How I Made My Coloring Book Using Procreate | Behind The Scenes Art Studio Vlog

Today I'm showing my process for creating my fall themed coloring book! I show how I took my ideas and rough sketches and turned them into a super cute coloring book!
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[@nnautical.twilight]

Funny how the world works, I was thinking about making a coloring book too! I'm so proud of you, congratulations 💕💕

[@fructusillustrations]

You should! It's very rewarding to see it fully finished 🐻♥ Thank you for your kind words!

[@bossi_plays]

Thank you for not being an “Coloring book using AI” tutorial.

[@fructusillustrations]

Absolutely! It's quite disheartening to see so many of those videos 🥲

[@pirroppi]

I had no idea you made colouring books a few years ago! I know they aren't your style now but I do think they are lovely still! I'm totally into your new colouring book though! Glad you are offering the colouring pages for us who have to deal with insane shipping costs! ; ; The holo stickers are amazing too! Always love what you are coming out with, Jen!~

[@fructusillustrations]

Oh thank you! Yeah I still like my older books but it's also nice to make something new and try to make it better! 😊♥

[@Nisha-jv7zr]

I love that it’s so cute and simple.I have some books that are the same just not Halloween.❤

[@wengi_tuu]

I just love your art style. Thank you for posting, so nice to see your growth from how you started to where you are now with your colouring book.

[@fructusillustrations]

Thank you! I'm glad youre enjoying seeing my content 🐻♥ I really love sharing my journey with you!

[@xavieraramirez3378]

the book is so cute

[@djsmiles101]

Ahhh I'm so excited for your book to come! Coloring in it will be a perfect chill activity with much Fall vibes~

[@fructusillustrations]

Omg yayyyy! I'm so happy to hear about your excitement! Please share pics with me when you have some pages colored in 🐻♥

[@lilacdoodz]

Thank you for walking us through your process!! Your work looks so professional. I like how you break down your steps clearly in your videos! I want to make a coloring book one day and it was watch/learn!

[@fructusillustrations]

Glad it was helpful! I'm always happy to share my experience and help out others! 🐻♥

[@ShannaAnime]

I love the book and stickers! soo adorable!

[@fructusillustrations]

Thank you! 🤗

[@lynnicecarter1210]

I love it! I’ve got so many ideas. I would love to create a book❤ I love ur work❤

[@rainboy_color]

I've always wanted to create a coloring book! Thank you for sharing this 😊

[@fructusillustrations]

Yes! Making a coloring book can be a long process but it's so nice to see in the end when it's finished! ♥♥♥

[@amandagold1106]

This video is so helpful and well made! Legit the exact content I was looking for. Gonna buy the coloring book I’m obsessed

[@OdaliskaArtzz]

As an artist it being so much more motivation, I LOVE THE STICKERS! 🥰✨✨

[@fructusillustrations]

Aww thank you!!!!

[@SawCSim]

🧡❤️🐻🧡❤️ Happy weekend Jen!💜😊🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@1ao27]

What manufacturer do you recommend

[@eyraluna]

Love iiit❤

[@jeannettesalazar6442]

I love your colouring book congratulations. Thanks to share.😊😊

[@fructusillustrations]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ramise5932]

Thanks that was very informative. ❤

[@StickyRice43]

You're process was incredibly inspiring to watch! And your room is soo adorable 🥰 Every shot had cute patterns and figures to look at that really resonates with my style to 💖

[@isabellefredricks7591]

I absolutely love what you did here!! This is the cutest coloring book ever made :) And I agree with you the holographic sticker is amazing! I wish I knew how to make one :p

[@fructusillustrations]

Aww thank you! My holographic sticker was actually outsourced through Sticker App because I'm not sure how to do that myself either hehe

[@advsonhere]

Congratulations 👏🏻

[@fructusillustrations]

Thank you so much 😀

[@JessiTheBestiGaming]

Ordered!! So freaking excited to get mine in the mail!!

[@fructusillustrations]

omg thank you so much! So excited for you to receive it and start coloring it! 🐻♥

[@JessiTheBestiGaming]

@@fructusillustrations me too!!!

[@gxellee5384]

Love, love, love! Your attention to detail is amazing! I loved seeing the process. What did you use to outline your sketches?

[@TheGallicWitch]

Hi! I'm a tarot artist who's making a colouring book of the Major Arcana cards in my WIP tarot deck (kinda as a mean to fund the creation of the remaining 50+ cards). I've been looking everywhere at videos, articles, anything I can find where people talk about making their own colouring books (the amount of AI generated, crappy stock clipart colouring books straight for the amazon shop I found as video tutorials was depressing tbh). I'm very glad I found your video, but would you be willing to either make a video about the process of setting up your book in your manufacturer's website or answer a few questions 1-on-1? This is the hardest part of the process and I can't even find a straightforward recommendation for the best manufacturer or printer for colouring books, let alone a tutorial on how to set up your art as a colouring book. That would be so helpful and probably also quite a successful video because there are literally no other creator doing this, I couldn't find a single one. In any case, thanks for hearing me out and I hope you'll agree to give some advice, even if just as me asking questions here and you answering. Thanks again, love from France

[@Mehdioupley]

Hi! Just to thank you for sharing all these videos that I ve just encountered. Wish you the happiest career as a self taught illustrator! Hope you will keep continue on youtube, i don't have other social medias so 👋

[@fructusillustrations]

Aww thank you so much for such a kind comment! I appreciate that very much and makes me so happy to hear that. Thank you for your support and I hope that the rest of my future content continues to be entertaining and helpful 😊😊😊

[@leonsuify]

Its was really cool to see the process of creating it, i was wondering if you share a bit more about the publishing process? Like different ways we can get our book publish and abit more about your journey, the book looks amazing! Congrats!

