This is awesome. I used to do colouring in for hours as a child. I also did painting by numbers. Never thought I could make a living out of keeping inside the lines, but I went on to work for a small animation studio, where, at peak times I would be hired by my husband to help him with the hand painting of all the little shapes, rather like this lion. And now I can use these techniques to come to the subject from a different angle. I have got so many ideas just from watching your videos, thank.
Well its a bit of a flaff using a pen tool if you are beginner using a mouse on a lots of details , however for a complete none techy way you could use old school . 1 print the picture fairly large size low quality on a piece of paper 2 get a 2b pencil gently rub pencil on its edge on the reverse of the paper so it covers the image area on the side 3 get a clean piece of paper a clip board put the clean piece under print image 4 carefully sketch around the outlines of the edges you want to transfer onto the paper using a bit of pressure with the pencil or pen 5 go over the transfered outline image with a black pen use a rubber to remove unwanted smugdes, get your outlined image scan that into your computer 6 retouch the image removing any grey bits in basic photo editor 7 put into your favourite background remover 8 oulined image good to go for colouring book 9 for colour make a copy image and use a paint editor to fill in desired colours Or print the outlined image then colour in by hand and scan the image back computer Also a bit of a flaff but more do- able for the less techy then fiddling trying to draw with mouse .
Thank you for the tutorial. I found that Midjourney blending works so nice for a similar, faster, less manual approach. I spent a total of 2 minutes in my photo editor, for cropping and quickly erasing parts of images needed for blending.
Paul one must say a heartfelt thank-you for your video ideas and excellent help here . Your annotations in the section below is also greatly appreciated. Thank you indeed !👍
When downloading from Canva...we choose PDF Print but should we flatten it and choose CMYK? Or leave it all unchecked and keep as RGB? We have had some issues downloading 120 page books when we chose CMYK (which we thought it should be for KDP). Thank you. Great video.
I leave all mine as RGB. And yes, it's probbaly better to flatten your pdf. I think it makes the file size smaller which helps if your cover has a number of layers.
That is so cool. You're quite the artist! Thanks. :) I couldn't get the transparency background to work. Will you show us how to do that again a little slower. I tried several times.
This is awesome! I have already made some line drawings of my own art and photos, wondered if there was a faster way to create a coloring book... and here you are! I have Affinity as well so I'm excited to give this a try. Thank you! Subscribed ;)
I wonder if I am missing something? I noticed that when outlining, you let your shapes overlap, and at the end there were no overlapping lines, but when I made outlines and made my outlines overlap, at the end I had tons of overlapping lines and it didn't look like a coloring page at all.
it is an amazing tecnique but I would like to make 90 degrees corners too and I can't find it with this tool it is possible? Thanks a lot for share your knologment!
You can create a horizontal line by holding down shift and using the pen tool and then do a vertical line at 90 degrees to it by again holding down shift. That's the only way I know of getting a 90 degree corner.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm going to try this in Procreate with the selection tool and color fill. I didn't think of using Gaussian blur though.
HOLY SMOKES! 120 page coloring book?? So, you"re suggesting replicating this lion technique 120 times? By the time we got done with the last image, we'll all have flying cars!
Interesting method. I do the same thing, except I use the apple pencil and trace over the image with the brush tool. Never thought of trying the pen tool.
Wow. This was awesome, time consuming, but awesome. This just has so much potential. Thank you. I wish I had Affinity Designer. I may try to get Inkscape, if I can't figure it out on Photoshop. Thanks again.
Thank you very much Paul, for sharing such a wonderful technique!! It's mooore better for me, than drawing images from scratch, because I am not a good painter😁
me too I'm horrible at drawing, so i use other pictures parts as sketch then make my own original drawing, for example if i want to draw a *cat* i grab his body from image 1, and eyes from image2, then a tail from another image and collect them then eventually add some details. that's because i have no skills in drawing, but I'm trying to learn 😅
Wondering how long it took to complete this image? It seems a very labour intensive way of making a line image from a photograph, I'm sure I've seen other ways of doing it that are much simpler but perhaps not in Affinity?
