30 Cute Animal designs designs printed one side of the page

Super Cute Animals Coloring Book: Adorable Kittens, Bunnies, Mice, Owls, Hedgehogs, and More (Adult Coloring Books)

By: Alisa Calder

Rating: 5 of 5

I like to color both animals and different styles of fantasy. The designs of the animals in this book are generally of them dressed as humans. A few have doodle style designs but most are simply animals doing things that people who ordinary do. They are very cute and should be lots of fun to color.

The designs are detailed and a few contain intricate and small areas to color. The line work from design to design is somewhat different, sometimes light and delicate and sometimes darker and thicker.
I have seen some of these designs in other coloring books. I’m not sure if the designs in this book are license (no license attribution is present) or if the artist has licensed some of her works previously. In any case, most are new to me and I will enjoy coloring all of them.
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
30 Cute Animals designs most dressed as humans.
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality used by CreateSpace: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not extend into the binding area. The designs have a dark black framing line at the outer edges
Glue Binding
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 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; however, some of the darker and thicker lines of the designs had a tendency to smear using this type of blender. I found that liquid forms (Gamsol or mineral spirits) did a better job. I tested both oil and wax based pencils. I also found that hard lead pencils (like Verithins) leave dents through the paper.
I like to use a blotter when working in the 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.