Glenn SongLolita Fashion: Coloring Book for Adults

This is a A4 sized paper-backed book which is glue-bound. The paper is that of Amazon Createspace, it is thin and about the thickness of decent copier paper with a bit of a tooth to it. There is a glossy cover and it has a montage of various coloured versions of some of the designs which you will find inside, on the front, and uncoloured versions on the back. On opening the book you are met with a title page with another colourable montage of images, then there are 30 illustrations .There are 30 colourable illustrations of the “same” girl wearing a variety of Lolita Fashions that feature on one side of the page only, so you could easily use alcohol or water-based markers in the book. I would however place a spare sheet of paper behind that which you are working on as I found that even with water-based felt tips there was shadowing and bleed-through. For those who prefer pencils it takes them well too, although a bit of blending may help as the grain shows a little due to the paper having some tooth, however you can layer as much as you like.The illustrations are fun and quirky Lolita-style fashion (Japanese street fashion). All the designs are named on the back. Some a frilly and ‘little girl’ style, others are influenced by pop culture like Doctor Who and Game of Thrones, there are uniform inspired ones and even a dress decorated with doughnuts and cupcakes. Some of the designs also have an additional “close-up” page. There is even the additional fun element that if you flip through the book quickly the girl turns all the way around. It’s a very fun book and the brighter the colours you choose the better. This is one book that you can’t fail to have fun colouring if you love fashion and colouring!

Beautiful pictures, wish it was on thicker paper so you could use markers tho.

Cute, but as there weren't many pictures of the pages available, I didn't realise how limited the fashions would be. It's a reuse of the artist's character design sketches, so just his take on how his character would express lolita style. Paper quality is nice. I'm ok colouring this, but will keep looking for a more exciting book.

Not impressed with my order half the pages in this book are black apart from just a new of the drawing witch could of been placed on the same page as the drawing and there have more to colour in

expected more

I just got the coloring book, and I really enjoy it. Some dresses look so similar to the known brands' ideas! It is really cool to test different colors and even to understand how to build your own coords better :) Thank you!

Le livre est bien reçu. Il est comme décrit dans l’annonce, rien a dire . Je recommande vivement cet article.

Japanese pop-culture und Lolita-street fashion: Die japanische Gothic- und Lolita-Bewegung reicht bis in die 80er Jahre zurück. Altersgruppe 13 bis 30 Jahre. Ihr Kleiderstil ist originell, einzigartig und unterschiedlich zu westlichen Gegenparts aus der Gothic- oder Fantasy-Szene (Heidi, Country, Barbie, Alice im Wunderland oder Rokoko - da wird Stoff geschnippelt und neu zusammengesetzt mit einem ungeheuren Spaß am Verkleiden).Was dieses Malbuch damit zu tun hat? Leider nicht viel.Ein und dieselbe Dame (mit denselben Haaren und demselben Gesicht) im Country-Look, mal von vorne, mal von hinten (oft), mal von der Seite (man sieht regelrecht, wie sich die Figur im Computer dreht).Nett sind die englischen Bezeichnungen der einzelnen Kreationen, wenn auch wahllos und ohne inhaltlichen Zusammenhang mit dem jeweiligen Kostümchen. Ein bisschen mehr Fantasie (der Illustrator Glenn Song ist Software Engineer) hätte dem Buch gut getan.Es ist jedenfalls nicht mehr als das, was auf dem Titelblatt auch schon erscheint. Eben eine davon pro Seite.Ein Buch für jugendliche, kostümverliebte Fashionistas, aber ausgesprochen langweilig. Erfordert einen gewissen Willen zur Akribie.Das Papier ist okay. Allerdings wäre man vielleicht mit einem Prinzessinen-Malbuch besser beraten.

I really enjoy this coloring book. The art is detailed and visually interesting, but not overwhelmingingly detailed like many coloring books out there (this is my own preference).If you color with markers, the pages are one sided, so that the colors won't bleed through much.If I could give one recommendation to the artist/author it would be to vary the poses and the hair styles so that each outfit/girl takes on a complete energy of its own.Keep the books coming!

This is the only coloring book I have found with truly accurate Lolita fashions in it. I love how the pieces are so easy to color and don't have complicated backgrounds; this book is all about the outfits, and that is just what I was looking for. This is the kind of book that would be fun to repurchase and experiment with coloring it different ways.