When most people dive into making AI coloring pages to sell or create a book, they do not think about the impact of the art style. They just go with whatever the ai creates for their prompt. What they don’t realize is that there’s a whole world of coloring book types, each appealing to different tastes.
Not all coloring books are the same. Some art styles are better for kids, while others appeal to expert adult colorists. In this article, I will show you nine of the most popular coloring book styles you can explore.
Here are the best ai art styles that are well-suited for making coloring pages and books:
Note: the images below were created with Midjourney V6. The style of your coloring page will vary, depending on the ai art generator you use.
Grayscale
I know you’ve heard a lot about greyscale coloring books because most coloring pages created by ai have grey colors. The truth is that this type of coloring page can only be used by adults because it doesn’t work with color pencils or crayons. Coloring pages with grey colors are meant to be used with markers.
Since most children are going to be using crayons or color pencils for coloring, the grayscale pages won’t show the color. So that is why you should never make a greyscale coloring book for kids; because if you do, you will get a lot of negative reviews from angry parents with crying kids.
2d vector art
Hands down, this is the most popular children coloring book style on Amazon. Its a cartoonish illustration that you can use for kids ages three to six, four to eight, and even six to twelve. The younger the ages you’re targeting, the simpler you should make the illustrations.
This means that you cannot use the 2d flat vector art style for adults. Its too cartoonish for most adults to enjoy coloring them.
Anime or Manga
If you use ai tools like midjourney niji, this is the style you will get. But what most people do not know is that you cannot use this style for every niche. It is not a popular art style for babies, toddlers, or even older kids. If you are making an anime or manga themed coloring book, you should market it to teens or adults.
Kawaii
This style works for all age groups including children, teens, and adults. Even though kawaii coloring books are a genre on their own, nowadays most people think of anything cute as kawaii. You can imagine cute food, cartoon characters, or animals. So if its’ cute, its kawaii.
Big and simple
If you want to create coloring books for babies or toddlers, this is the style you should use. Children within the ages of one to four years old like this type of books because the large surface gives them a lot of room to play around with colors. On the other hand, adults do not like the big and simple style as it takes a long time to finish, and it can easily become boring after doing a few pages.
Realistic and detailed
This is another adult only coloring book style. These extra details make it very difficult for kids to color. You should also know that this style is not usually good for books meant for beginners. Its time consuming and requires more precision. So, its mostly expert colorists who will enjoy such detailed line art illustrations.
Chibi
I know that chibi is another unique sub-niche, but you can use this style to create adorable kids coloring book. The chibi style has characters with big heads and short bodies. Most times the drawing will have stubby legs; which makes them look so cute and adorable.
The verdict
All these styles have their own unique charm. If you target the right age groups with your book, your customers will immediately fall in love with your work, and they will return to buy more. Remember that It’s super important for you to do your research to find out which style best fits your specific niche and audience
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