To finish off every year I enjoy taking a moment to look back at my content from the past 12 months to compare how all my freebies, videos, articles and tutorials performed in terms of view counts. This is my greatest hits collection for 2021, broken down into individual roundups for each category. Did you miss any of these most popular posts? Which one from the list was your favourite? Or was there a particular piece of content you found really useful that didn’t make the cut?
My Most Popular Content from 2021
It’s sad to see that overall traffic is continuing its slow decline year on year, but my greatest hit in 2021 does make up for the low performance of everything else! My video tutorial How to Create a Neon Light Effect in Photoshop suddenly saw an uptick in views 3 months after it was published, which seems to be something to do with Google Search according to the analytics. It is currently on the verge of achieving 1 million views, making it one of my best performing tutorials of all time on the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel.
My Top Videos from 2021
990,813 Views: How to Create a Neon Light Effect in Photoshop
28,629 Views: How to Make It Rain in Photoshop
25,564 Views: Torn Paper Collage Effect in Photoshop
24,965 Views: How to Create a Retro Superhero Comic Text Effect in Illustrator
24,548 Views: How to Create a Stained Glass Window Effect
23,843 Views: Melting Liquid RGB Text Effect in Photoshop
20,041 Views: Retro Badge Logo Design Illustrator Tutorial
My Top Freebies from 2021
31,984 Views: Download My New Set of 10 Dirty Surface Textures for Free
24,310 Views: Download My Free Subtle Grain Photoshop Brushes and Patterns
19,242 Views: Download My Free Torn Paper Edge Graphics to Create Realistic Collage Effects
18,193 Views: Download My Glued Poster Paper Textures for Free
10,647 Views: 10 Free Seamlessly Repeating Grainy Speckle Textures
3,676 Views: Download My Free Light Leaks Photo Overlays to Add Retro Effects to Your Photos
My Top Articles from 2021
19,535 Views: Showcase of Logo Designs with Retro Mascot Characters
8,057 Views: Digital Art and Renaissance Statues: An Unlikely Combination That Actually Works!
5,053 Views: The Biggest Brush Sets Made Specifically for Affinity Designer
3,964 Views: Showcase of Designs and Illustrations of Witches & Witchcraft
2,586 Views: 50 Ferocious Designs and Illustrations Featuring Wolves
2,337 Views: The Best Fonts For Creating Vintage Logos and Designs
2,269 Views: Showcase of Abstract Collage Art with Surreal and Often Hilarious Results
My Top Tutorials from 2021
12,057 Views: How to Create a Colorful Retro-Style ‘Rainbow’ Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator
9,093 Views: How to Create Detailed Graphic Patterns in Photoshop
5,110 Views: How to Create a Vintage Logo T-Shirt Design in Photoshop
4,403 Views: How To Prepare a Business Card Design for Print
2,748 Views: How To Create a Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator
Hello Chris, thank you for your tutorials, tips and inspirational work during this year. It is much appreciated and a welcome positive thing in these times. Please keep it up as long as it fun for you too to make this items.
Best wishes for 2022!
Thank you so much for your support!
Awesome work! Cheers :)