My first coloring book is nearly ready…YAY!  It’s taken longer than I thought to create it. Right now I’m working on the cover and back cover. Below is a neato video that I made in Photoshop of my color progression on one of the design pages.

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Isn’t that the coolest? It didn’t really take that long to make. I used this tutorial from Dave Cross that I found on YouTube. Click HERE to see it.

My first coloring book features kaleidoscope mandalas for all different levels of coloring ability. 60 designs! I’m working on creating a contest where I’ll give out some free books to a few lucky people. Stay tuned! I’m calling the series “Color Like Crazy”.

Here is the final design in color.

Kaleidoscope Mandala 17.2 © Mary Tanana 2015

 

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