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Creative Haven Owls Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
Reviews
"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
"5 bucks for a coloring book?"
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. "Austin Kleon is positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet... Kleon makes an articulate and compelling case for combinatorial creativity and the role of remix in the idea economy." "A quick, easily digestible read that is particularly relevant in today's digital world."
Reviews
"Most of what he writes about may be trite to those "in the know" but for me this book said I could go into the world, find something I love and tweak it bit to make it mine. But even these words do not convey accurately enough how inspired I was - I read it again - I added his blog and tumblr feeds to my daily readings - I follow him on twitter and bought some books he recommended. Finally - rather than sending him an email telling him how wonderful this book is - I am following his advice and putting those same thoughts in a review. A small book awakened a bit of passion for being creative."
"I read this one in about an hour. Just because the story has already been written, doesn't mean that there's not room for a different take on things!"
"The gist is "Borrow things you like from others, fail at perfect imitation, slowly gain your own style through this process.""
"I have been wanting to read this book for awhile and it lived up to my expectations."
"Thus book hast bite sized chunks of ideas that are easy to grasp yet give a lot to think about."
"This was an excellent book and a wonderful read, not just for traditional artists but also anyone endeavoring to pursue any sort of creative venture."
"Gets the mind working on a different plane."
"Austin explains being an artist in such a natural way."
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Notebook Doodles Go Girl!: Coloring & Activity Book (Design Originals) (30 Inspiring Designs; Beginner-Friendly Empowering Art Activities for Tweens, on High-Quality Extra-Thick Perforated Paper)
30 inspiring Notebook Doodles designs waiting to be filled with color 20 fun color palettes to help you get started on your coloring adventure Use whatever art materials you love —watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, or gel pens High-quality extra-thick paper that won't bleed through Perforated pages so when you're done, your art can easily be removed to hang up or give as a gift. Discover 30 inspirational notebook doodle designs to color with watercolors, colored pencils, markers, crayons, or gel pens. They'll also find a coloring art lesson, 20 inspiring color palettes, 8 pages of colored examples, and inspiring quotes to go with every design. Inside this book, you'll find 30 of my fun and inspirational notebook doodle designs that are just waiting to be filled with color!
Reviews
"quality book and cute for preteens and."
"It had a lot of thick pages to color and do activities to boost self esteem."
"Perfect for my preteen granddaughter."
"Huge Hit with 8 year old granddaughter-she even carries it in her backpack to school."
"VERY IMPRESSED WITH NOTEBOOK NOODLES DOODLES GO GIRL COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK. HINT. This is a great gift item."
"Bought this for my friend's grand daughter and she loved it."
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Best Graphic Design Color Use

Creative Haven Owls Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)
Specially designed for experienced colorists, Owls and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Marjorie Sarnat is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of several coloring books and more than a dozen books on art and creativity.
Reviews
"The pages of the book are single-sided and are perforated at the bound edge so you can remove the page to color or to frame afterwards. The images have a wide range, including: an owl sitting on a wildly decorated crescent moon, an owl with butterflies, a "smart" owl amongst his/her books, owls on a wooden rocking horse, pirate owls, fairy tale owl, totem pole owls, steampunk owl, the owl and the pussycat (yes, cat included!)."
"She has filled this book with Charming Owls that entrance you and entwined them with intricate, captivating, unparalleled combinations of patterns, embellishing the backgrounds, scenery, borders, and even adorning the Owls creating illustrations that will make this your favorite coloring book, and you won’t be able to put it down. All Markers and Gel Pens leak through the pages so place two pieces of paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damage to the next page. If you love this book, you will also want to look at Marjoie Sarnats first coloring book (Creative Haven Cats)."
"This is a really cute and charming coloring book perfect for owl aficionados and colorists who like quirky pictures."
"The attached photos show a page from this book colored with the Sharpie Ultra-Fine Tip 24 pack markers and the very minimal bleed-through."
"I love owls so I'm probably bias about this coloring book."
"Markers will bleed through, but that's easy to fix with a couple of sheets of paper behind that one your coloring."
"This makes using water colored pencils and markers easier as they do not bleed through to the other picture. I do put another piece of paper or thin cardboard in between so that it also helps to catch the bleeding if I am being heavy handed."
"5 bucks for a coloring book?"
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Best Ornamental Graphic Design

