tokidoki Coloring Pad
By: tokidoki
Rating: 5 of 5
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.