Top 14 YouTube channels for motion designers, illustrators, and UI/UX designers

A great designer is always in search of new information that can boost their skills. And YouTube videos are usually the most powerful tool to learn something new or get inspired. We asked Cadabra Studio designers to share their favorite YouTube channels, and we hope that this list will help you in your work.

Motion Design

Eyedesyn

This channel is created by a freelance motion designer who aims to provide easy to understand, accessible, and helpful training for people who want to learn about design and motion graphics. The channel mainly focuses on Cinema 4D tutorials but also has videos about working in After Effects.

Greyscalegorilla

The channel contains tools, training, and tutorials to help you become a better motion designer. Moreover, here you will also find podcasts about the business and creative side of the industry.

Video Copilot

It is the official channel of Videocopilot.net web resource that might be familiar to many motion designers. Here you can watch dozens of 10 to 40 minutes long tutorials in Element 3D.

Ukramedia

The channel’s author is motion designer Sergei Prokhnevskiy who is very passionate about producing quick, easy to follow, practical, and informative motion graphic tutorials. Ukramedia channel is perfect for those who like short and straight-to-the-point videos. Besides, the channel contains a few podcasts, interviews, personal works, and even vlogs by Sergei Prokhnevskiy.

Illustration

Ergojosh

This channel is an excellent source of information for any illustrator. Josh, the channel creator, not only gives graphic design tutorials (with iPad usage as well), but also reviews hardware and software, tells how to make money with your art, and live streams quite often.

Creatnprocess

On this channel, you will find high-quality training on Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects. The Creative Training Resources include graphic design, print design, logo design, motion design, animation, and much more.

PiXimperfect

PiXimperfect is the greatest source of content on working with raster graphics. Plus, its more evident advantage is tons of Photoshop guides and tutorials, from skin retouching to composing.

WLOP

Short painting tutorials for illustrators. Videos on this channel show the full process of creating a raster illustration in Photoshop. Anime lovers will appreciate this channel more than others because all tutorials on this channel are dedicated to this illustration style.

Basquiaty Art

On this channel, you can find many time-lapse videos of Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, Keyshot, and Photoshop. It’s a pity that the channel creator stopped releasing new videos two years ago, but there’s still lots of useful content for you to watch on Basquiaty Art.

UI/UX

Jesse Showalter

The channel focuses on topics such as web design and development, including but not limited to HTML, CSS, Sass, Javascript, Design Principles, User Experience, Interface Design, MODX, Open Source Stuff, and more.

Maex

This channel is created by a designer named Maex for designers. You’ll find tutorials about Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, Marvel & Principle, and all the other UI/UX tools out there.

TipTut

TipTut is a Creative Design tips, tricks, and tutorials channel. Here on TipTut, they try to teach you the ‘why’ and not just the ‘how’. The channel creator, Matthew Fryer, covers a range of subjects from print design to animation.

Sketch Together

A channel dedicated to all things related to UX and UI design plus some stuff about illustration: here you can learn some tips and tricks about working in Figma, Sketch, Framer, Photoshop, Finto, and Principle app.

The Futur

The channel focuses on the business side of design, including communication with clients, price formation for design projects, and much more. Chris, the channel creator, says that he wants to teach people how to make a living doing what they love, and thus he educates young designers to become more business-oriented.

What other channels about design do you watch? We would appreciate it if you share them in the comments! And don’t forget to clap to this article if it was useful for you.