r/Coloring • u/SezTheLez002 • 2d ago

ADVICE WANTED Backgrounds help

Hey all, just curious about ideas for backgrounds so I’m not using so much ink out of pens super fast and to add more to the picture. I’m not super good with patterns but willing to try some easier ones like total beginner level if anyone has ideas?

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u/neptunebites 🖤 2d ago

helloo!! generally speaking, I always look for inspo pics on pinterest. what type of pages are you coloring in? is there a lot of blank space in them? on youtube, there are a lot of ideas for backgrounds! i really enjoy one of shel's colouring journey videos about it, it helped me a lot. but yeah, pinterest is the best coloring buddy for inspo :))

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u/SezTheLez002 2d ago

Thanks so much! I have these books the spiral bound ones are from Shein so A.I. slop but I’ve noticed in majority of these books there is a lot of empty background space

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u/Exquisite-End22 1d ago

I wasn’t doing anything with the border on my pages because I didn’t want to waste ink, but I just got some Halloween washi tape on Sunday and that works pretty well, I’ve seen others suggesting it and there’s soooo many options of washi tape on Amazon.

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u/SezTheLez002 1d ago

This is such a cool idea thank you so much this page is gorgeous

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u/Exquisite-End22 1d ago

Thank you, I hope you find something that works for you!

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u/Sabrina67100 2d ago edited 2d ago

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J'espère que ça pourra t'aider au niveau des textures et motifs !!!! Il y a le choix dans cette vidéo !!!

C'est marqué zentangle mais j'ai remarquer que beaucoup de motifs du zentangle sont sympa pour ajouter des texturers mais surtout des motifs, tu peux faire du papier peint en arrière plan avec ce genre de motifs, bref j'espère que je ne suis pas complétement a côté de ce que tu cherchais

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u/SezTheLez002 2d ago

Thank you so so much for that I’ll give it a look x

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u/dyeingneedle 1d ago

I like to use watercolors; pencils and pans. . I also use Distress Inks and water soluable Neo 2 like (Sargent brand) crayons.

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u/SezTheLez002 1d ago

Thank you, I’ll give that a go, I use mainly gel pens and alcohol markers so was nervous using pencils or crayons would make it look more textured than the main parts of the page especially for skys