{"id":30185,"date":"2015-11-06T05:30:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=30185"},"modified":"2024-04-09T06:12:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:12:10","slug":"coloring-book-sketchbook-both-and-were-loving-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/coloring-book-sketchbook-both-and-were-loving-it","title":{"rendered":"Coloring Book? Notebook? Both. And We&#039;re Loving It."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am an adult. I know because I tell myself that every time I turn on a cartoon. That, and I have facial hair, which is usually a sign of adulthood. I think.<br \/>\nBecause I have two kids, I also have access to a wide variety of crayons in all different colors, and so, occasionally, I&#8217;ll color. Maybe it&#8217;s Spider-Man doing his thing, or possibly My Little Pony &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; don&#8217;t judge me, rainbows <em>are<\/em> magic &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; but I&#8217;d like to color within the lines of my own notebook, too. Now it looks like that could become a reality.<br \/>\nEnter the <a href=\"https:\/\/coloringnotebook.com\">ColoringNotebook<\/a>. It&#8217;s an A5-sized notebook with all of the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/the-20-best-notebooks-for-designers\">designer notebook<\/a> features, with one exception: 50 pages of art created by original artists and designed to be colored in by you. Sounds fantastic, right? Get stuck on a design idea, do some coloring. Want to kickstart your creative mojo? Lay down some art. It&#8217;s awesome, and now I want one.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054048\/coloringnotebook-01.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30196\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054052\/coloringnotebook-02.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"492\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30195\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054056\/coloringnotebook-03.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30193\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054100\/coloringnotebook-04.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"490\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30194\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054104\/coloringnotebook-05.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30191\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054108\/coloringnotebook-06.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"492\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30188\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054112\/coloringnotebook-07.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30189\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054115\/coloringnotebook-08.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30190\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054119\/coloringnotebook-09.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30192\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09054123\/coloringnotebook-10.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30197\"><br \/>\n<em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativebloq.com\/prodcut-design\/colouring-book-and-notebook-collide-101517542\">CreativeBloq<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/designtaxi.com\/news\/381390\/This-Lovely-Notebook-Contains-Beautiful-Illustrated-Coloring-Pages-For-Adults\/\">DesignTaxi<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinwhipps.com\">Kevin Whipps<\/a> is a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. 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