Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Animal Designs

I recently discovered the joy of adult coloring books because I was looking for a good, healthy way to de-stress. There are so many coloring books to choose from, with all sorts of designs to choose from, so there is something out there that everyone will enjoy! I ordered a number of different coloring books and so far, I feel that the Animal Designs coloring book is my favorite. I love all kinds of animals so this one is right up my alley. The coloring book measures 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches so the pages are the standard paper size. The pages aren't perforated but you could tear them out and hang them up if you want. The paper in this book is a medium thickness and I've only used colored pencils but if you use gel pens, you could color with those in this book as long as you put several sheets of paper underneath each page you color. There are 40 different animals to color, with one animal per sheet of paper. The animals included range from wild to domestic (there are only a few), ocean to jungle. As a longtime horse lover, I was delighted to see a number of different horses in this book! Some designs are fairly simple to color, while others are more detailed with very small areas to color so if you use colored pencils, be sure to have your sharpener handy. Most of the designs are fairly big and take up a good amount of the page while there are a few that are small, leaving more white space on the page but that doesn't bother me that much. I like that there is one animal per page so I can tear out the pictures if I want, although most of the time I end up using the opposite, blank page for testing out the color I want to use before I color in the picture. Some pictures are printed landscape style while others are printed portrait. When I color the ones that are landscape, the book tries to close on me so I just use my phone to weigh it down. I am absolutely loving getting back into coloring because it reminds me of being a kid again and it is great for stress relief! I have gotten lost in this book a number of times and when I look at the clock, I can't believe how much time has gone by. The great thing about these coloring books is that there is no right or wrong way to color and you don't have to color with any particular color scheme in mind. In fact, oftentimes I will just grab a color and randomly start coloring. No matter how you choose to color these animals, they will turn out amazing! I have included a couple of my finished designs so you can get an idea of what the pictures look like. With all of my coloring books, I use Sargent Art 22-7251 Colored Pencils, Pack of 50, Assorted Colors and I really like how they work with the books I've chosen. I love animals so this book is perfect for me. It only has a couple domestic animals and most of them are wild animals but if you also like animals or know someone who does, this book would be great. Out of all of the coloring book companies I've purchased from, I like the books from Blue Star Coloring Books the best and they offer so many different books to choose from! The books from Blue Star tend to be priced at a slightly higher price point than some other companies but to me, it is worth it for the variety of designs and enjoyment I get out of coloring in these books. Overall, I think this book is fantastic and I would highly recommend it for anyone who wants to relieve some stress with coloring!

I have diagnosed anxiety, and during the school semester, I get really stressed about half way through because I have a hard time focusing with my anxiety and end up putting off my homework, which makes my anxiety worse because I have no idea how I'll get everything done in the time left. One day I couldn't focus because I was so anxious and frustrated, but I had a project that really needed doing, so I forced myself to sit down and try to work on it. It involved coloring and drawing, and to my surprise, within about 10 minutes I was really calm. It was as if all that anxiety and frustration just melted away. On Black Friday this year, I decided to finally buy this adult coloring book knowing finals were coming up. I found that it helped alleviate the anxiety and kept me on task with my studying. I chose this one over the others because I really liked the prints and most of the other reviews seemed pretty enthusiastic. I've only tried one other coloring book. I think it was supposed to be in the style of Tiffany Stained Glass. I prefer this one though because the patterns are a lot more intricate, so it required a lot more focus, which is important because it doesn't give my mind any room to wander. If you put in the effort, the final product is beautiful, so I always feel pretty accomplished even though I didn't draw the picture myself. I like the wide variety of pictures. Some have largerer spaces, and others have a lot of really fine detail. The pages also seemed sturdy. I heard some coloring books can have really cheap, thin pages. For the coloring, I usually use bic fine point permanent market and sharpie ultra-fine point. They do run through the page, but just put an extra piece of paper under the picture you're working on. The markers work well on designs with bold black lines, like the hammer head I colored, but some have much finer lines to stay inside, and for those, I find colored pencils are best to make a clean picture. I would definitely recommend this to anyone just because coloring is fun. However, I think it's an effective, natural remedy for people struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, etc. This one in particular is great to start out with.

