The Shapiro Design Lab and THL collaborated on a hands on Design Your Own Coloring Book workshop last week. A repeat has been scheduled for February 11th, again in the Design Lab, and another version of the workshop will be included in the Teach Tech eMerge workshop series, Thursday, February 25 in North Quad. I had previously done this for the Cool Toys Conversations group, but I didn’t have slides for them.
The slides from last week’s workshop include a) an overview of the science behind the health claims for the adult coloring movement, educational examples and uses of coloring, and tools to create your own design; and b) image search examples and tips presented in the form of an alphabet coloring book. These two slide decks are available here:
Also, here are just a few sample images created for the workshop.
The Fleming Building at sunset: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/23423226589/
The same image converted to a star mandala: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/23700511933/
Another mandala: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/24232348932/
A historic bookcover: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/23713735913/
Hokusai’s Great Wave: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/23596816490/
All of the samples are available as Creative Commons licensed images for free download with a free Flickr account.
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