Color Your Own Guardians of the Galaxy
By: Marvel Comics
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the latest coloring book release based on Marvel comics. The designs in this book are based on the characters of Guardians of the Galaxy comics. As with other coloring books in this series, the designs are printed on one side and the pages are perforated. Also, unlike other comic book coloring books (which are merely black and white versions of actual comics), there are no words printed on these pages. I really like all of the Color Your Own books and this one especially. The characters are the ones that I wanted to see and will be happy to color.
The designs are highly detailed with small and intricate areas to color. The designs are done by a large group of individuals. Interestingly, though there are many different styles represented, the book is still a great cohesive presentation of the series. There is a heavy use of black in the designs which doesn’t bother me but may be an issue for others.
This is what I found while coloring in the book and testing the paper with my coloring medium:
60 designs based on the Guardians of the Galaxy comic series characters
Printed one side of the page
Paper is white, medium weight, slightly rough and perforated
Glue Binding
The designs stop at the perforations
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through the paper to some degree
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page
Colored pencils work well with the paper. I tested both oil and wax based with good results. I could get good pigment due to the rough tooth of the paper. I could layer the same and multiple colors easily and blend well using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils can leave dents through the paper.
I use and suggest others use a blotter page behind the working page (if you don’t remove pages from the book to color.) I use card stock but a couple of sheets of heavy weight paper work well, too.