Color along with us as we serve up new illustrations that you can print or finish with your favorite Adobe apps. Each week this spring, the Adobe Coloring Book will feature coloring pages created by some of our favorite artists.

Tom Bancroft

Tom Bancroft is the creator of the online drawing event #MerMay, began in 2016. He has more than 30 years of experience in the animation industry, many spent in Walt Disney Feature animation, where he was an animator for 12 years, working on films such as Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tarzan and Brother Bear. He is the creator of Mushu, the dragon from the film Mulan. After Disney, he worked with Big Idea Productions as a supervising director and co-creator for a Veggietales DVD series. His popular character design instruction books, Creating Characters with Personality and Character Mentor, have become the most recognized books on designing characters and are required textbooks at many art schools around the world. Tom is half of the number-one animation podcast The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast, with his twin brother, Tony, as well as the producer of the in-production 2D animation documentary feature film, Pencil Test. Additionally, Bancroft is an artist in residence of the new animation undergraduate program at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives with his family. About his creation for this week’s Coloring Book chapter, he says, “I enjoy creating worlds that have a piece of what we know, but shown in a new way or environment. The underwater world of mermaids lets me do that. I wanted to capture that ‘underwater slumber party’ moment where teen girls are enjoying dressing up and having casual fun but being spied on by the mer-boys. I created this drawing ‘tradigitally’ on my Wacom 32" Pro Cintiq using Adobe Photoshop CC. I used the Kyle Webster brushes for the pencils and inks. Colors were created by Jesse Heagy in Photoshop, also.” 

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Daichi Ito

Daichi Ito is a technical research artist working at Adobe Research to create art tools and artwork using Adobe’s newest technologies. He created his illustration from a photo collage, using multiple photos from Adobe Stock.

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Alissa Levy

Alissa Levy is a freelance illustrator based in Germany. Her work captures female characters, plants, and animals in unusual everyday settings. Levy is currently working from her studio in in her hometown of Dortmund, where she creates her colorful pieces. About her contribution to the Coloring Book, she says, “The coloring page takes you into a world that looks very similar to your living room—just filled with water. Choose your favorite colors, style your chic underwater apartment, and make yourself comfortable as a merperson. Also, you have a pet octopus now, who would have thought?”

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An-Nhien Nguyen

An-Nhien Nguyen is an illustrator and graphic designer who strives to bring a bit of whimsy into people’s lives with her work. She is often inspired by fairytales, folklore, and myths, and her illustrations and designs embrace the realms of fantasy and magic. Originally from Montreal, Canada, she moved to Toronto in order to study design and illustration at OCAD University and has stayed in that city ever since. Nguyen has a passion for creating art with a narrative. She says that there is always a story that fuels each of her pieces, and nothing makes her happier than bringing a vision to life. About her illustration, she says, “While creating this piece, I was inspired by the image of vibrant koi fishes swimming together in a pond. With all the different patterns and coloring, I thought a koi-inspired motif would make for a fun and lively mermaid.” 

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Katja Pérez

Katja Pérez is a German-American illustrator, graphic designer, and web designer currently living in Germany with her husband, twin boys, dog Ralph, and cat Princess Arthur. She loves creating artwork traditionally with pen, ink, watercolor, or oil paint just as much as drawing and painting digitally. Her art style is often described as playful and feminine with a cosmic vibe. She draws inspiration from her everyday chaotic life, balancing motherhood, a day job, and freelancing, and she believes that beauty can be found even in the darkest moments. About her contribution to the Coloring Book, she says, “When I was asked to create a coloring page, I wanted to make something beautiful, fun, and floral that inspires you to go wild with colors. We’re currently all going through a very serious time, so I really wanted to create a piece that makes my inner child happy. Sometimes you just need to take a moment to breathe and look at something calming.”

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Sally Spratt

Sally Spratt is the creative behind The Lust List, a collection of illustrations that has become as luxurious and aspirational as the products that inspired its beginnings. The Lust List began in 2013 as an Instagram account that Spratt created to share lifelike drawings of things she coveted but couldn’t have, from glamourous shoes and must-have handbags to runway fashion, cult beauty products, and sparkling jewels. Almost instantly, Spratt’s signature style and mesmerizing illustrations resonated with thousands. As though creating her future with her drawings, Spratt’s work soon caught the attention of some of the very brands she lusted after. Now, with more than 130,000 followers, she has become one of Australia’s most in-demand illustrators and creative influencers. The saying goes that if you do what you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life. For Spratt, it has been a case of draw what she loves—with her passion for illustration flourishing into a beautiful career.

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Paul Trani

Paul Trani is a Principal Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist for Adobe. He is passionate about empowering designers to create compelling content using their creativity and new technology—whether it’s traditional illustration, graphic design and branding, or compelling 3D and augmented reality experiences. With more than 25 years of experience, Trani has become an award-winning designer, passionate public speaker, and prolific trainer. He has earned top author status on Lynda.com and has created a steady stream of content for Adobe and paultrani.com. With over 40 countries and countless presentations under his belt, Trani has become a sought-after public speaker in the creative world. About his illustration, he says, “I like the idea of falling in love with a mermaid.”

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