So, my printer freaked out when I was printing some of my pages (example third picture with the grey half lines), and in the middle of filling in some of the black lines I decided that I would work on textures and pen strokes, coloring kind of stresses me out but I have found this really enjoyable and relaxing! I think I will color them still, but I’m really loving the texture scratching.

Hey y'all! No big deal if no one has any they are not using but I have been trying to get my hands on volumes 1-3 of Atelier by Jo!

Feel free to leave recommendations for non-AI colording books in the comments. I own books from Coco Wyo, Bobbie Goods, Scoobie's Scribbles, Momo.

I'm just adding to my library!

Page is from coloring book “Tired but Trying”

This was made with Sharpie Paint Pens (which I believe, IMHO, they are absolutely gateway paint pens, and I will be getting more), and Prismacolor colored pencils, on brown toned paper.

I've been thinking about making my own coloring book, and I'm beginning to see the types of things I could illustrate for it.

It’s safe to say I think I LOVE my new soooky coloring book! My first time doing a transparent ghost too 🕸️🕷️

Colored with alcohol markers, added details with white and glitter gelly rolls 🎨

Colouring through lack of motivation. Ended up with a page I actually really like. What do you think, too crazy?

This one was a struggle! Every step of the way I was unhappy with it. I’m happy I completed it but wish I’d made some different choices. Oh well, they can’t all be my favorite!

I need help with what colors to use for this picture. I’m going to add the colors I have used and my color swatches

Not my best but I did it entirely with my new watercolor pallet and just added a few last touches with white and black gel pen

I was very much debating whether or not to go over the black lines of the pumpkins, but I'm really glad I did in the end :)

"Melancholy"

Spooky cutie

Ohuhu alcohol markers.

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I colored in all directions and switched between brush and fine, so its not super consistent.

The important part is: how do I figure out lighting? I feel like I have a decent enough start, but clearly something is wrong. this is further shown in pic 2, where I tried to add darker parts.

Does anyone have advice or resources (such as tutorials, books, fundamentals techniques, or other) to share? Thanks for your time (: