CRAYONS CALLING: 10 AWESOME COLORING BOOKS FOR ADULTS
WRITTEN BY: ALEX GOMES/GreenLabel
Have you been feeling nostalgic for the smell of a fresh box of Crayola crayons and that magical time in life when you could make important decisions like whether or not to color in or outside the lines? We totally get it, which is why we went on a search to find the best coloring books available for adults. Whatever your interests might be, there’s pretty much a coloring book out there that is right for you. Whether you want to add pigment to tattoo outlines, add custom designs to your favorite sneaker silhouettes, or color in drawings inspired by indie rock bands, you’ll find a coloring book on this list that will satisfy your needs. Take a look at the 10 awesome coloring books we’ve found for adults.
1. OUTSIDE THE LINES
Outside the Lines features the line drawings of several world-renowned contemporary artists, including Keith Haring, AIKO, Shepard Fairey and Ryan McGinness. Curated by Souris Hong-Porretta, the coloring book features over 100 artworks that you can add your creative touch to by coloring them in as you see fit. For those of you who don’t quite have the drawing skills to become a real contemporary artist, you can certainly feel like one by coming up with creative color schemes for the variety of pictures in this book that are waiting for your added vibrancy.
2. HEAVY METAL FUN TIME ACTIVITY BOOK
If you need a break from mosh pits, but don’t want to compromise your love of metal bands, turn to the Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book. Aye Jay Morano is the mastermind behind this rocking coloring and activity book, who is known for other great adult coloring books of different musical genres. Not only can you color in pictures of your favorite metal bands like Metallica and Pantera or artists like Danzig, but you can also engage in a variety of activities like helping Spinal Tap find their way through a backstage maze, finishing the other half of a drawing of Iron Maiden’s mascot Eddie, or making as many words as possible out of the letters in White Zombie’s name.
3. THE TATTOO COLORING BOOK
Have you always dreamed of being a tattoo artist, but just the thought of poking someone with needles and ink makes you feel queasy? With British tattoo artist Megamunden’s The Tattoo Coloring Book, you’ll be able to ink — or crayon — the designs with color sans needles. The book features a variety of tattoo illustrations for you to add pigment to like traditional hearts and roses to Japanese koi fish and Mexican folk art.
4. THE INDIE ROCK COLORING BOOK
The Indie Rock Coloring Book is produced by the Yellow Bird Project, which sells T-shirts and other merchandise from musicians like Iron & Wine, MGMT and Bloc Party to benefit various charities of their choosing. With over 25 hand-illustrated designs by Andy J. Miller, you get the opportunity to color in a crowd of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans at their concert or Bon Iver’s enchanted underground water supply at the Wisconsin cabin where the album For Emma, Forever Ago was written. There are also fun activities like helping Broken Social Scene navigate a maze or finding all the birds hiding in Devendra Banhart’s beard.
5. BUN B'S RAPPER COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK
Bun B stays busy making music, teaching at Rice University, and creating hip-hop coloring books. The Houston-based rapper teamed up with Shea Serrano to create 48 rap-related coloring and activity pages featuring artists like Queen Latifah, Mac Miller, Jay Z, Big Boi, and of course, the Trill O.G. himself. Get out your box of crayons and get ready to engage in activities like connecting the dots to draw Action Bronson’s beard, or answering true or false questions about Common’s song with Mos Def “The Questions.” Once you’ve completed the book, there’s also an accompanying Tumblr updated regularly by Shea Serrano that provides tons of additional pages to print out and continue coloring.
6. GRAFFITI ART COLORING BOOK
Another excellent coloring book conceptualized by Aye Jay Morano features 30 graffiti images ready for you to add some color to, which are sourced from pieces by some of the most well known street artists in the world. Pretend your box of Crayola crayons is actually a backpack of Krylon cans, and put your personal touch on works by Shepard Fairey, Lady Pink, Dalek and others. The Graffiti Art Coloring Book will provide you with the opportunity to channel your inner graffiti artist without all the aerosol spray paint fumes.
7. THE SNEAKER COLORING BOOK
If you own every sneaker culture book that’s out there and dream of designing your own kicks, The Sneaker Coloring Book is a must-have. The coloring book includes 100 black and white line drawings of the most popular sneaker designs from 1916 to the present from brands like adidas, Converse, Nike, Puma, Reebok and Vans. Each of the pages is perforated, so once you’re done designing your custom sneakers, you can tear them out and either decorate your walls with them or send them off to the brand of your choice to get your design career going.
8. LET’S PAINT THE ‘90S!
Since all things ‘90s are being revived these days, it only makes sense that you should get a copy of Let’s Paint the ‘90s!, a coloring book that reminds you of all your favorite pop culture moments of the decade. Put your artistic touch on the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Olympics ice skating feud, read fun facts about Vanilla Ice while coloring in his hammer pants, and engage in fun puzzles and activities like the O. J. Simpson high-speed pursuit freeway maze. It even comes with a watercolor paint set and a brush, so you won’t need to purchase additional coloring supplies to get started.
9. LOWRIDER COLORING BOOK
For the car enthusiast, the Lowrider Coloring Book offers you the chance to give a variety of lowriders imaginative and customized paint jobs. Featuring classic and popular lowrider models, including Impalas, Cadillacs and Rivieras, each drawing in the book is based on actual customized cars from legendary car clubs like Midnight Vision, Premier, Royals and Unidos. The book provides two images of each car from different angles so you can make two unique designs.
