The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book

The media could not be loaded.  This is a beautifully illustrated coloring book based on the New York Times Best selling series by Marissa Meyer, “The Lunar Chronicles”. The designs are by a fan artist, Kathryn Gee. For the most part, the designs represent four of the books in the series (“Cinder”, “Scarlett”, “Cress”, and “Winter”) though there is one design from “Stars Above”. The designs wonderfully represent the series which is a great cross of science fiction and fairy tales.The designs are divided into four sections: The Crew, Allies and Villains, The World of the Lunar Chronicles, and Moments. On the facing page of each design is an excerpt from one of the books or, at the beginning of each section, an interesting note from Ms. Meyer about the process of writing the series.Each section develops around its theme. In The Crew, there are designs of many characters (and my favorites!), including: Linh Cinder, Emperor Kaito, Iko, Scarlet Benoit, Ze'ev “Wolf” Kesley, Crescent Moon “Cress” Darnel, Captain Carswell Thorne, Princess Winter Hayle-Blackburn, and Sir Jacin Clay. The three other sections have additional characters, locations, and scenes from the book. It's a great representation of the stories for fans of the books.Additionally, Ms. Meyer tells the fun and interesting story of how the coloring book came to be. I think it is great that Ms. Meyer chose a fan-artist to illustrate the book and the story behind that choice makes the coloring book even more special. There is a special illustration that started the ball rolling on the project. I'll include that one first in the photos that I upload.The designs are detailed and will be fun to color. They are not so intricate that they will require special nib pens, markers, etc. but each one will provide hours of coloring time.This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. I will list, in the comments section below, the coloring medium I used to test this book and which I generally use in my coloring projects.46 Design Pages with quotes from books printed on back of pageDesigns printed on one side of the pagePaper is heavyweight, white, slightly smooth, and perforatedSewn BindingYou can remove pages from the book at the perforations but I don't plan to do so as it will break the continuity of the story included.While most designs stop short of the perforations, some designs are printed across the perforations and into the binding area.Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper. Rather than remove pages from the book, I use card stock as a blotter when using this medium. It will soak through the design page but the card stock stops it from bleeding through and damaging the page below.Water-based markers, India ink and gel pens do not bleed through or leave shadows on the back of the page.Colored Pencils work well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax-base pencils and got good results with both. My tests were for pigment lay down, layering the same color, layering multiple colors, and blending using a pencil style blending stick.

I got this for my birthday, and it is one of my favorite gifts. It was clearly thought through. There are four sections, each of them having an introduction as well--The Crew, meaning the nine main good guys--Cinder, Kai, Iko, Scarlet, Wolf, Cress, Thorne, Winter, and Jacin; Allies and Villians, which means bad guys, other good guys, and people that Marissa says are "show-stealers"; The World of the Lunar Chronicles, which are settings; and finally, Moments. That may be my favorite of the sections. It shows Cinder and Kai dancing, Wolf and Scarlet at the farm, Cress's first haircut, a hunched woman offering beautiful princess Winter apple candy, and so on. The pages are smooth and white, perfect for colored pencils. (Not magazine smooth.) The pages are also tear-outs.The pictures in the coloring book are detailed, so it will take a long time to color and bring to life, but one of the things I like the most is that I immediately recognize the scenes and characters. The girl with long hair is obviously Cress. The large man with scars is Wolf. I recognize the wedding scene and enjoy seeing the grumpy look on Kai's face. It's fun not only to color, but to look at. The story that got the coloring book started is interesting, too. It will take time to color, but in the end, you'll be impressed with yourself and with the artist and author that made it together.

This is my all-time favorite adult coloring book. I long ago got tired of the tedious patterned coloring books for adults. I love the fact that while very detailed, each Picture Tells a Story. That is something I always loved about kids coloring books. I also love the author's notes about the story behind the picture. As a fan of the author's books, The Lunar Chronicles series, this just enhanced my enjoyment of this coloring book and only increased my love for the series. I am a major fan of Marissa Mayer and have every one of her books so I couldn't pass this up. It exceeded my expectations in content and quality.

What a beautiful book... The art is absolutely stunning. Also, instead of making the scenes too complex, like most book-inspired coloring books, it has poster-type scenes for the most part, making it easy to color and fun to put up on your walls as fanart. I think it really captures Scarlet, Cinder, and Iko. I wish there was more of Winter, and that the boys looked more different (for some reason, they all look the same to me), and Cress definitely feels off (I've seen some glorious Cress fanart and this doesn't capture her like others do). BUT this is a perfect book for a TLC fan!

A fun product to have.

This product was purchased to gift to a young girl I sponsor. I was so pleased with the color book & I know she will love it.

Just received book in the mail and couldn't be happier. Great pictures if you like coloring people. I haven't read the books I just liked the pictures in this coloring book. Can't wait to start coloring.

This coloring book is the best one if ever used! It’s great for pretty much any art medium! Even watercolor!! The pages are thick and sturdy!!

Perfect condition. Exactly as described.

Belles illustrations, papier d'assez bonne qualité, une illustration par page mais un texte figure sur le dos de chacune. Par contre j'ai l'impression d'avoir reçu un livre d'occasion au prix du neuf, comme souvent chez Amazon depuis quelques temps: tranche du livre enfoncée en plusieurs endroits, dernière page avec des traces grises et couverture arrière abîmée et sale également... Moralité, si c'est pour offrir, c'est raté.

I bought this for my daughter and she loved it! The drawings are professional-looking, and capture great moments.My only complaint is how small the details get sometimes. It is kind of tricky to draw those, but with the right pen it shouldn't be hard.I would highly recommend the book to other Lunar Chronicles fans!My daughter hopes they make more coloring books with more special ;) moments!

Good coloring book

Awesome collection. Just as I imagined the world of Cinder to look.