Embracing the Darkness: Seth Pimentel’s Journey to Artistic Freedom

How to Mask a Texture in Adobe Photoshop

Make textures from images to add depth to your designs.

Illustrating the World We Project

Sarah Hasenmaile explores the tension between self-projection and emotional authenticity in our Instagram culture.

How to Create a Motion Blur Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Use the Path Blur tool to bring out dynamic motion in your images.

ScreenFonts #3: The Threequel

We analyze type in movie posters from around the world.

How to Make a Photo Composite in Adobe Photoshop

Learn to create surreal images by combining two photographs.

Getting Graphic with Artist Isabella Carapella

Her colorful illustrations and motion graphics celebrate feminism, sexuality, and much more.

Creative Types: Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh

The bold collaboration of a dreamer and a visionary continues to rock the design world and beyond.

How to Create a Double Exposure Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Combine two of your photos for one head-turning look.

Make It, Sell It: Greeting Cards in Adobe InDesign

Use your own artwork to create greeting cards—for personal use or to sell.

Mastering the Impossible

Juan José Egúsquiza is a multimedia artist and Adobe Creative Resident.

A Catalogue of Imaginary Beings

Collage artist Johanna Goodman assembles fantastical figures from fragments of our collective consciousness

A Creative Stretch with Joe Cavazos

For this artist, play is the key to making good work.

How to Blend Fiction with Reality in After Effects

Use tracking and lighting to fool the eye.

Escape to Collage

Fabiano Piasecki stretches his creativity with this loose art form.

Gris: The Art of the Game

Go inside the immersive, emotional art that galvanizes Gris.

How Food Photographer Lauren Vied Allen Creates ‘Stories of Culture’

Allen sees food photography as a way to understand cultural identities. Here, she shares her story and some tips!

ScreenFonts #2: The Second Coming

Bald Condensed’s second outing on Create touches on some…touchy subjects. Forewarned is forearmed!

5 & 3/4 Questions: Maria Picassó i Piquer

This illustrator’s bold, geometric style combines her love of portraiture and her background in architecture.

How to Animate Images in Adobe XD

Animate objects for realistic mobile interactions.

How to Make a Stretch Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Follow along as we go through the technique step-by-step.

Photographing Summer Music Festivals

Dana Pacifico combines her passions for live concerts and photography.

How to Make an Animated GIF in Adobe Photoshop

Grab attention with a fun animation.

Maria Brzozowska Makes Magical Realities

The artist’s fantastical visual language takes us on a voyage far from the mundane.

How to Create a Neon Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Get your glow on with this simple technique.

How to Create a New Background in Adobe Photoshop

Take your photos anywhere in the world—without leaving home.

How to Create a Duotone Effect in Adobe Photoshop

Add drama to a high-contrast image by infusing it with color.

Pushing VR’s Boundaries to Save a Threatened Planet

The new VR film “Drop in the Ocean” lets viewers get up close to marine life—and the plastic that threatens it.