scan them and use them in photoshop or whatever editor u use.. or you could get images off of a stock image website.. sum might be free some youll have to pay for

if the scanned image doesnt show right try messin about with the layer modes..

http://fav.or.it/post/1391905/shading-with-watercolor-textures

http://gurusunleashed.com/11415/impressive-watercolor-splatter-effect-tutorial-freebie.php

there you go champ! go media zine is being slow right now but both tutorials are originally from there

There’s also a number of watercolor (and other paint) effects in Corel Painter. You could experiment with that as well.

A7 is (painting)

just cut out the background color and maybe rework the edges with some brushes. you can also use a stone texture and just do some tricks on it… just uploading a video tutorial on how to do that… :) i’ll paste it in here as soon as it’s on :)

illustrator have great watercolor brushes in cs3 version. And veryyyyyy easy to use. Btw anyone bored of those paint splashes or watercolor effects?

nope, i love them :)

i love them too! i wana make my own soon : )

this post also helps me : ) thanks

ok :) here it is: my first tutorial. probably the worst way to do water-color effects… but it works for me. hope you have fun with it. :)

http://www.screencast.com/t/nPpF9viUd

sry for the huge format… didn’t know how to make it smaller…

and sorry for the bad english^^

thanx for the tut’s they really help….. :)

Kaysetoaster just saw your tut too.
thanx man but got one question left.
at the end you got alot of colors and gradients? but is that printable?
Because with the tut http://gurusunleashed.com/11415/impressive-watercolor-splatter-effect-tutorial-freebie.php
they work with halftones (so not aloot of color and gradients.)

hi intro, DBH does all the stuff with preparing the design for the print. the can print every color-transition as long as it’s not an oversized design.

So I can play in photoshop (as long the size and dpi is large enough) with as many colors that I want. :O :O
You just opened my eyes… thanx man

Use Corel Painter lots of “Water color EFFECTS ARE THERE...
Cheers

i think the best way to do watercolor effect is using real watercolor textures, plus you can change them at any way you want in photoshop

asaule said: http://fav.or.it/post/1391905/shading-with-watercolor-textures

http://gurusunleashed.com/11415/impressive-watercolor-splatter-effect-tutorial-freebie.php

there you go champ! go media zine is being slow right now but both tutorials are originally from there