Dazzling Designs (Dover Design Coloring Books) [Paperback]

Koichi Sato (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Dover Design Coloring Books

With this delightful coloring book, you can lose yourself in a wonderland of complex, intriguing patterns that will stimulate and challenge your imagination. Thirty ingeniously constructed designs consist of wonderfully intricate interlocking shapes that form eye-popping optical illusions.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (January 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 048640031X
• ISBN-13: 978-0486400310
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #89 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Sports & Activities > Activity Books > Coloring Books

Customer Reviews

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great designs but..., February 5, 2004

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G. Jordan "ginazone" (Adirondacks, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dazzling Designs (Dover Design Coloring Books) (Paperback)

The good and the bad:
GREAT: Many of the designs are fantastic, like the cover shot; the pages are fairly sturdy but not up to water color paint quality; at least half of the pages have designs to the edge of the paper (though these are just simple, repeated triangles that have no relation to the specific image featured); each design can be interpreted and colored in as many unique ways as there are perspectives; there are 4 glossy, full color samples of completed designs on the front, back and inside covers; and lastly, the authors give permission to use up to ten pages from this book in your publications and projects, which is a BIG PLUS as you will want to photocopy the pages rather than color in the book (see why below), and you can share these designs with others.

The BAD:
This is the first such coloring book I've seen that uses both front and back sides of a page for different designs! There are only 15 actual pages--30 if you count both sides--and 28 designs to color. The problem with designs on both sides of one piece of paper is bleed (and show) through of art coloring media, and dirty copies because the other side's image copies through. There aren't any additional coloring suggestions or examples, besides the four.

"Dazzling Designs Coloring Book" is well worth the price, and there are enough complex quality designs to please all skill levels. I gave it only 3 stars because there are only 15, double-sided pages, which detracts from it's value, as does the inability to tear out and frame completed page(s).

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sophisticated Coloring, April 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dazzling Designs (Dover Design Coloring Books) (Paperback)

This book is great for older kids and adults who enjoy taking their time coloring. It has lots of fine lines and small spaces to color. Most of the prints to color take up a large part of the sheet and there are even a few panorama sheets to color. For those of you with lots of patience, this coloring book should be very rewarding.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Dazzling!, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dazzling Designs (Dover Design Coloring Books) (Paperback)

This book truly lives up to its name. The designs are spectacular...sure to draw you out of any less-than optimum state of mind, and into that wonderland where you are deeply in tune (not to mention, plain old having fun!). Thanks, Amazon!