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Enjoy a full year of creative relaxation with this beautiful 12-month coloring calendar. Inside you'll find delightful black and white illustrations for every season, drawn by best-selling coloring book artists. To spark your creativity, two inspiring fully-colored examples are provided for each month's design. Every page is perforated for easy removal from the calendar to share with family and friends. And as an added bonus, the 2016 Design Originals Coloring Calendar even includes 16 ready-to-color detachable notecards.

Author Ben Kwok (a.k.a. BioWorkZ) is a young L.A. based professional graphic artist. Working as an apparel designer, BioWorkZ has developed his own highly original hand-drawn illustration style, characterized by exquisitely rendered, artistically polished, ornate detail. His distinctive illustrations evoke the popular Zentangle(R) drawing method, with crossover appeal for that audience. He maintains a large presence on social media, and draws large followings on Facebook, Instagram, Bechance, and Deviantart. His client list includes Red Bull, Converse, and Lucky Brand.

Robin Pickens is a licensed surface designer, illustrator, and graphic designer in sunny Southern California. Robin licenses her artwork for a variety of products including Christmas ornaments, fabrics, calendars, greeting cards, gift books, home decor, wall art, dishware, and more. She has previously worked as a broadcast television art director and animator.

Professional artist Thaneeya McArdle is the author of more than 30 bestselling coloring books from Design Originals. Thaneeya creates colorful art in a variety of styles, ranging from abstraction to photorealism (with a special focus on creating vibrantly detailed art). Her artwork hangs in private collections around the world, and can also be purchased on t-shirts, puzzles, jewelry, coloring books, and more. Thaneeya shares her love of art at her popular art instruction site, www.Art-is-Fun.com, with fun lessons and detailed information on drawing, painting and mixed media. Her site has received over 32 million page views and counting. In addition to her passion for art, Thaneeya also enjoys travel, photography, reading, and learning new things.

An experienced book illustrator and designer, Jess Volinski currently creates illustrations and surface designs for the publishing, fashion, tableware, and stationery industries. Her characteristically vibrant designs are ideal for coloring books. Jess is married to Erik DePrince, the artist behind Design Originals Manga to the Max coloring book series. Jess and Erik live in New Jersey and are the parents of two pre-teen children.

Design Originals is the industry leader in trendsetting craft & hobby publications on a wide variety of topics including paper arts, jewelry making, needlecrafts, drawing, painting, scrapbooking, kids crafts and more. We strive to identify emerging trends and new craft markets in order to provide our retail partners with exciting cutting edge products. Design Originals books are distinguished by gorgeous color photography, detailed step-by-step illustrations, and the highest production values. Our authors include many award-winning artists who are known as the best of the best in their fields.

Debra Valencia, a visionary artist, designer, and entrepreneur, has branded a modern style uniquely her own. She has used her design expertise to create distinctive branding, packaging, and product design for companies including Esprit Bed & Bath, Hasbro, Playskool, Milton Bradley, Disney, Hard Rock Cafés & Hotels, The Cheesecake Factory, and MGM Grand Hotels. Her artwork is currently licensed in over 1,200 products in gift, home, and stationery. Her surface designs have been licensed in quilting fabric collections for South Sea Imports, Wilmington Prints, and David Textiles, with over 100 fabrics on the market.