{"id":39094,"date":"2016-08-29T05:16:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=39094"},"modified":"2024-04-12T01:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:20:02","slug":"coloring-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/coloring-book","title":{"rendered":"Free Coloring Book for Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Designer life can be hard. With clients to please, ideas to come up with, and deadlines to honor, our day-to-day gets pretty hectic &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; to say the least. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so important to find ways to unwind and reflect before the day comes in full throttle. It&#8217;s also why we&#8217;ve put together this hilarious coloring book for designers. It&#8217;s not exactly a Mandala, but it&#8217;s guaranteed to put a smile on your face!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2016\/08\/11222124\/Coloring-Book-Article-Preview.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Coloring-Book-Article-Preview\" width=\"680\" height=\"1075\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39099\"><br \/>\nProtecting our creativity involves finding spaces where it doesn&#8217;t feel threatened. Seeing that there are dozens of scientific studies connecting <a href=\"http:\/\/web.b.ebscohost.com\/abstract?direct=true&amp;profile=ehost&amp;scope=site&amp;authtype=crawler&amp;jrnl=21648204&amp;AN=113419845&amp;h=t%2bhosgfMjztbTG%2buAd%2fkImrvkOYzMe37szXOOA0j%2fOxCcy3UzAZIdpIA4Rl1hfiY%2fyHC9RauayTlCfpwAR7%2b0Q%3d%3d&amp;crl=c&amp;resultNs=AdminWebAuth&amp;resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&amp;crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d21648204%26AN%3d113419845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coloring and stress reduction<\/a>, we decided to create a book to celebrate (and laugh at!) designer life. In the last few weeks, our team has designed this coloring book hoping that it&#8217;ll inspire you to whistle while you work. To laugh at the little things that make our craft so daunting and charming at the same time. We&#8217;d like to thank Josh Johnson for coming up with these <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/confessions-of-a-guilty-designer-15-bold-admissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awesome designer confessions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/bronwyngruet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bronwyn Gruet<\/a> for bringing them to life with her amazing illustration skills!<br \/>\n[[cb-coloringbook]]<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/15-fantastic-coloring-books-for-adults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coloring books for adults<\/a> are becoming a form of therapy. As <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/design-trend-alert-mandalas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mandalas<\/a> and other figures become the perfect starting point for reflection and relaxation, we will see more and more companies coming up with creative products to improve the coloring experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer life can be hard. With clients to please, ideas to come up with, and deadlines to honor, our day-to-day gets pretty hectic &acirc;&euro;&rdquo; to say the least. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s so important to find ways to unwind and reflect before the day comes in full throttle. 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