![]() It’s the nostalgia angle that makes the current adult coloring book craze so different from the last one, in the 1960s. Novelty coloring books lean hard on the ironic distance between the medium and the message: Coloring books are nostalgic and make you feel like a kid again, but these coloring books are raunchy and say "fuck" a lot. But publishers are betting that a market hungry for coloring books will welcome titles like Color Me Swoon: The Beefcake Activity Book for Good Color-Inners as Well as Beginners (for people who've always wanted to contour Channing Tatum's abs in Burnt Sienna) and Have a Nice Life, Asshole (for people who find coloring in swear words to be a productive reaction to a breakup). This is the latest wave of the coloring book craze, so there currently isn't much sales data available. With utilitarian titles like Stress Relieving Patterns ("provides hours and hours of stress relief, mindful calm, and fun, creative expression") and Color Me Calm: 100 Coloring Templates for Meditation and Relaxation (A Zen Coloring Book), they sell themselves as a kind of analog Candy Crush: a simple, colorful way to clear your mind and chill out.įinally, there are novelty coloring books. In contrast, therapy coloring books focus less on aesthetics and more on how relaxing coloring can be. At the end of the day, though, you buy an art coloring book because they are beautiful, and because you want to be part of creating something beautiful too. Johanna Basford fans can send their colored-in pages to the artist to display on her website. It’s the 21st-century equivalent of sticking your drawing on the fridge door. Her books are filled with intricate, highly detailed pen-and-ink drawings waiting to be colored in - and once you’ve done your coloring, you can post a photo of your work on social media or send it to the artist herself, who will be happy to post it in her website’s Colouring Gallery. "So when my publishers initially approached me to do a children's coloring book, I said I'd actually like to do one for adults." "I work as a commercial illustrator, and for years my clients have been telling me when they see my illustrations that they wanted to color them in," Basford tells NPR. The undisputed queen of the art coloring books is by Johanna Basford, the Scottish illustrator whom many credit with kick-starting the adult coloring book craze when her Secret Garden coloring book became a surprise runaway best-seller in 2013. Now Crayola is getting in on the action with Color Escapes, "premium coloring kits specially designed for adults."Īdult coloring books come in three flavors: art, therapy, and novelty. Every Barnes & Noble, Target, and Walmart has a dedicated adult coloring book table the coloring book craze even drove a 26.4 percent increase in colored pencil sales in 2015. Around 12 million adult coloring books were sold last year, up from about 1 million in 2014. Immerse yourself in the designs of this great high quality activity book full of beautiful illustrations on every page.The biggest thing in publishing right now is adult coloring books.Ĭoloring books for grown-ups first took off at the beginning of 2015, and they show no signs of slowing down. So relax, color and chill for hours with this unique, fun coloring book for adults, teens & tweens. This is the best coloring book in the world to lift any mood all while being a pure inspiration! The Interactive Coloring book also includes 15 additional pages of self-reflecting questions and quotes and a special message from the creator of this beautifully illustrated work of art. Not only is it created and illustrated by an internationally known & professional artist, this book has carefully curated tunes chosen for each coloring page to chill too.Ĭolor & Chill for hours with 15 EXCLUSIVE hand-drawn illustrations by the highly talented and sought after artist, designer and influencer, Christina Lorré. ![]() ![]() What makes this coloring book different from the rest? This is the brands first coloring book release and it's also the World's very 1st INTERACTIVE COLORING BOOK! Please check your SPAM folder if it is not in inbox.Ĭolor & Chill : Interactive Coloring Book ![]() Once order is placed, you will receive an email from SendOwl with the download link to the coloring book file. Please Note: This item can only be downloaded Once and You have 7 days to download this product from the time of purchase before access is lost. After a Successful Print Release of the World's first ever interactive coloring book, RawSueshii has just made their publication available in Digital form.Įven if you have the print version, this copy comes with a FEW EXCLUSIVE BONUS PAGES.
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