UPDATE 6/11/15: I received my replacement book and it looks like the old book was very much misprinted. As you can see in my pics the designs on the left (misprint book) the lines are much darker and smaller, the animals are printed the wrong way, etc. I think this is what was causing my frustration with the book. There's also designs in the replacement that I didn't have in the old one, and the designs I did not like in the misprint are not in the new book. Updating my review to 5 stars. ______________________________________________________________________ I work behind a computer all day and have a 2 year old so I wanted something to do when the day is over to help me unwind (that doesn't involve looking at a screen). I thought coloring would be a good outlet. This animal coloring book is filled with very unique designs, and is made well. The pages are one sided so you can use markers if you want. Some of the designs are really cool, however, I do not love this book as much as I thought I would. Some of the pictures have such small lines that it's hard to color them with colored pencils unless you plan on keeping the tips of your pencils extremely sharp and even sometimes that doesn't matter. Some pictures have way too many black lines which makes it impossible to color. This is what I do not find relaxing about this book. Note: The copy I received was missing the lion page like on the front cover but my understanding was this was due to a misprint and the seller is happy to replace if you email them. I have requested a replacement because I wanted the lion picture. So over all, I'll give this book 3 stars.

Das Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Animal Designs - umfasst 80 wunderbare Bilder zum Ausmalen. Darunter gibt es von ganz simplen Tier-Tribal-Motiven bis hin zu extrem detailliert zusammengesetzten Wolfköpfen für jeden das richtige zum Stress abbauen. Besonders empfehlenswert ist es für Menschen, die oft schwere Telefonate zu führen haben, von Depressionen und den dazugehörigem Gedankenkarussell loskommen wollen und auch für Menschen die Emotionen verarbeiten müssen. Das Buch ist ein Geschenk. Gleich auf Seite 1 findet man die Anleitung, wie man dieses Buch zu verwenden hat. "Wie man dieses Buch verwendet 1) Hol deine Buntstifte raus! 2) Schalte dein Handy, Tablet, Computer, was auch immer aus! 3) Finde eine Seite im Buch die dich besonders anspricht 4) Fang an zu malen 5) Wenn du an einen Punkt kommst, an dem du deine Probleme vergessen hast, dich frei fühlst, deine Tagträumerei in schönes wechselt und du dich kreativ, erleuchtet, relaxed oder irgendetwas dergleichen fühlst - dann nimm einen tiefen Atemzug und genieß es!! Denk daran, dass malen, wie tanzen oder sich zu verlieben kein Ziel hat. Es ist das Ziel. 6) Wenn du keine Lust mehr hast, hör einfach auf. -- Wer so malt - ohne den Drang zu haben ein Werk zu vervollständigen, ohne unter Druck zu stehen nur eine gewisse Zeit lang malen zu können, ohne alle paar Sekunden aufs Handy zu starren - der wird merken, dass es der Seele wirklich gut tut. Von mir gibt's eine absolute Kaufempfehlung. Das Buch ist sehr hochwertig verarbeitet, die Bilder top ausgewählt (unzählige verschiedene Tiere - da findet jeder etwas für sich!) und die Idee dahinter ist wirklich einmalig. Wer dachte, dass Homöopathie das gesündeste für die Seele ist, hat vermutlich noch nie probiert seine Gemütsverstimmung weg zu malen.

Lo compre como regalo para mi mamá y le ha gustado mucho, tiene muchas ilustraciones, el papel es de una buena calidad y grueso, la impresión es buena y las líneas son de color negro fuerte. Lo recomiendo mucho. Tal vez para un niño no sea buena opción pues algunas de las imágenes son muy detalladas.

表紙のイメージ通りでした。 絵は両面ではなく、片面のみになります。左側は白紙、右側が絵という感じです。 イメージ通り、動物の絵が描かれていて、買ってよかったなと思いました。 ただ、絵柄は単調で、動物しか描かれてません。動物の周りは真っ白です。 自分で色を塗っても良し、そのままにするも良しといった感じでしょうか。 わたしは、ちょっとした風景が描かれていれば、もっと良かったのになあ。と思ってしまいました。 描かれている動物は、カメレオン、ゾウ、フラミンゴ、牛、牡鹿、クマ、カエル、雄羊、ミツドリ、鷹、タヌキ、魚、カメ、馬、狼、きつね、ぐらいでしょうか。 だいたいが、顔だけになります。カメレオン、ゾウは全体的なのと顔だけの2種類あります。

I love this book! It works! Truly! I really enjoy the designs and like the fact that the images are only on one side!

Colouring is a relaxing way to spend some time away from screens and noise.