Chibi Girls: A Grayscale Coloring Book
By: Jade Summer
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a grayscale version of Jade Summer’s Chibi Girls coloring book. While I liked the line drawing version, I find this grayscale even more. It’s not heavily shaded – just a light and medium gray. I won’t have to work quite as hard in better the dark colors to show.
As this is KDP paper, be aware that it sometimes smears when blending (if you use a pencil style blending stick.) I’m choosing not to blend with other than another pencil (lighter in tone) but if I could, I would probably use a liquid style blender with my coloring pencils.
The designs are cute Chibi girls in a variety of scenarios from a mermaid to a cowgirl to a ballerina and more.
The designs have details and are just as much fun to color as the original book. It is very much like new experience because of the shading. I will look for other grayscale books by this publisher (which seem to follow the line drawn books.) If the subject appeals to me, I would certainly buy more.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
25 Chibi Girls designs in grayscale (with a second copy of each for a total of 50)
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality by KDP/CreateSpace printing: white (with black printed on the back of each page), thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding.
Glue Binding
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing – formerly CreateSpace) Paper/Media Quality
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page quickly.
Water-based markers bleed through in spots.
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on back of the page. India ink can bleed through if you apply heavily or multiple coats.
Coloring Pencils work fairly well with this publisher’s paper provided you don’t press extremely hard while coloring. I find that I can layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors. For blending, I would use a liquid blender or a lighter shade of the pencil I am using. Sometimes, blending pencil can smear. This is true of both oil and wax based pencils. I have also found that hard lead pencils leave dents through the paper.
I like to use a blotter when working in this type of book. I use a page of card stock or several sheets of heavyweight paper under my working page. It keeps seeping ink and marring dents from ruining the pages below.
These are some photos from the coloring book:
This is a grayscale version of Jade Summer’s Chibi Girls coloring book. While I liked the line drawing version, I find this grayscale even more. It’s not heavily shaded – just a light and medium gray. I won’t have to work quite as hard in better the dark colors to show.