Coloring Books for Adults Relaxation: Adult Coloring Books: Flowers, Animals and Garden Designs
Unique, Original Art Designs High Resolution, Professionally Printed Images Printed on one side of the paper Serene Garden Designs and MORE Floral Animal Designs patterned with elements of nature Dragonflies, Butterflies, and Playful Animals in Nature EXTRA--Contains images with added design elements that allow you to easily incorporate shading. *Incredibly Fun and Relaxing. __________________________________________________________. MORE ABOUT TIP TOP COLORING BOOKS. Tip Top Adult Coloring Books. In this adult coloring book, you will find a couple of images that have extra designs that are built into the images. And one fun way to address this need is with coloring books for adults' relaxation. And this adult coloring book captures the beautiful whimsical qualities of nature. What about the quality of our adult coloring books? These attributes result in quality adult coloring books that produce relaxation and fun! How is the image quality in the Tip Top Adult Coloring Books?
Reviews
"The pictures themselves are either of plants or animal motif's, and have a good range in difficulty from fairly simple vases of flowers to more intricate drawings that cover the entire page. I had not for years until one was given to me, and I found I enjoyed it so much that I bought what I thought was a large set of coloured pencils - it contained 48."
"Purchased for my nephew and his new wife."
"I'm really into coloring."
"My wife is house bound and she finds coloring to be very relaxing."
"Enjoy coloring all the different scenes."
"This was for my Mom, she liked the lovely drawings and that they are single sided pages."
"This was a X-mas gift to my Mom."
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Best Graphic Design Annuals

Emoji World Coloring Book: 24 Totally Awesome Coloring Pages
Featuring 24 unique and creative designs, ranging in complexity from to simple to advanced, this coloring book will provide hours and hours of stress relief, mindful calm, and fun, creative expression. Long before adult-coloring books were introduced to the world, Dani was turning store-bought children's coloring books into adult-coloring books for her own enjoyment.
Reviews
"Great value for price."
"Great item."
"Gift for grand-daughter...she loved it!"
"It was awesome!"
"This is so cute!!"
"A coloring book that isn't worth more then $1.00."
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Best Arts & Photography Study & Teaching

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. "Austin Kleon is positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet... Kleon makes an articulate and compelling case for combinatorial creativity and the role of remix in the idea economy." "A quick, easily digestible read that is particularly relevant in today's digital world."
Reviews
"Most of what he writes about may be trite to those "in the know" but for me this book said I could go into the world, find something I love and tweak it bit to make it mine. But even these words do not convey accurately enough how inspired I was - I read it again - I added his blog and tumblr feeds to my daily readings - I follow him on twitter and bought some books he recommended. Finally - rather than sending him an email telling him how wonderful this book is - I am following his advice and putting those same thoughts in a review. A small book awakened a bit of passion for being creative."
"I read this one in about an hour. Just because the story has already been written, doesn't mean that there's not room for a different take on things!"
"The gist is "Borrow things you like from others, fail at perfect imitation, slowly gain your own style through this process.""
"I have been wanting to read this book for awhile and it lived up to my expectations."
"Thus book hast bite sized chunks of ideas that are easy to grasp yet give a lot to think about."
"This was an excellent book and a wonderful read, not just for traditional artists but also anyone endeavoring to pursue any sort of creative venture."
"Gets the mind working on a different plane."
"Austin explains being an artist in such a natural way."
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Best Black & White Photography

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century
Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this is the first major publication to make full use of the extensive holdings of the Fondation Cartier-Bresson―including thousands of prints and a vast resource of documents relating to the photographer's life and work.
Reviews
"If you're a fan of Cartier-Bresson's work but don't have many copies of his images to enjoy, this is a fantastic collection that contains a number of images I had not seen before."
"Just enough history and fantastic photos combined in one large coffee table book."
"Almost everything by HCB is a wonder, the work of a very gifted eye, any photographer can learn from his work."
"Gift was a big hit after giving up on the delayed arrival of re-releases volume."
"Classic work by renowned photographer."
"I do love books and are a little worried because of the new e-books, specially having a small book store, but books like this will not disappear, they are too beautiful."
"Beautiful book, good price, shipping.prompt Saw the exhibit at MOMA and had to have it!"
"In my eyes, he is the Picasso of photography, good, but a little bit dated."
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Best Graphic Design Clip Art

