THE CONTEXT

An unusual project: I was given a prompt by my classmate Bailey. The prompt was to use either the form of a coloring book or a gamebook to create a unique narrative experience through illustration and creative copywriting. I decided to use both. 

THE SOLUTION

This is a hybrid coloring and game book in which readers can escape the mundane and
color their way through an adventure of their own. Each coloring spread introduces a
new location, whimsical and fantastic. 

The Great Escapism Coloring Book takes the reader on a journey through the fantastical real. An escape, an adventure, a break from mundanity and the expected. Each coloring spread introduces a new setting, and each alternate spread provides the reader with two choices which will lead them to a new page. Readers can navigate the coloring book in non-linear way by following a myriad of creatures to their homes and beyond. 

A spelunker’s best-kept secret: the crystalline caverns of the Celestite Caves. The water is warm, the ceiling is high,
and the fish are as luminescent as the
gemstone furniture.

The illustrations are complex and stylized, but sectioned in a way that invites coloring. The writing is whimsical and fun.

The caves are getting dark and it’s time to move on.

The bats have gone to bed, but one night-owl (so to speak) leaves the
cave to explore the up-side world.
To follow the bat, go to page 9.