It's going to take at least an hour per image, maybe longer. I use a similar method. And unfortunately, there aren't other ways to convert photos to coloring pages. Believe me, I've searched far and wide. Graphite on Mac and iOS is the closest you can get, but it's not perfect. The least labor intensive method is to buy coloring pages from a Fiverr artist or a vector stock site. Otherwise, there aren't any programs that automate this process...yet
@@paulmarles Good marketing idea. You also can do this in Adobe illustrator using image trace. It's automated. One can use sliders to get the look they want and also the number of colours.
Hi Paul...I have gained so much knowledge from you!! I wanted you to know I appreciate all of your info. I used your affiliate-link to Publisher Rocket just now. I could have used many other great TH-camrs, but I chose you as a way of saying; Thanks, Paul :)
Thank you so much, Paul! I just started my little Home-Pulishing to use up my spare time. I found your videos are so so informative. I just published my first notebook yesterday following your video! I will buy your a cupa when I make my first £!!! :)
I have a lot of respect for your ability and creativity, however, I’m not that creative, nor tech savvy, and all I have is my phone and iPad. Should I be thinking of doing something besides coloring books?
@Paul Marles At 4:28 you explain to find out if the photo is appearing on istock page. Do you mean that the photo should NOT be appearing on istock page? so that you can use it without any copyright issues ?
A question. Do you Adobe illustrator or Adobe designer or are the one and the same.? We are self publishing through Amazon. Just learning. Love your videos.
Ihavent touched Ps in a looooong time, and this helps me get back in track really quickly. Tahnk you for the tutorial! Really simple and easy to understand! I hope I can make a colouring book with about cities!
Great video! Stylar AI might interest you - it's designed for logo, 3D, and interior design. Plus, it now supports adding text to images, along with image upload and auto prompts. Still developing, but could enhance your projects.
Awesome video, I was looking exactly for this method :) Subscribed and gave you a thumbs-up. Next stop -- your playlist for how to create coloring books! Thank you!
Hi Paul. Great job. If the original image is copyrighted would your outline image that you produced using the Pen tool still be under the ownership of the original creator? Thanks
Thank you for once again producing a great informative video. I have learned so much from you and I am actually making a profit on my puzzle books. Do you know of any programs that make color by number coloring books? I'm especially interested in the mosaic type.
I love your video man it was a lot of help I have I have got many information from you and familiar video I would love to play thank you thank you so much Divine artist to this side from India
Hi !! This is awesome. I think photoshop does not allow me to switch between pen tool colorpicker and then filling option. It always wants me to raster the layer. Only the lasso tool allows me this, but then i do not have the outline to separate the different color areas. can anyone help me on this ? Thanks
@@paulmarles but I found a way, i can use the lasso tool in combination with the brush tool and than add outlines in fx. Then copy the fx and paste it to all layers. Thanks for answering quickly and showing this technique it makes so much fun to create things
Good Day, so it is best to have blank page between each of the drawing? Will KDP-Amazon bounce it back? Plus, once you created the coloring pages and added blank pages, I notices my remainder coloring pages are automatically deleted
I created a coloring book. Added a blank page after each coloring page for bleed through if markers are used. BUT that took my book to 298 pages! And Amazon won’t let me price it at anything less than $10.80. I’m afraid to even think about shipping costs. If you see this Sir, is that all horribly bad?
Based on your previous video, could you use ai to create a coloring image, then repeat the process in this video to bypass the dpi issue like with canva?
Hi , Can you please make a video on how to use KDP templates in abobe illustrator for coloring books for amazon? But show the entire process please . Will really be helpful
@@courageandfaith im trying on illustrator does the image have to be in the same layer to use color picker? is there an easy way to use the curvature toll near other pieces?
@@paulmarles My pleasure Paul. By the way, do you happen to know how we might be able to get the blank spaces in the coloring book made into color by numbers ?
Affinity now has a new version, V2. Do you know if there are changes that affect the procedure you show for the lion? And do you use only Affinity Designer? Or have you found Affinity Photo or Affinity Publisher also useful for kdp? (They are offering all 3 of the new version at a special price) Thank you so very much for your excellent teaching!