Adult Coloring Books Good vibes: Don’t give up : Motivate your life with Brilliant designs and great calligraphy words to help melt stress away. (Volume 16)
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Reviews
"Another great find to help you relieve stress and encourage a positive outlook in your life."
"Wife loves to color, she liked the book."
"It was a gift she loved it."
"Love the pictures included in this book!"
"love the patterns, but the paper is a bit lower quality than what I would prefer."
"Very pretty pages to color."
"The drawings are absolutely beautiful!"
"This is a great book to color."
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Best Airbrush Graphic Design

How Teachers Swear! An Adult Coloring Book
Coloring book full of beautiful designs, incorporating hilarious alternative swear words!
Reviews
"Bought for my girlfriend who is a art teacher."
"Purchased as a teacher gift."
"There are very few pages."
"The perfect gift for your child's teacher."
"This was a perfect gift for my kids teacher."
"Funny teacher humor."
"Sent as a gift to a granddaughter teaching high school."
"The pictures are somewhat larger spaced than I thought from viewing online."
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Best Animation Graphic Design

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise
The Avatar’s adventures continue right where the TV series left off, in this beautiful oversized hardcover of The Promise, from Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and Eisner and Harvey Award winner Gene Luen Yang!
Reviews
"We find out Toph went on to start a metalbending school (and we meet a few characters--her students, whom she calls "lily livers"), and we see that Aang and Katara have officially cemented their relationship."
"I cried when I got to the end of this book because I know I will have to wait till they write a new one."
"The Firelord is cooling his heels in prison and his son, Zuko, is doing his best to work with the other kingdoms and restore order and balance to the world. But trying to undo a hundred years of occupation of the other kingdoms has unexpected consequences."
"It is not in whatever way predictable, in my opinion, and the complicated relationships in the Royal FIre Nation family are more fleshed out than ever before. As for the artwork, the artistic team continues to produce illustration that shows great attention to detail, including the very obvious physical and mental changes that the characters experience as they go through adolescence."
"It continues the life of Aang, Katara, Zuko, Sokka, Toph, Mai, Suki, Iroh and Ozai. This trilogy is named the promise because of the relationship that Zuko and Aang have after the war. The books revolves around this Promise. I suspect this comes from Sokka repeatedly calling Aang and Katara's PDA, Oogie."
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Best Commercial Graphic Design

How to Draw Cool Stuff: A Drawing Guide for Teachers and Students
How to Draw Cool Stuff shows simple step-by-step illustrations that make it easy for anyone to draw cool stuff with precision and confidence.
Reviews
"As adults, we over-complicate so much, and this book teaches us that maybe slowing things down and using just the basics can give very surprising results."
"There is a good reason why every reviewer is giving this book 5 Stars. To open the book, the author provides an extensive section on suggestions for teachers helping the beginning artist. From the Introduction: "Through Art we have the opportunity to showcase our personal strengths in a meaningful way." Some of my favorite drawing lessons: The "Ancient Masks" section, the "Basketball Hoop" drawing, and the "Foreshortened person" lesson. ▲ Honestly, Catherine Holmes has produced a MAGNIFICENT book for students and teachers alike. The amount of time spent producing this book must have been enormous."
"A discussion with a friend got me interested in trying out sketching and drawing as a fun and creative outlet. This is a great eBook for two groups of beginners: 1) the instant gratification type: you just got your pencils and sketch pad and you just want to start drawing things. Okay, drawing attempts is a better description, but my bad art is not what's reviewed here :). The second group of beginners are ones who want to learn more, in an easy to digest format. So we can't have it both ways :). The ebook is comfortable to read on the 7 inch Kindle Fire tablet (or anything larger), and you can zoom on the pictures whether you have your device in portrait or landscape orientation. Some of them have a semi-usable image zoom option (Paperwhite, classic Kindle with Keyboard), so if you are patient, you can also go through the drawing exercises with those. The tiny basic Kindle does not have image zoom, so it's not very useful if you are doing the drawing exercises (but still fine if you want to read the text parts)."
"9 year old who is an amazing artist already understood when I showed her the steps."
"Will want to buy the other books in this series now."
"This was a present for my daughter and she said it is the most helpful instruction guide she has ever gotten."
"This book was so awesome that I couldn't stop reading it's the best on the market I even read it when ever I have time."
"I bought this, along with a set of drawing pencils, for a kid."
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Best Lithography

