Astronomical Graphic Design

Join us in this space themed series of tutorials on creating a variety of graphic design and illustration projects

How to Create a Space Observatory Badge in Adobe Illustrator

At this point you’ve probably figured out that we here at Envato Tuts+ have a deep and ever-growing love for the dark mysteries that lie beyond the incredible vastness of space, which is why this tutorial will follow the same trend.   So if you’re like us, buckle in since in the following moments you’re…
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Use Blender and Inkscape to Create a Titan’s Atmosphere Infographic

In this tutorial, we’ll be creating an atmosphere diagram of Saturn’s moon Titan, like the diagrams you see in textbooks. We will be going through how to precisely draw things to scale, color transparencies, create cool haze effects, draw clouds, and much more! Before We Start Before we start, some background on the structure of…
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How to Illustrate an Astronaut in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create sci-fi concept art by illustrating an astronaut that is performing maintenance during a space walk. Let’s get started. Tutorial Assets You will need the following assets in order to complete this tutorial. Please download them before you begin. If they are not available, you will…
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Quick Tip: How to Make a Glowing Space Background

In this quick tip, you will learn to how to create a really simple glowing space background. We will begin by creating a gradient mesh, then some glowing stars with the symbol sprayer, then we will finish the image with a multicolored planet made from a simple radial gradient. This tutorial is great for beginners…
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Create a Vector Space Composition in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vector space composition featuring the planet Saturn. We’ll use simple shapes, various Blending Modes, and follow a strait-forward workflow that is as simple as a basic circle. Check this out yourself at the jump. Here is how the final image should look. Use these techniques…
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How to Create a Saturn Infographic With Blender and Inkscape

In this tutorial, I will show you how to create this “photo-realistic” cutaway Saturn illustration in pure SVG. We will use the open source 3D graphics software Blender to produce a physically shaded render of the planet, which we will use as a base to reproduce the image entirely in SVG vector. You will learn…
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Amazing Timelapse of Exploding Planet Illustration

Exploding planets are a staple of just about every popular science fiction television show or movie, but did you know that you don’t need your own special effects department to create these types of effects on your own? In fact, all you need is Photoshop. We recently decided to have fun with some video segments…
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How to Create an Exploding Planet in Adobe Photoshop

In this tutorial you’ll how to create a cracked and exploding planet. All super villains wish for a weapon capable of destroying a planet. We have one too: we call it Photoshop! We will start with perfectly good planet and smash it like a egg! Or at least an egg that is floating in space…
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How to Customise a Business Card Template in Adobe InDesign

In this Quick Tip, we’ll look at how you can transform a minimal business card template, creating something that’s more unique and individual. You don’t need to put in a huge amount of work to give your cards character; read on to discover three super-simple ways to give your design a cool makeover. Minimal business…
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How to Create a Solar System Planets Icon Pack in Adobe Illustrator

Welcome back, space cadets! Today we have another special mission for you, in which you will be recreating the planets from our own Solar System in the form of an icon pack, using nothing other than our uber-powerful Illustrator. So grab your ration of soylent and buckle in tight since in the following minutes things…
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