I only use Affinity Designer. I haven't tried the new version but the procedure sill still be exactly the same as it's only using the basic functions of the pen tool.
This is THE CHANNEL FOR KDP ... there's no other channel explain it better! Thanks Paul
Thank you. Glad you enjoy the content. 👍
I am constantly amazed by how creative technology can be. Thank you for the instruction Paul!
You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
This is awesome. I used to do colouring in for hours as a child. I also did painting by numbers. Never thought I could make a living out of keeping inside the lines, but I went on to work for a small animation studio, where, at peak times I would be hired by my husband to help him with the hand painting of all the little shapes, rather like this lion. And now I can use these techniques to come to the subject from a different angle. I have got so many ideas just from watching your videos, thank.
Thank you for sharing. Glad you found it useful and can use the techniques you've learned to create some coloring books.
Well its a bit of a flaff using a pen tool if you are beginner using a mouse on a lots of details , however for a complete none techy way you could use old school .
1 print the picture fairly large size low quality on a piece of paper
2 get a 2b pencil gently rub pencil on its edge on the reverse of the paper so it covers the image area on the side
3 get a clean piece of paper a clip board put the clean piece under print image
4 carefully sketch around the outlines of the edges you want to transfer onto the paper using a bit of pressure with the pencil or pen
5 go over the transfered outline image with a black pen use a rubber to remove unwanted smugdes, get your outlined image scan that into your computer
6 retouch the image removing any grey bits in basic photo editor
7 put into your favourite background remover
8 oulined image good to go for colouring book
9 for colour make a copy image and use a paint editor to fill in desired colours
Or print the outlined image then colour in by hand and scan the image back computer
Also a bit of a flaff but more do- able for the less techy then fiddling trying to draw with mouse .
Thank you for the tutorial. I found that Midjourney blending works so nice for a similar, faster, less manual approach. I spent a total of 2 minutes in my photo editor, for cropping and quickly erasing parts of images needed for blending.
You're welcome.
Paul one must say a heartfelt thank-you for your video ideas and excellent help here .
Your annotations in the section below is also greatly appreciated.
Thank you indeed !👍
You’re welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
Thanks to you l realize l have illustrator 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ l learn a lot already from you in one hr 😮😊 thank you!
That's great. It is superb software.
I bless the day I came across your videos Paul. Thank you very much ❤️
You're welcome and thank you too for watching. Glad you find them helpful.
When downloading from Canva...we choose PDF Print but should we flatten it and choose CMYK? Or leave it all unchecked and keep as RGB? We have had some issues downloading 120 page books when we chose CMYK (which we thought it should be for KDP). Thank you. Great video.
I leave all mine as RGB. And yes, it's probbaly better to flatten your pdf. I think it makes the file size smaller which helps if your cover has a number of layers.
So glad I found your channel, you are the best teacher, you know how to go step by step in your instructions. Thank you!
Thank you. Glad you found it helpful. 🙂
Wow! This is such a useful technique! Thanks so much Paul! 👐
You're welcome. Glad you found it useful.
That is so cool. You're quite the artist! Thanks. :)
I couldn't get the transparency background to work. Will you show us how to do that again a little slower. I tried several times.
Thanks a lot...am just wondering, could we take that image, render into a watercolor type and then make it easier to draw the line??? just a question.
This is awesome! I have already made some line drawings of my own art and photos, wondered if there was a faster way to create a coloring book... and here you are! I have Affinity as well so I'm excited to give this a try. Thank you! Subscribed ;)
That's great. Glad you found it useful. And thank you for your feedback.
My head swells. This is alot of work.
we can paste quote of left and drawing on right and also drawing on left and full coloured on right
I wonder if I am missing something? I noticed that when outlining, you let your shapes overlap, and at the end there were no overlapping lines, but when I made outlines and made my outlines overlap, at the end I had tons of overlapping lines and it didn't look like a coloring page at all.
it is an amazing tecnique but I would like to make 90 degrees corners too and I can't find it with this tool it is possible? Thanks a lot for share your knologment!
