
Determine Size and Alignment
Before you start drawing your pages, you need to do a little planning. First and foremost: determine how big your coloring book will be. You can make it any size you want, but it’s easiest to keep it 8.5″x11″ so you can easily scan and print the pages from home. Make sure to think about alignment, too. It might be a bit jarring for someone to flip through your coloring book and have a mash of vertical and horizontal images, for example. So try to make each picture align either vertically or horizontally.Choose a Theme
This is where you have all the artistic freedom. Find a theme that inspires you and start designing your pages. (Struggling to choose what to draw? There’s lots of inspo from the cool artists in Doodle Wars.) Pro Tip: For your first coloring book, keep it simple. Start by designing about five pages so you can practice putting a book together. You don’t have to immediately launch into a 50-page beast. Your book can showcase anything you want — from nature scenes to food to abstract mandalas. We decided to do a rainbow theme, with each page a different ROYGBIV color. Here are a few of the pages to get you inspired:
Plan for the Medium
If you know you’re going to use markers to color your pages, don’t make your pages double-sided — the heavy pigment of the marker will show through, ruining the image on the backside. It’s also not a bad idea to leave a white page in between each image, just in case. The coloring medium you plan to use also makes a difference for your designs. For example, using watercolors versus colored pencils will affect how you make your lines and how big or small you leave your spaces. For watercolor, you’ll want keep designs simple with room to breathe. Colored pencils or markers, on the other hand, can be much more precise for coloring in finer details.It’s Go Time!
Once your designs are mapped out, here’s how to draw and build your coloring book.1. Start Drawing

2. Scan
Once the pages are finalized, it’s time to scan ’em. If you worked on 8.5″x11″ paper, your computer will easily format the scan to a printable page — other sizes may require a little photo editing.3. Print
Print all of the pages in the same size. Trim the pages if there’s a lot of excess white space. Organize the pages in the order you want.4. Make a Cover

This was so helpful thank you for taking the time to post it. <a href="https://dankhairon.com.au/">Wrought Iron Design</a>
Great article. Thanks for providing such valuable information, and I appreciate you taking the time to post it." <a href="https://godowebdesign.com/">Web Design Philippines</a>
Thanks it's really nice post
I love this content.
thanks its really nice post
wow such helpfull article its really usefull thanks a lot <a href="https://takmusics.ir/" rel="nofollow ugc">Takmusics.ir</a>
I have two problems: what kind of pens to use and what kind of paper. For my first page I used watercolor paper and a sharpie fine point. The combination bleed and did not make a sharp drawing, and at the end of a line it left a blob of ink. I think the problem is the paper. So I have to ask: what is the best paper? I wish to publish my color book, but it must look professional.
I'm so excited to submit to your platform
I have a novel that I would like to make into a coloring book
amazing work !! Lovin’ it