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A Little History...

I'm an illustrator/art director and love working in Photoshop. Ten years ago, I had an assignment to scan and "colorize" some existing line art. My client actually wanted the art to be repainted! With a very short deadline, and knowing they didn't want flat stripped in color, I tried a new approach.

I created ten watercolor backgrounds, scanned them and in Photoshop added them to the original line art. With some additional manipulation in Photoshop, I created the rich look the client wanted. I loved it , and so did the client.

Knowing I'd use this technique again and again, I continued to create additional Photoshop backgrounds. With the help of my wife Maggie Swanson, who is also an illustrator, we created ninety diverse watercolors and months later Watercolor Backgrounds™ for Photoshop was born. Since 1999, we've continued with our quest to create unique backgrounds. Have a look around, be sure to check out the tutorials 9 there are over twenty of them, and have fun next time you're working with Photoshop.