You can create a horizontal line by holding down shift and using the pen tool and then do a vertical line at 90 degrees to it by again holding down shift. That's the only way I know of getting a 90 degree corner.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm going to try this in Procreate with the selection tool and color fill. I didn't think of using Gaussian blur though.
Yes, that should work well.
Can this method be used for creating color by number ... or is there a more automatic way of inserting the numbers?
HOLY SMOKES! 120 page coloring book?? So, you"re suggesting replicating this lion technique 120 times? By the time we got done with the last image, we'll all have flying cars!
Normally you'd leave the page on the reverse side blank. So, if it was 120 pages that would be 60 images. Most coloring books are less than 120 pages.
Interesting method. I do the same thing, except I use the apple pencil and trace over the image with the brush tool. Never thought of trying the pen tool.
Yes, that's an alternative way. 👍
Wow. This was awesome, time consuming, but awesome. This just has so much potential. Thank you. I wish I had Affinity Designer. I may try to get Inkscape, if I can't figure it out on Photoshop. Thanks again.
Thank you. Glad you found it helpful.
You want illustrator
Thank you very much Paul, for sharing such a wonderful technique!! It's mooore better for me, than drawing images from scratch, because I am not a good painter😁
me too I'm horrible at drawing, so i use other pictures parts as sketch then make my own original drawing, for example if i want to draw a *cat* i grab his body from image 1, and eyes from image2, then a tail from another image and collect them then eventually add some details.
that's because i have no skills in drawing, but I'm trying to learn 😅
You’re welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
You may have just changed my life pointing out that "smart mode" option to the pen tool.
Glad to be of help. I was amazed when I recently discovered it. It has saved a lot of time!
Wondering how long it took to complete this image? It seems a very labour intensive way of making a line image from a photograph, I'm sure I've seen other ways of doing it that are much simpler but perhaps not in Affinity?
It's going to take at least an hour per image, maybe longer. I use a similar method. And unfortunately, there aren't other ways to convert photos to coloring pages. Believe me, I've searched far and wide.
Graphite on Mac and iOS is the closest you can get, but it's not perfect.
The least labor intensive method is to buy coloring pages from a Fiverr artist or a vector stock site.
Otherwise, there aren't any programs that automate this process...yet
This image was particularly complex but most automatic image trace programs don't do as good a job.
@@paulmarles Good marketing idea. You also can do this in Adobe illustrator using image trace. It's automated. One can use sliders to get the look they want and also the number of colours.
@@thedesignbro yes but adobe don't do vectors this program have this facility
@@carolinafinocchio5684 illustrator is all vectors-- you are thinking of photoshop
How did u make it white from coloured in canva I couldn't understand that
Hi Paul...I have gained so much knowledge from you!! I wanted you to know I appreciate all of your info.
I used your affiliate-link to Publisher Rocket just now. I could have used many other great TH-camrs, but I chose you as a way of saying; Thanks, Paul :)
Thank you, that’s much appreciated. Glad you’ve found the videos helpful.
Thank you for sharing this technique! I am going to try and use this technique for my next coloring book!
You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
Now I know how to use my own photos. Thanks so much.
How it take time for this picture
Thanks Paul. I am inspired! This is really an AI free method.
Thank you so much, Paul! I just started my little Home-Pulishing to use up my spare time. I found your videos are so so informative. I just published my first notebook yesterday following your video! I will buy your a cupa when I make my first £!!! :)
Congratulations! That's great to hear. Glad you were able to put the information into action. Well done. 👍
I have a lot of respect for your ability and creativity, however, I’m not that creative, nor tech savvy, and all I have is my phone and iPad. Should I be thinking of doing something besides coloring books?
Theres many other types of low and medium contebt books you can do using your ipad.
@Paul Marles At 4:28 you explain to find out if the photo is appearing on istock page. Do you mean that the photo should NOT be appearing on istock page? so that you can use it without any copyright issues ?
That is correct and other stock photo websites.
@@paulmarles But i thought if it is offered on stoch website it means you can use it for commercial without having issues with copyright!?
A question. Do you Adobe illustrator or Adobe designer or are the one and the same.? We are self publishing through Amazon. Just learning. Love your videos.
