If you’re a designer, it’s essential to stay up-to-date on the latest design trends, techniques and graphic design inspiration. One great way to do that is by following inspiring graphic design channels on YouTube. In this blog post, we will list 8 of our favorite channels for graphic designers. These graphic design YouTube channels feature everything from tutorials to interviews with top designers. So whether you’re just starting out in graphic design or you’re looking for some new inspiration, be sure to check out these amazing channels!
Top Inspired Graphic Design YouTube Channels:
1. The Futur
The Futur is a group of guys located in Santa Monica, California who make films about a variety of entrepreneurship and lifestyle issues, ranging from how to supercharge your personal brand to duplicating likes and comments on Facebook advertisements to figuring out what you’re excellent at. The Futur is designed to prepare and energise young and prospective entrepreneurs who require confidence boosts and tactical coaching in order to achieve their objectives.
2. Pixel & Bracket
Spencer, an Indianapolis-based designer, is the founder of Pixel & Bracket. His videos are divided into three types: Adobe Illustrator courses, highlights on free goods accessible on Creative Market (an online marketplace for design assets), and discussions on themes pertinent to creative businesses, such as goal-setting and idea development. Spencer’s personal experience is also discussed in this third video category, such as why he opted to leave his former career and why he spends his time on his YouTube channel making pretty basic Illustrator instructions. Pixel & Bracket’s videos feel more like a conversation with a buddy than an educational channel because all of his conversations are conveyed in a conversational, easy-to-follow manner.
3. Made by Mighty
Make by Mighty is a great place to start if you want to learn how to make very cool effects in Illustrator and Photoshop. Their movies are all about adding futuristic effects to text, such as an animated glitch and powder blast effects, to make it more interesting and engaging. Made by Mighty may not have as many videos as some of the other channels on this list, but their effects can help you nail the look you want, whether it’s cyberpunk spaceman or avant garde papercrafter.
4. Spoon Graphics
Spoon Graphics was founded by Chris Spooner, a creative talent. Spoon Graphics’ YouTube design channel is all about using Photoshop and Illustrator to create creative effects, but unlike Made by Mighty, Spoon Graphics focuses on specific projects like creating a VHS-style poster and colourizing black-and-white pictures.
5. Dansky
Dan White, often known as Dansky on YouTube, is a professional designer who quit his job in commercial design to focus solely on providing YouTube tutorials. Dansky’s courses encompass both using particular tools to generate original photographs and editing existing images in Photoshop, such as his videos on “alienizing” portraits and eliminating and softening highlights. Dansky is more concerned with instructing the viewer than with displaying his own abilities.
6. Tutvid
Since he was 12 years old, Nathaniel Dodson, the developer of tutvid, has been a serial entrepreneur. His current concentration as a photographer and graphic designer is on providing useful material for designers and businesspeople. His video library include tutorials for Adobe products such as Premier Pro, Photoshop, Audition, Illustrator, and Xd. On his Dodcast podcast, which he records visually and broadcasts to his YouTube design channel, he talks about entrepreneurship and business subjects.
7. Ste Bradbury Design
Stephen Bradbury, a graphic designer based in the United Kingdom, is the founder of Ste Bradbury Design. With a focus on graffiti-inspired lettering, his style has a bit of an edge to it.
Unlike some of the other YouTubers on our list, YouTube is not his full-time job. Stephen frequently includes projects he’s completed for clients in his videos. He also uploads video tutorials and shows off his speed art.
8. Nobu Design
The calming lo-fi hip hop soundtrack is one of the first things you’ll notice about Nobu Design’s videos. The next thing you’ll notice is how carefully each tutorial is explained. A lot of their tutorials, but not all, are about typography effects. You won’t hear any narrative in Nobu Design’s videos, so don’t anticipate it. Instead, while Nobu leads you through their creative process, the trance music will soothe you. Trance meets typography, as we like to call it.
9. AIGAdesign
Unlike the other YouTube design channels on our list, AIGAdesign is a little different. Instead than focusing on a single designer or a small group of designers, AIGAdesign is the Professional Association for Design’s official YouTube channel. Here you’ll find interviews and debates with well-known designers like Milton Glaser, as well as discussions led by up-and-coming designers. The AIGAdesign channel discusses subjects such as imposter syndrome and diversity in the design field, as well as how to live and work as a designer.
11. Swerve Tutorials
Swerve Tutorials offers video tutorials, as their name suggests. These lectures are quite entertaining. They’re contemporary, with a lot of cartoony elements, and they’re entertaining. Swerve Tutorials make learning graphic design enjoyable and simple. Swerve Tutorials is a great place to start if you want to improve your Photoshop skills while listening to hip-hop music.
12. Jazza
Jazza is a creative design channel on YouTube that is both entertaining and varied. Jazza, whose real name is Josiah, works in a range of media, unlike many of the other designers on this list. He has films on polymer clay, watercolour painting, and even unconventional media like condiment art and drone-assisted painting. Draw with Jazza is a lighthearted, irreverent game that delivers high-quality content without being too serious.
13. Roberto Blake
Roberto Blake’s channel is dedicated about starting and growing a freelance creative career. He “inspires a new generation of creatives to not be starving artists,” as he puts it.
Roberto Blake is forthright, honest, and dedicated to assisting his audience in establishing financially rewarding creative enterprises. If you’re wanting to get your freelance career off the ground, this is a must-see.
So there you have it! These are just a few of the many inspiring graphic design channels you can find on YouTube. Be sure to check our latest blog for more latest tips, tricks, and trends in the world of graphic design. Thanks for reading!