Emoji World Coloring Book: 24 Totally Awesome Coloring Pages
Featuring 24 unique and creative designs, ranging in complexity from to simple to advanced, this coloring book will provide hours and hours of stress relief, mindful calm, and fun, creative expression. Long before adult-coloring books were introduced to the world, Dani was turning store-bought children's coloring books into adult-coloring books for her own enjoyment.
Reviews
"Great value for price."
"Great item."
"Gift for grand-daughter...she loved it!"
"It was awesome!"
"This is so cute!!"
"A coloring book that isn't worth more then $1.00."
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Best Typography

Hand Lettering 101: An Introduction to the Art of Creative Lettering (Hand Lettering Series)
Chalkfulloflove was created to encourage, inspire and make you giggle, so just pour yourself a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and settle in to start your own unique, adorable lettering creations! Hardcover, oversized gold wire-o binding and gold corner protectors Step by step instructions on how to create various fonts and designs Thick premium paper, perfect for lettering Beautiful coffee table book and practical workbook. A day in her life looks like taking a crazy number of photos, dancing in the garage while packaging up orders, and cuddling with her pups.
Reviews
"This book is beautiful!"
"Gorgeous book!"
"This book makes learning hand lettering SO easy!"
"BUT, the blank pages.... About 45% of the book is blank pages, not to mention all the white space. Pages 96-110 are ENTIRELY BLANK but for the page number, and so is almost half of the book."
"I should have listened to the other people who reported that this book was full of nothing, but I was encouraged by the the claim that additional content was added."
"If you want to learn upper case, you have to also buy Hand Lettering 201."
"In purchasing a $30.00 book I expect more inside information, tips and tricks and showing me HOW she achieves her style of lettering, etc... For example, the flourishes pages literally just tells you that flourishes and illustrations are great to add to your lettering then shows you a 2" x 2" example of the author's own "Bless Your Heart" design (with zero instructions on how she achieved it) and has about a 6"x3" area next to that design that says "Practice Here.""
"Got the lower case letters down and then realized there's no upper case letters to practice to!!"
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Best Printmaking

Pen and Ink Drawing: A Simple Guide
Pen & Ink Drawing: A Simple Guide covers the essential aspects of pen and ink drawing and more. He actively maintains a YouTube channel featuring hundreds of videos and tutorials on drawing, sketching, pen and ink, watercolor, and more for learners of all levels.
Reviews
"Dunn takes that a step further and shows you how to develop a shadow using the texture you are trying to illustrate. C. Dunn takes the learner into the importance of different ways of drawing. I think what is important about this book is that Dunn is very aware of how he learned and what his questions were and he tried very hard to make a book that would have helped him."
"He has spent most of his time teaching people for free and he put all of his knowledge into this wonderful book."
"The book helped me get back into inking and I enjoyed it more than painting digitally."
"It's really safe to say that here in this book all the information is greatly structured. You can find all the nuts and bolts which are just vital for anyone who's anything serious about drawing itself. Just think of the following: if you don't know 'the letters' than how you're gonna write? Well the book's called 'a simple guide'."
"I have watched and rewatched these videos so many times that I made a personal vow to buy his book as soon as it became available in order to take a small step towards repaying him for all of the hours he commits to his fans."
"I have been watching Alphonso Dunn on YouTube for over three years and everything I love about his teaching there is found in his book. I have taken MANY art courses and most I paid for, but Mr Dunn's teachings go above and beyond any of the teaching I received else where."
"This book is all I have been working with for several weeks and I'm having fun and see improvement in my drawings. I do mostly line and wash and this book helps me really better understand light and shadow, as well as texture."
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