I use Affinity Designer. They are both very similar.
u can also make the half of the lion's Face only , then do mirror effect to save time
👍
Ihavent touched Ps in a looooong time, and this helps me get back in track really quickly. Tahnk you for the tutorial! Really simple and easy to understand! I hope I can make a colouring book with about cities!
You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
This video is helpful in creating authentic images.
Thank you Paul for this video, pls is the interior going to be lion image only or some images will be added
More images would be added.
Thank you so much , love all of your clip . makes my ideas in digital artwork grow.
Thank you. Glad you've found them useful.
Will generating images in AI eliminate any potential risk associated copyright violations?
Hey 😊is Affinity Disaner free to download or to work online on it? Thanks
No, it's a one off payment but I think they give a 30 day free trial.
Great video! Stylar AI might interest you - it's designed for logo, 3D, and interior design. Plus, it now supports adding text to images, along with image upload and auto prompts. Still developing, but could enhance your projects.
Holy cow!!! He is Gooood!!! Unfbelievable!!
This is so STINKING COOL!!!
Thank you!!
Awesome video, I was looking exactly for this method :) Subscribed and gave you a thumbs-up. Next stop -- your playlist for how to create coloring books! Thank you!
You're welcome. I'm glad you've foound the videos helpful.
Amazing video. Thanks so much!!
You're welcome. Thank you for watching.
Please.
Can I use affinity designer and it's pen tool on an Android phone.
It in my pleasure if I get a reply
No, you can't I'm afraid.
Wow! That's amazing!
Thank you.
This is so cool! I have the entire Affinity suite but did not know this. I was trying other, less suitable methods.
Glad you found it helpful. 👍
Wow nice
But can one use a smartphone to do this ....?
I don’t know of any vector editing software you can use on the phone I’m afraid.
Thank you paul ,can I do this on my phone please?
No, you wouldn't be able to do this unfortunately.
Hi Paul please can you tell me why you made the image bigger than the actual 8” x 11” page size at 8.625” x 11.25”
Thank you
It would be for an 8.5 x 11" book and it would be the size of a page with bleed.
Thank you but won’t some get cut off
That's very interesting method. Thank you for sharing. I need more practice but I tried on some simple corgi pic and I'm amazed :)
Yes, I think it's the best way to create original coloring book images other than drawing from a blank page.
Hi Paul. Great job. If the original image is copyrighted would your outline image that you produced using the Pen tool still be under the ownership of the original creator? Thanks
You would risk copyright infringement.
Bonjour Est ce que logiciel inffinity désigner est gratuit ou pas?
You have to pay for it.
@@paulmarles ok, can you tell me how much the price please??
Thank you for once again producing a great informative video. I have learned so much from you and I am actually making a profit on my puzzle books. Do you know of any programs that make color by number coloring books? I'm especially interested in the mosaic type.
That’s great. Glad to hear you’re making money from your books. I don’t know of any software. I have done a video on this channel about creating them.
Definitely I'll do that, Thanks Paul
You’re welcome.
Isn't there any photo to sketch tool?😮
Thank you so much for the tutorial.
You're welcome. Thank you for watching. 👍
Love this. Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you.
I love your video man it was a lot of help I have I have got many information from you and familiar video I would love to play thank you thank you so much Divine artist to this side from India
You're welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
Paul your very creative
Thank you. 👍
Thank You!!!
You're welcome.
Do you skip a page in Canva, too? I have never used KDP before, but would like to learn more.
Yes, you would.
Thanks for the video so useful
Fantastic Tutorial and Consistent Creativity Spot on Paul...Cheers....!👻
Thank you. 🙏
Hi !! This is awesome. I think photoshop does not allow me to switch between pen tool colorpicker and then filling option. It always wants me to raster the layer. Only the lasso tool allows me this, but then i do not have the outline to separate the different color areas. can anyone help me on this ? Thanks
This method I show is for vector editing software.
@@paulmarles but I found a way, i can use the lasso tool in combination with the brush tool and than add outlines in fx. Then copy the fx and paste it to all layers. Thanks for answering quickly and showing this technique it makes so much fun to create things
Very nice design. Is this type of design in demand in any market place? I also want to work. thank you
Yes, in the coloring book market.
