Large Selection of Beautiful and Intricate Drawn Animals printed on both sides of heavy weight non-perforated paper

This is an absolutely beautiful book of stylized animals. I hesitate to say doodled as the drawing is so exquisitely done. The artwork is attributed as redrawn from images from 123RF, iStockphoto and Shutterstock and Paola Piaco is noted for Graphic Design. Otherwise, there are no artistic attributes noted. A shame as I would have liked to have known the artist(s) involved.

The book says there are 60 designs but by my count, there are 75 (not including the introduction page of the inside of the cover. I counted two-page spreads as one and individual page designs as one. Perhaps some of the individual pages were actually part of a two-page spread but if I could not find an element that spread from page one to page two, I counted them as individual pages.

I love the way these designs are presented. There are animals made up of flowers and swirling lines and there are also animals which are realistically portrayed and still others who are stylized with many intricate lines drawn in almost a fur-like style. The designs are all intricately drawn and many of them include small spaces for coloring. I would say that a good eye and steady hand would be necessary for this book.

The designs are printed on both sides of the non-perforated page and there are 15 two-page spreads of a single design. A number of those two-page spreads don’t line up perfectly. The paper weight is very nice and heavy. The binding is sewn rather than glued, so you can remove a number of pages at one time by snipping a few threads. The front and the page of the cover have beautiful touches of color including gold foil but there are still parts which can be colored if you wish. The cover is matte but may still resist some types of medium. The inside of the front and back of the cover have line art and should be easy to color as well.

None of my water-based markers bled through. I tested Stabilo 88, Staedler triplus fineliners, Tombow dual end – both brush and marker ends, and Pentel fine points.) All of my alcohol-based markers bled through easily. My gel pens did not leak through or even show a shade; however, they need more drying time than usual. I find this happens with better grade of paper as the ink sits on the surface instead of seeping into the paper. My coloring pencils worked fantastic and as expected for each type of lead (soft and hard.) Because of the double-sided printing, I don’t recommend alcohol-based markers with this book unless you are willing to waste the design on the backside of the page. I will be using all other mediums but those and I will keep my book together due to the misaligned pages.