Tips and tricks to make your own coloring page in the most simple way.

As a creative person and obsessive planner, I appreciate a good pen. I care about how it feels, how it looks and of course, the vibrancy of its mark.

That’s why I was extremely excited about partnering with Pilot Corporation of America in this fun sponsored collaboration.

I have been a fan of Pilot Corporation of America for a long time. I heard amazing things about friends and illustrators who already tried G2 gel ink pens (affiliate link) before, and I wanted to feel the same excitement about planning and color-coding my daily tasks.

My two favorite things about G2 gel ink pens, are probably the vibrancy of their color options thanks to their special formula using pigments instead of dyes resulting in richer lines. I also enjoy the smooth texture when writing and the durability, they honestly last forever! My son uses them too, and they are so far his favorite pens to create comic books and other detailed doodles.

I have been using G2 gel ink pens in different ways in the last few days. I wrote to-do notes, grocery lists and even made some doodles that I translated into digital illustrations with success.

That gave me the idea of making my own coloring page just for fun, and because I knew a coloring page and G2 ink pens would be awesome stocking stuffer for holiday gifts!

MATERIALS:

• Regular paper sheets

• G2 gel ink pens (affiliate link)

• Scanner

How to Make your Own Coloring Page:

1. The first step to make your own coloring page is the most fun one. Grab a regular printer paper sheet and your awesome G2 gel ink pens and start doodling all over the sheet. Create shapes but leave them black in the middle.

2. When you finish your doodles, scan your drawing in your scanner/printer.

3. Edit the scan, if possible using your scanner editing options. You can also use a photo editing software or phone app. The key is to add about 80% of brightness and 90% of contrast into the image to make the lines more saturated, and give them that look of a coloring page.

4. Crop any defects on the page if necessary using a photo editing software or phone app and save your new page as PDF or JPG.

5. Now that your coloring page was scanned, print it as many times as you like so you can have many of them and share them with others. It’s that easy!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pilot Corporation of America. Thanks for supporting the sponsors that allow me to create new and special content like this for Live Colorful.