This is awesome. Curious if there is any AI that does this automatically.
Not that I know of.
Awesome tutorial. Loved it. Thanks Paul
Thank you, that's much appreciated.
Have you ever seen one of these line drawing books where each area is numbered and charted to a colour so each certain areas are coloured the same??
Most wanted video 👍thankyou
You're welcome. Thank you for watching.
Is Adobe illustrator only on Ipad..?
No, it's on Mac and Windows.
amazing 👍
Thank you.
Good Day, so it is best to have blank page between each of the drawing? Will KDP-Amazon bounce it back? Plus, once you created the coloring pages and added blank pages, I notices my remainder coloring pages are automatically deleted
One side of the page would have the image and the other side of the page would be blank.
Is infinity designer free?
No, it's a one off payment.
is there a simplier way to do this with all the AI technology lately?
please sir is there any site that I can create them kind of image
please help me out
I'm a writer that really don't know how to sell my books
You can use Inkscape.
Promp: cartoon style vector, Steampunk , coloring page, completely white background, --ar 2:3,
I created a coloring book. Added a blank page after each coloring page for bleed through if markers are used. BUT that took my book to 298 pages! And Amazon won’t let me price it at anything less than $10.80. I’m afraid to even think about shipping costs.
If you see this Sir, is that all horribly bad?
Reduce the size of your book and then you can price it more competitively.
@@paulmarles Thank you for responding. Can we put on books “on sale?” Do you recommend adding blank pages between coloring pages?
You answered your own question reduce the bleed pages to reduce printing costs.
Sha-maza-bobs! 🎉Thank you for this 😊
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching.
Great tour! Isn’t nesting fun!
How long did it take for you to do that one picture?
About 40 minutes.
Based on your previous video, could you use ai to create a coloring image, then repeat the process in this video to bypass the dpi issue like with canva?
Yes, that would be possible.
I see coloring books with famous people in them that are sold. How do they do this?
Some books slip through the review stage but will often be picked up later.
OMG.i wanted to learn this for my project..do you have classes that you offer subscribers
All I have at the moment are the videos on TH-cam. I am working on a course at the moment.
Interesting technique, thanks for sharing 😊👍
You're welcome. 👍
Hi Paul do i video about new Amazon algorithm A11 update, the system be coming smarter and smarter ,
I’ll look into it. 👍
Hi, Paul. Have you talked about using AI art for KDP in your videos? Interested in your thoughts about it. Thx!
No, I haven't. I've only briefly tried it but couldn't create anything useful. Will look inot it some more though.
@@paulmarles thanks! Will wait for your video on it 😊
Wow this video is for me ❤️❤️
I'm glad it's of help.
Hi , Can you please make a video on how to use KDP templates in abobe illustrator for coloring books for amazon? But show the entire process please . Will really be helpful
The process is the same for Illustrator as it is for Designer. Give it a try!
@@courageandfaith im trying on illustrator does the image have to be in the same layer to use color picker? is there an easy way to use the curvature toll near other pieces?
Interesting.
Thank you so much for this vedio 💕💕
My pleasure 😊
Which software?
Affinity Designer
@@paulmarles may i use it freely?
Publisher rocket is free ? Or paid ?
It's paid.
@@paulmarles I m new on kdp plz give me free tool name to help me finding niches
Thanks!
You're welcome and thank you very much too. Very much appreciated.
@@paulmarles My pleasure Paul. By the way, do you happen to know how we might be able to get the blank spaces in the coloring book made into color by numbers ?
Thank you for doing this
You’re welcome. Thank you too for watching.
Affinity now has a new version, V2. Do you know if there are changes that affect the procedure you show for the lion? And do you use only Affinity Designer? Or have you found Affinity Photo or Affinity Publisher also useful for kdp? (They are offering all 3 of the new version at a special price) Thank you so very much for your excellent teaching!
I only use Affinity Designer. I haven't tried the new version but the procedure sill still be exactly the same as it's only using the basic functions of the pen tool.
@@paulmarles Thank you