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Poster DesignHow to Create a Music Poster Using Bitmap Mode in Photoshop
ComicsHow to Make a Comic Book Cover
Adobe InDesignHow to Use Spell Check in InDesign
Photo EffectsHow to Create an Architecture Sketch Effect in Adobe Photoshop
Affinity DesignerEverything You Need to Know About Affinity Designer Brushes
BrushesHow to Make Stars in Photoshop
IllustrationWhat Is Editorial Illustration? (& How to Get Into It)
ProcreateHow to Install and Use Fonts in Procreate
Paper CraftsHow to Make Your Own Gorgeous Christmas Crackers
DesigningCreate a 60s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster
20 Best Free Design Video Tutorials
As you may have guessed, 2020 saw plenty of awesome free video courses and tutorials on our Envato Tuts+ YouTube channel. Check out these gems:
Happy New Year, and Let's Have a Better 2021!
Thanks for being part of the Envato Tuts+ community and joining us in 2020. Did we miss a tutorial or video which was your favourite? Tell us in the comments!
From me and the rest of the team at Envato Tuts+, we wish you all the very best for 2021!
If you want to check out past years, why not head on over to my previous roundups:
Adobe Photoshop50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2019!
Adobe Photoshop50 Best Design and Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2018!
Inspiration50 Most Awesome Design & Illustration Tutorials & Articles of 2017!
InspirationThe 50 Best Design Tutorials & Articles of 2016
InspirationThe Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2015
Adobe PhotoshopThe Top 40 Design & Illustration Posts of 2014
RoundupsThe Top 25 Vector Tutorials on Tuts+ in 2013
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