Crayons Are More My Speed

The Internet is a lovely place - it's full of creative people with great ideas.
Sometimes, though, those ideas get a bit silly. There are plenty examples of this, but one has been really prevalent lately and I just. don't. get. it.

Adult coloring books. 
What is the deal.
Why are the pictures so complicated.
Why are there so many diffnerent versions of these books.
Why is it mostly landscape type images or mandala type images.
Why. Why. Why.

I quite enjoy coloring. I've had a Pinterest board of coloring pages for quite some time, because it's something I like to do. I have a bajillion crayons (and a few markers, even).
Coloring is fun. Because color itself is fun.
But these little tiny spaces to fill in and all of these giant images to fill in...it's just too much for me.

I'm the kind of person that needs the coloring pages to be fairly small. Or, if not small, fairly uncomplicated. My attention span isn't long enough to do a whole 8.5x11 page (or anything anywhere near that size, really). My coloring skills don't really allow me to do something of that size without screwing up somewhere, either.

Do you remember the fuzzy posters that were super popular quite a few years back (which, can still be had at craft stores!)? I loved those. Because you really couldn't screw them up. I had a bunch of them, but hardly finished any of them (unless they were of the smaller variety) because I just couldn't stick with it, as a lot were poster sized.
This adult coloring fad is like that for me. The pages are too big for my enthusiasm to stick with, and the spaces are too small (therefore I will ruin it) and it's just too much.

So, uh, this is where I say that I finished one and quite enjoyed it.
Because it's true.

However. 
I was poorly. I had a headache that just hung out all day. I had YouTube going, and I hadn't the energy for doing much of anything else. So, coloring it was.
And, certainly, I was happy when it was finished. And while I was working on it, I was happy to have something that was just labor intensive enough to distract me from my discomfort but not so difficult to cause any distress.
But choosing all those colors was difficult. I love how it turned out, but I don't 100% love my color choices. I screwed up in plenty of spots. The whole time I was wishing I had colored pencils so there wouldn't be crayon shaving bits all over and uneven patches. I was so worried about it turning out, as "adult" pages should be, that it wasn't nearly as fun as coloring in Pokemon was.

It was a great feeling of accomplishment to have it done. But now what? Try another? Oh, no, thank you! At least not for a week. Because I'm just...tired of coloring. A whole book of something of that size and complexity? It would languish away not getting worked on. Because I'm still not convinced.

Do you enjoy coloring? Do you have any of the coloring books?

~Havok

P.S. Really if you enjoy the coloring of the tiny little spaces, more power to you. I commend you for your abilities.