[@fructusillustrations]

Thank you! This book is currently self published and I used Mixam to print and put it together for me. So for now, my book is only available through my website. I still need to figure out what the process is for getting it published and into stores but I will definitely share that information if and when it happens! 🐻♥

[@fa3ryg1rl1]

Glad I found you on TikTok, can't wait for this new book and digital pages! I love the illustrations, the cover, everything about it!

[@fructusillustrations]

Yayy so glad to have you here!! Glad you're just as excited as I am for this new coloring book!

[@fa3ryg1rl1]

@@fructusillustrations I absolutely LOVE the book and digital pages. Enjoying them! 🫶🏻

[@katiarobinowicz]

How did you get this printed on 100 pound paper? It couldn't have been through Amazon KDP right? The bummer with them is how thin the paper is, but they and Ingram Spark seem like my only route to self publish.

[@paulinaacosta8748]

Save some money and print it with a printing house

[@Katy-ok1ph]

This is so awesome!!!👏🏻 the talent and effort 🤩 but how do you insure that the designs don’t look pixelated when printing, especially when moving things around in procreate. Also, on what format do you download the images for best printing quality? And how do you ensure all the drawings have the same little border?

[@digidrawdude]

Nice!! But I’m curious, which sketchbook is that? (The black one that has stickers on the front cover)

[@rachellaiyl]

was wondering what brush you used after sketching? at 5:09

[@CidneeLeSure]

Commenting for a notification when she answers. I was wondering the exact same thing

[@rachellaiyl]

@@CidneeLeSure there is a new video about the current brush she used, is not the one that showed in this video tho.

[@Jess_Knight]

Looks amazing! What settings did you have your canvas for printing from procreate?

[@fructusillustrations]

Thanks! I used a template provided by my manufacturer to get the dimensions right but for the color profile, I left it as RGB and they had no problem printing!

[@deemejia3693]

I love your coloring book, I will def be purchasing a copy if possible. Where did you send your pages to? I have been researching but cannot seem to find a manufacturer that will do it for me. Did you have to invest a lot at this stage?

[@j.m.hunter6022]

Curious about the final line art brush you’re using? It’s thick and consistent very kawaii.

[@fructusillustrations]

For the final line art I used the studio pen brush and turned up the streamline and stabilization settings to make it smoother!

[@Srcsamp]

Do the laminations make the stickers water proof?

[@LilieHarlow]

Could you tell me the website you use to upload and order please!!! Thank you I’m advance

[@CarolineSmith-uq3mg]

Such a helpful video. One question, what brush do you use for the final line art? There seems to be a nice smoothing/snapping that I'd love to use too.

[@fructusillustrations]

I use the studio pen brush in procreate with the stabilization and streamline settings turned up! It helps make smoother lines 😊

[@carriepadgett2743]

Do you use a custom brush for your final lines?

[@sct8gntman]

This is great, thank you for sharing! What brush did you use for the final line work?

[@fructusillustrations]

I use the studio brush pen for final line work!

[@sct8gntman]

@@fructusillustrations Thank you, Jenn!

[@user-rk2mw3gp3w]

Which website do you use?:)

[@melodythomas6949]

Love this! Also what dpi did you use for these line arts? And what file format did you do? PNG? I’m also making illustrations for a coloring book and it’s my first time 😅

[@fructusillustrations]

Thanks! I have my canvas at 300 dpi and I export the cover as a PNG but the pages are exported into a PDF file :)

[@Christina24life]

Your art is so cute. Amazing how your style had changed. Are you shipping the books letter mail. I always thought letter mail was cheaper for international.

[@fructusillustrations]

I send smaller sticker or flat orders through letter mail for international orders but I'd like to send larger orders with tracking and they come in rigid mailers which if im not mistaken can't be sent as a letter mail

[@hildaaguilarr]

The Halloween coloring book is so cute. 😍 Also the stickers! Did you print out the holographic sticker with a laser printer?

[@fructusillustrations]

Thank you! The holographic sticker was outsourced ☺ Other stickers I make myself with my cricut!

[@chiaratringali9707]

the jump in quality is visible, these look adorable

[@fructusillustrations]

That's a good idea!

[@siennadixon8271]

How much did you pay for the books through the manufacturer? X

[@miniholtta]

I really want to order it but the shipping cost is just too much outside US😬Amazing work though! ♥I love the fall theme and that it's for markers as well

[@fructusillustrations]

I know! It's really insane how much international shipping costs. I wish it were more affordable but the digital coloring pages will be available on Friday!🐻♥

[@Hinds_lifestyle]

I wanna make my own coloring book but I don’t know how many pages I should do can you recommend ?

[@ml.9417]

What dimensions did you use?

[@mx1299]

Which iPad model/ generation are you using in this video? 😊

[@Srcsamp]

How was your experience going through Amazon publishing? Pros? Cons?

[@Willowcollectstcgs]

This might sound really dumb but how did you figure out the sizing for bleed /margin? Im seriously at a loss and its frustrating me

[@fructusillustrations]

It depends on various factors such as the binding, how many pages, the paper weight, etc. So I just get that info some the manufacturer. who will usually provide a template ☺

[@eeerhma]

i love it! i'm leaning more towards print-on-demand because all the shipping and storing is too much for me, but i can see how one could enjoy that part. :) of course, i have nothing out at the moment, still at the very beginning of my artist journey. thanks for the inspiration! 🩵

[@fructusillustrations]

Print on demand is a great option too! That's how it was with my older books on Amazon 😊 Now since I have more space and my own shop, I'd prefer to ship them out myself. Wishing you the best of luck with your goals!🐻♥

[@eeerhma]

@@fructusillustrations thank you so much 😊 keep on inspiring!