The Search for the Lightbulb Burglar: A Steampunk Coloring Book Mystery Paperback – May 2, 2017

This book is a treasure! It’s not what I would usually go for, but one of my favorite colorists purchased this book and I followed. I love the texture of the pages, they are thick and perforated. The artwork is one sided leaving room for all media types. I have used Acrylic paint 🎨 gauche, Posca pen, and various pencils. Water color would hold up well. I am happy with my purchase and am looking forward to purchasing more work from this artist-love the quality of the book!

This book has one of the thickest papers I have seen in adult coloring books, printed one side only, with a very nice cover. The illustrations are detailed but not that small to be tedious. The theme is so amusing and a great change from the typical faeries and whimsical coloring books. Overall, I loved it!

The media could not be loaded.  I really liked the designs in this coloring book – and so did my husband. I purchased a second copy so we would not have to share!The coloring book is not really so much Steampunk (which puts emphasis on steam powered machines, etc. with steam being the power of choice rather than gas or electricity.) It is something more like Lightbulb Punk – perhaps a new genre where electric light bulbs power everything. In any case, the designs are an interesting and new twist and will be fun to color.The book is kind graphic novel as it tells the story of looking for the Lightbulb Burglar. It might have been nice to have had a little bit of the story written on the back of the page as some of it was a little hard to follow. This is a small nit as the vast majority of my coloring books don't have a narrative to follow.The designs are very well drawn and the paper used is excellent. While the designs are detailed, I don't consider them intricate or difficult to color.This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.48 Designs inspired by (but not really part of) Steampunk about the search for a lightbulb burglarPrinted on one side of the pagePaper is heavy weight, white, slightly rough and perforatedSewn BindingThe designs stop short of the perforations so you can remove pages without loss of the designs themselves.Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper. I use a blotter page of card stock or a couple of sheets of heavy weight paper under my working sheet with this book. It will keep ink from seeping through to the next page. You can also simply remove the page at the perforations before coloring.Water-based markers, gel pens, and India ink pens did not bleed through the paper but did leave slight shadows on the back of the page.Colored pencils worked really well with the paper. The slightly rough texture of the paper provided good tooth which allowed pigment to easily adhere to the page. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and both worked well. I could layer the same color for deeper pigment, layer multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blender stick.

This is a fun book!! The artwork is awesome! I love how the entire book tells a story. It’s a thin book either. Lots of super fun pages to color!

As many people have mentioned, the paper in this book is super nice and thick. I can use markers on the pages and not have anything bleed through, which I love. The illustrations are great, and different from other coloring books out there.

Great images, fantastic paper, a joy overall.

This book is awesome. He kinda reminds me of Inspector Gadget with his backpack on. High quality paper that you can use all mediums on

This book has very thick, high quality paper. You could use any medium, even alcohol markers because the pages are so thick and one sided.

Love it. Great for mixed media.

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