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Illustration Project Giveaway: Colorful Seattle Coloring Book
If you were paying attention to our Instagram on Monday, I posted this awesome pic right after I received my copies of the Colorful Seattle coloring book in the mail. It was a pretty momentous occasion for me – this is an illustration project I’ve been working on with Colorful Cities for almost all of 2013.
This was such a fun coloring book project to work on for a few reasons.
Number 1, my brother Brandon, his wife Katie and their daughter Lily live just outside of Tacoma, which is a hop skip and a jump away from Seattle. (Making my dedication to Lily in the book a total no brainer.)
Number 2, I love to draw, and any project that will pay me to do that wins. This one in particular was a challenge because it was so many illustrations, and they were all pretty detailed and intricate.
And number 3? See number 2. I love to draw.
Here’s a little more in depth info about the Colorful Seattle: Explore and Color coloring book:
“Colorful Seattle – Explore & Color” is an exploring guide and coloring book for Seattle!
“Colorful Seattle” begins with a map of Seattle and a two-page index, including a brief description and relevant URLs for each of the locations featured in the book.
The core of the book is its whimsically drawn 28 illustrations by Steph Calvert, featuring some of Seattle’s most explorable locations — Oxbow Park’s “Hat n’ Boots” statue in Georgetown, EMP Museum, Discovery Park, Fremont Troll and the Waiting for the Interurban Sculpture in Fremont, to name a few.
Illustrations are printed on one side to eliminate the peeking through of the next image and to reduce marker & paint bleed. Pages can easily go from book to art showcase as they are perforated at the top for seamless removal.
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Wanna win a free signed copy of the Colorful Seattle coloring book?
I’ve got an extra copy of my latest illustration project to share with one of you Seattle loving folks, and I’ll even sign it before I pop it in the mail. Get your entries in before midnight on November 27, and one lucky winner will have something extra awesome to be thankful for on Thanksgiving!
Freelance illustrator Steph Calvert is an award-winning artist with 24 years of experience working as a creative professional. She is based in McDonough, Georgia, just south of Atlanta.
Steph Calvert has expertise as a children’s book illustrator. She is an expert surface pattern designer for art licensing and creates line drawings for publishing and product design. Steph has years of additional expertise as a mural artist, creating original art, and logo design for small businesses. She is currently querying literary agents with her first author/illustrator book projects.
Writing CLIENTS INCLUDE
Moonfrye.com
OC Weekly
Educational Highlights
National SCBWI Conference, 2023
Illustration Summer Camp – The Highlights Foundation, 2021
Make Art That Sells, 2017
BFA in Computer Art – SCAD, 1999
10 responses to “Illustration Project Giveaway: Colorful Seattle Coloring Book”
We used to live in Puyallup, WA and I loved going on the tour of Underground Seattle!
Oh awesome! I’ve been on the underground tunnel tour of Portland, it was pretty spooky!
I’ve seen Seattle on a map. I would be happy to color it.
AHAHAHA!!! It would be an honor sir.
yes, i have! loved the EMP. like totally loved. and the OG Starbucks.
Sad to say we actually drew the OG Starbucks for the book, but couldn’t get clearance from them to include it. BUT all of the other locations featured? Totally green lit the project, so that’s something 🙂 I was really impressed with how thorough Laura was in putting this together, to make sure there were no legal snags down the road.
I have never been to Seattle… or the west coast. It’s sad I know. I need to remedy that soon.
That’s why you need to win! When you make it out to the west coast, you’ll have a map to get ya through Seattle!
I’d love to win this for my after school program. My kids know this city well. Great job Steph!
Thanks KB!! I gotta say I’m so proud of the program you put together – ya done good, lady, ya done good.