This past year I have found that more and more websites have some sort of watercolour effect on them. This effect or style has really come alive in 2008. There are many websites that use this effect to create depth and texture. Though in most cases, watercolour being a very subtle effect, your aesthetics of your site can improve greatly. I personally love the watercolour effect, I think it’s not to distracting but adds something to a design.
Here are some extra links, some free brushes and tutorials to help make your own effects.
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The Viget Inspire site is my absolute favourite. If you wish to get more free hi-res watercolour brushes I recommend visiting fudgegraphics
I really love watercolour in webdesign & try to make a free wp theme with this style.
I just did a bunch of graphics in this style. I’ve been using a mask to erase the whole image (in photoshop) and then I grab a watercolor brush (the ones from bittbox are great)and use that to bring the image back into view. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to spiff up images.
I’m a huge fan of this style. Thanks for compiling and sharing such an inspiring list!
I love watercolour for webdesign and i would try to work on free wp theme with this technique if i have free time. http://moourl.com/wcd
Really inspirational post, i really need more free time to make some inspired work like these.
Thanks Max | Design shard
Great content. I’ll keep coming back for similar posts which I cannot wait to read….
Anyone interested in creating a watercolor style image… i have a video tutorial for it:
http://learnitpassiton.com/?p=66
Showcase of Watercolour in Webdesign http://tinyurl.com/6l424h
This collection really inspired us while working on our own website… Thank you!
I like it very Beautiful..
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As a professional watercolor artist and am THRILLED to see impressions of watercolor being used as illustration on the web! Keep up the great work!
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