10. THRILL MURRAY
Every die-hard Bill Murray fan needs to get their hands on the Thrill Murray coloring book. The book features drawings of the actor from 24 different illustrators, highlighting some of his best roles like Dr. Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters, Phil Connors from Groundhog Day, and the cameo he made in Zombieland. You can complete the experience by watching a marathon of your favorite Bill Murray movies as you color in the corresponding pages of Thrill Murray.
2. HEAVY METAL FUN TIME ACTIVITY BOOK
If you need a break from mosh pits, but don’t want to compromise your love of metal bands, turn to the Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book. Aye Jay Morano is the mastermind behind this rocking coloring and activity book, who is known for other great adult coloring books of different musical genres. Not only can you color in pictures of your favorite metal bands like Metallica and Pantera or artists like Danzig, but you can also engage in a variety of activities like helping Spinal Tap find their way through a backstage maze, finishing the other half of a drawing of Iron Maiden’s mascot Eddie, or making as many words as possible out of the letters in White Zombie’s name.
3. THE TATTOO COLORING BOOK
Have you always dreamed of being a tattoo artist, but just the thought of poking someone with needles and ink makes you feel queasy? With British tattoo artist Megamunden’s The Tattoo Coloring Book, you’ll be able to ink — or crayon — the designs with color sans needles. The book features a variety of tattoo illustrations for you to add pigment to like traditional hearts and roses to Japanese koi fish and Mexican folk art.
4. THE INDIE ROCK COLORING BOOK
The Indie Rock Coloring Book is produced by the Yellow Bird Project, which sells T-shirts and other merchandise from musicians like Iron & Wine, MGMT and Bloc Party to benefit various charities of their choosing. With over 25 hand-illustrated designs by Andy J. Miller, you get the opportunity to color in a crowd of Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans at their concert or Bon Iver’s enchanted underground water supply at the Wisconsin cabin where the album For Emma, Forever Ago was written. There are also fun activities like helping Broken Social Scene navigate a maze or finding all the birds hiding in Devendra Banhart’s beard.
5. BUN B'S RAPPER COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK
Bun B stays busy making music, teaching at Rice University, and creating hip-hop coloring books. The Houston-based rapper teamed up with Shea Serrano to create 48 rap-related coloring and activity pages featuring artists like Queen Latifah, Mac Miller, Jay Z, Big Boi, and of course, the Trill O.G. himself. Get out your box of crayons and get ready to engage in activities like connecting the dots to draw Action Bronson’s beard, or answering true or false questions about Common’s song with Mos Def “The Questions.” Once you’ve completed the book, there’s also an accompanying Tumblr updated regularly by Shea Serrano that provides tons of additional pages to print out and continue coloring.
6. GRAFFITI ART COLORING BOOK
Another excellent coloring book conceptualized by Aye Jay Morano features 30 graffiti images ready for you to add some color to, which are sourced from pieces by some of the most well known street artists in the world. Pretend your box of Crayola crayons is actually a backpack of Krylon cans, and put your personal touch on works by Shepard Fairey, Lady Pink, Dalek and others. The Graffiti Art Coloring Book will provide you with the opportunity to channel your inner graffiti artist without all the aerosol spray paint fumes.
7. THE SNEAKER COLORING BOOK
If you own every sneaker culture book that’s out there and dream of designing your own kicks, The Sneaker Coloring Book is a must-have. The coloring book includes 100 black and white line drawings of the most popular sneaker designs from 1916 to the present from brands like adidas, Converse, Nike, Puma, Reebok and Vans. Each of the pages is perforated, so once you’re done designing your custom sneakers, you can tear them out and either decorate your walls with them or send them off to the brand of your choice to get your design career going.
8. LET’S PAINT THE ‘90S!
Since all things ‘90s are being revived these days, it only makes sense that you should get a copy of Let’s Paint the ‘90s!, a coloring book that reminds you of all your favorite pop culture moments of the decade. Put your artistic touch on the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Olympics ice skating feud, read fun facts about Vanilla Ice while coloring in his hammer pants, and engage in fun puzzles and activities like the O. J. Simpson high-speed pursuit freeway maze. It even comes with a watercolor paint set and a brush, so you won’t need to purchase additional coloring supplies to get started.
9. LOWRIDER COLORING BOOK
For the car enthusiast, the Lowrider Coloring Book offers you the chance to give a variety of lowriders imaginative and customized paint jobs. Featuring classic and popular lowrider models, including Impalas, Cadillacs and Rivieras, each drawing in the book is based on actual customized cars from legendary car clubs like Midnight Vision, Premier, Royals and Unidos. The book provides two images of each car from different angles so you can make two unique designs.
10. THRILL MURRAY
Every die-hard Bill Murray fan needs to get their hands on the Thrill Murray coloring book. The book features drawings of the actor from 24 different illustrators, highlighting some of his best roles like Dr. Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters, Phil Connors from Groundhog Day, and the cameo he made in Zombieland. You can complete the experience by watching a marathon of your favorite Bill Murray movies as you color in the corresponding pages of Thrill Murray.
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