Everyone in the business world knows the importance of posters and ads in advertising for specific products. Posters are an integral part of advertising. An eye-catching, attractive poster that conveys a professional, compelling message about a product, service or event will invariably hold the user’s attention.

In this article, we have collected a mixture of Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials related to posters and advertisements. You will find some are intermediate and some are very advanced, but they’ll all give you a lot of direction with photo composition, illustration, coloring processing, typography techniques, pen tool tricks, shapes processing and much more.

Poster Tutorials

Creating an Old-Collage Effect Poster
This one’s a favorite because it helps you put images and text together really easily. In this tutorial, the artist puts together a poster that has a main photograph and a lot of text, giving it an old collage feel.

Create an Awesome Music Poster
A comprehensive step-by-step tutorial that shows you a variety of techniques to create a beautiful music poster!

Create an Event Poster with C4D and Photoshop - PSD Plus Tutorial
A very exciting tutorial: take a rendered scene, add props and then finalize it in Photoshop. Loads of great tips and techniques in this tutorial!

Create an Impactful Child Welfare Poster
This tutorial teaches you some important techniques for creating high-impact images. Follow the steps to create your own high-impact child welfare poster.

Create a Pulsing Poster with a Vinyl Record and Grunge Type
In this tutorial, the artist explains how to create a vinyl record with blends and opacity masks. He also creates some funky pulsing elements and grunge typography and combines it into a unique poster design.

PS Quickie! Your Own Crazy Movie Poster
A beautiful step-by-step tutorial on creating movie posters.

Creating a Grunge Rock Poster
In this tutorial, the artist shows you how to design a beautiful grunge rock poster!

How to Create an Ice-Cold Poster with 3-D Text
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to combine stock images and 3-D text in a cool poster. The artist uses an icy theme and colors it in his own style. You’ll see it’s not that hard to create a simple, appealing poster that uses text and imagery effectively.

Create a Mock-Retro Poster Concept
This tutorial teaches you how to design a mock-retro poster. Learn how to manipulate photos and achieve a grungy, textured look.

Gigposter Design the New Sex
This tutorial requires no drawing talent, so donâ