Pop Manga Mermaids and Other Sea CreaturesColoring Book
By: Camilla d’Errico
Rating: 5 of 5
This is my second coloring book by Camilla d’Errico. The coloring book is filled with imaginative and unusual Manga style designs base on the artist original artwork. The main subject are the mermaid girls with their big, pensive eyes. There are other sea creatures, too, sometimes incorporated into the headgear of the girl.
As with the first book, many of the images are simply headshots with unusual looks to them (including the unusual headgear.) There are full and partial body designs as well, most of which are printed on one page but some spread across two pages (more so in this book than in the previous one.)
The designs and how they are printed are consistent with the first book and met my expectations. The artwork is, once again, unusual and inventive and will make coloring in this book fun.
The designs are detailed and some are intricate. Coloring them is definitely akin to coloring artwork rather than simple line drawings. There is also more shading in a few of the designs in this book which border on grayscale.
This is what I found in this book
70 pages of imaginative and unusual Manga style mermaid and sea creature designs
Printed on both sides of the page
Paper is heavy weight, white, slightly rough and non-perforated
Glue binding
Designs merge into the binding area and a number of them cross over the binding for a two-page design
Book can be opened fairly flat but takes some effort and breaks the spine of the book.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper. If you use this medium, you will mar the designs on the back of the page with the bleed through. You can minimize the damage to just the back of the page if you use a card stock blotter below your working page.
Water-based markers, India ink pens, and gel pens do not bleed through or leave shadows. Some gel pens require additional drying time.
Colored pencils work well with this paper. I found that I could layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and I could blend easily using a blending stick. I tested both oil and wax based pencils.
My choice of medium with this book, as with the first by this artist, will be colored pencils.
Here are some sample designs from the coloring book:
This is my second coloring book by Camilla d’Errico. The coloring book is filled with imaginative and unusual Manga style designs base on the artist original artwork. The main subject are the mermaid girls with their big, pensive eyes. There are other sea creatures, too, sometimes incorporated into the headgear of the girl. 
