Design Inspiration: Watercolors

By Steven Snell | Published May 31st, 2009 in Inspiration

Last week I posted a collection of 500+ watercolor brushes for Photoshop. Today I’d like to provide some inspiration that may give you some ideas for using those brushes in your own work. In this post we’ll look at 35 pieces of work that use watercolor effects. Some are real watercolors and others are done in Photoshop with brushes.

Watercolor Inspiration

Watercolor Inspiration

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Watercolor Inspiration

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Watercolor Inspiration

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Watercolor Inspiration

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Watercolor Inspiration

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14 Comments
  1. Shanna on May 31st, 2009

    WOW! totally lovin’ these!

  2. bebopdesigner on June 1st, 2009

    Blown away! brilliant work. Thanks for sharing

  3. Patternhead on June 1st, 2009

    Some inspiring stuff here. Thanks for sharing :D

  4. Victoria Web on June 1st, 2009

    Really inspirational work, demonstrating how the water color effect can be used and how to incorporate it into your work.

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  6. Liora on June 1st, 2009

    These images display the beauty of photoshop brushes. I love hand-painted images, but photoshop just gives you the edge.

  7. Kroska on June 1st, 2009

    wow, these images are so so so perfect .. I like this, photoshop brushes.

    can u post more about?

  8. Callum Chapman on June 1st, 2009

    Stunning work, thanks for putting this post together!

  9. Franz Jeitz on June 2nd, 2009

    awesome collection. I feel like you missed Stina Persson though. She’s an amazing watercolour artist.

  10. Steven Snell on June 2nd, 2009

    Hi Franz,
    Her work is amazing, you’re right. All of the work showcased in this post was from Behance, so if she’s not there, that’s why I didn’t find her. If she is there, then I somehow missed her while searching and browsing.

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  12. Ashely Adams : Online Printing on November 30th, 2009

    The last one simply left me spell bound…Inspirational indeed…These are stunning works…The water color effect gives an artistic edge to the designs…I love this collection..Thanks to Designm.ag for including so much variety in the blog posts…Great going!!!

  13. Martin Lachapelle on June 15th, 2010

    love it, love it, love it…

  14. Model on July 9th, 2010

    Great stuff, brilliant designing.
    Thanks for inspiration!