Alright so earlier in the week things may have gotten a bit out of hand. I received some messages and comments from friends urging me to give Marvel a try, so I decided that since it wouldn’t be hurting anyone I might as well give it a shot. As a lifelong DC-er it hurts me to say this but there is more to Marvel then just way to colorful costumes and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading some Marvel comic books. With my newly find liking to Marvel I only thought...

Alright let’s all take a deep breath here and say it…”DC comics are the best comic books out there”. I know, I know, there is also Marvel, but come on now, no one actually thinks that Marvel is better than DC, there is just no competition here! Seriously, what kind of costumes are those? They look ridiculous, the only Marvel hero that deserves the light of day is Deadpool and even he hates the rest of the Marvel heroes. Ok, so with that I am guessing that I have weeded...

We all have that movie that we have watched over 100 times and tend to watch every Saturday morning. It doesn’t matter that we already know what happens in the end and everything in between. With these movies it’s much more because of how they make us feel and they can become somewhat of a tradition, something you watch every Christmas when the family gets together or that day you realize Spring is just around the corner. These movies are much more than moving pictures to us, they embody a...

Since airing in 1963, Doctor Who has captured the imagination and fascination of multiple generations forever changing the landscape of pop-culture. The TV series won over its viewers with its sometimes quirky persona, a very special blue telephone booth, and one of my personal favorite things about the show - a leading character who is portrayed by different actors every couple of years. This is normally an inconvenience in TV and film but it is actually written into the premise of the show as The Doctor regenerates, giving the show an...

The magical stories of Harry Potter and his friends’ adventures through the wizarding world captured the imagination of an entire generation and launched a “magic” craze throughout the pop culture world. In the early 2000’s there were few kids that weren’t counting down the days until J.K. Rowling’s newest release of one of her books. When the saga ended with the release of the 7th and final book it certainly left a cavity to be filled for many fans. If you feel like you haven’t been whole since turning the...

If we were to go on the street and take a poll asking adults what their favorite movie was, or the most important movie in their life was, there is a good chance that the original Star Wars franchise would roll off the tongues of many. The fact is that when Star Wars: A New Hope came out in 1977 it blew the minds of a majority of the people who saw it. Spaceship fights, lightsabers, attractive alien princesses, and the Force, the Star Wars trilogy had it all and...

It should come as no surprise that the most commonly used tool for coloring books is the almighty colored pencil. Colored pencils provide the most control to the artist. The same exact pencil can color in tiny details when sharpened to a point, or color much bigger spaces quickly when the broad side of the graphite is used. You can also decide how much color you’d like to put down just by the amount of pressure you put on the pencil. Many colored pencils are also kind of erasable. I...

First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day is a time to reflect on what our planet has given us and show our support for the preservation of its beauty and all of its inhabitants. Celebrated every year on April 22nd in more than 193 countries by holding annual parades and even multinational events like the 1990 Everest Climb it is a tradition that has lasted decades and helped bring awareness to conservation efforts. If you would like to celebrate Earth Day but can’t take the time off work to climb Everest...

Nowadays there are tons of different options that colorists can choose from when it comes down to their coloring medium of choice. There are pencils, gel pens, special paint and even chalk, but today we decided to focus on a classic and one of our favorites: markers. Markers may not be completely erasable like pencils and may sometimes bleed through which can cause problems in cheaper coloring books that use thin paper, but they do produce a much more professional finished product. Here are our favorite markers with a detailed...

Creatively Calm Studios has been around for awhile now and over the last year we have created over 360 unique designs. The amazing thing about our designs is that our artists are based all over the world and that is something that I think you can really feel when you color our designs as opposed to others. You just really get to feel how vibrant and diverse life is all in the same coloring book. So after creating close to 400 designs I decided to turn back the pages and...