Fake a Watercolor in Photoshop Part 2

Name: Fake a Watercolor in Photoshop Part 2
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Using Custom Photoshop Processes to Mimic the Look of Real Watercolour

Created byDelores Orridge Naskrent

Last updated 1/2020

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What you'll learn

Learn all about creating Illustrator brushes and then importing into Photoshop to add the watercolor look
How to take a vector composition and mimic the "look" of modern watercolor techniques
How to simulate the look of watercolor
Illustration and design

Course content

1 section • 9 lectures • 59m total length

Importing Your Mask and Initial Setup7:49
Import your vector from Illustrator into Photoshop, rasterize and invert to create a mask, then use watercolor textures and layered backgrounds to achieve a true watercolor look.
Prepping Mask and Adding Initial Textures5:19
Enhance realism by refining mask edges and applying watercolor brush strokes to a saved selection, expanding and converting to a path for authentic edges and texture.
Initial Brushwork and Paint Pooling10:29
Explore how to emulate watercolor in Photoshop using brushes, adjust brush size and scattering, and create pooling with layered color and simulate pressure.
Adjustments and Other Tidbits7:24
Improve realism by adjusting the mask with watercolor brushes, painting in black and white to control exposure and masking, and layering brushes to add natural flaws and edge build-up.
Adding Grunge Details7:24
Refine a watercolor look by painting on the mask with grayscale brushes to add grunge details, control exposure with black/white, and vary brush sizes for realistic texture.
Adjusting Colors and Painted Details4:46
Use selections to pull details from background textures and adjust hue and saturation to harmonize colors. Feather and refine selections, then blend with masks to enhance painted details.
Soft Background Effects and Details3:49
Finish a watercolor look in Photoshop by adding a soft background with pooling and blending modes, adjust hue and saturation, and softly fade a background floral with masking for depth.
Adding Authentic Watercolour Details7:50
Build a realistic watercolor look by layering shadows with Groot and Kyle Webster brushes, using transparency, quick selections, masking, and color sampling to anchor details.
Flattening and Correcting to Fully Finish4:26
Duplicate and flatten foreground and background layers, apply the layer mask, then add a watercolor paper texture with pattern overlay and subtle levels tweaks to produce a license-ready finished artwork.

Requirements

The prerequisite is Part 1, Fake a Watercolour, in Illustrator. Illustrator and Photoshop experience is recommended.
Experience with graphic design is recommended

Description

This course is Part 2 in the series "How to Fake a Watercolour" in which we use digital means to create what looks like natural watercolour painting. We will use special techniques to apply edge effects on our mask layers to add a textural edge. We will fill the masked groups with layers of watercolour textures and other techniques to further mimic the look of real watercolour.

Who this course is for:

Illustrator and Photoshop users who want to give their vector illustrations a more authentic, hand done art piece.
Illustrators who want a digital version of watercolor