Bella Futura: A Coloring Book of Beauties & Beasts of the Future
By:Jennifer Zimmermann
Rating: 5 of 5
While I own “Secrets of Coloring” by Jennifer Zimmermann, this is the first coloring book that I have by this artist. I’m so impressed by the quality and the subject of the designs in this book, I will certainly be buying more books in the future, starting with
her “Glamorista” book which is also currently available.
The designs are of women and/or animals with a futuristic look. At the same time, there seems to be an Art Nouveau quality to the designs. As that is one of my favorite art periods, I really enjoy this book. The animals are called beasts but they are so cute, I can’t refer to them as such.
An added bonus is that not only do you receive two copies of each design, one copy of each is done with a black background. I appreciate that the artist took the time to customize each of these black background designs – they are not simply printed on black. Instead, she put black in where it made the most sense. Because of that, coloring both copies of a design will be a completely different experience.
The designs have a nice level of detail but are not at all what I consider intricate or hard to color. The artist has left plenty of room for the colorist to add their own touches. A good place to find out how to do so is in her how-to book I mentioned above, “Secrets of Coloring”.
While most of the designs are single page designs, one is spread across two pages. The artist took care to make sure that each page was still blank on the back of the page. That design does merge into the binding but no essentially elements are included at the merge point.
