Daily Archives: October 7, 2016

tokidoki Coloring Pad

By: tokidoki

Rating: 5 of 5

This is the second Tokidoki coloring book that I have purchased (as well as a fantastic set of postcards.) For fans of Tokidoki, this is a great deal. This coloring pad is a larger format than the coloring book and it has a full 60 different designs in it. So many of the characters are in it that I am having lots of fun imagining my own color schemes for each of them.

The designs are well printed and are easy to color. Many of the designs are detailed but not intricate and small to color. They are printed on one side of the page with the glue binding at the top exactly what you would expect from something called a coloring pad of high quality.

This is what I found while coloring in this book and checking the paper with my coloring medium.

60 full page Tokidoki coloring design pages

Designs are printed on one side of the page

Paper is heavyweight, white, somewhat smooth (but with good tooth), and, not perforated, the pages are easy to remove from the top glue binding

Glue bound with the type of edge you expect from a notepad

There is an additional illustrated cover with gold foil touches which hinges open and away from the pages and a very heavyweight cardboard back cover which provides a great surface for coloring anywhere.

Designs run to the binding but you can remove full pages without loss of any design elements

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper readily

Water-based markers bleed through in tiny spots

India ink leaves slight shadows on the back of the page

Gel pens do not bleed through but require additional drying time.

Colored pencils work really well with this paper. While it is somewhat smooth, the paper has a good tooth for grabbing pigment. I had good results from both oil and wax based pencils with layering same and different colors as well as blending using a blending stick.

I suggest a blotter page under your working page (or removing the page before coloring) if you are using markers. I like card stock but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper work as well. This will keep seeping ink from ruining the pages below.