YamPuff’s Chibi Tarot – The Major Arcana – New Coloring Book!
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YamPuff’s Chibi Tarot – The Major Arcana – New Coloring Book!

Back in 2020, right before the COVID pandemic and lockdown became a thing, I published Flowery Dreams. I remember taking the photoshoot of that coloring book in the outdoor grassy area of my workplace, empty as everyone started working from home. That summer I published the Dreams Collection, a coloring book of all my 'dreams' themed coloring books gathered together in one anthology. After that, however, (more…)
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Dreams Collection: A Coloring Book Retrospective
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Dreams Collection: A Coloring Book Retrospective

Five years ago, in 2015, when Kindle Direct Publishing was still called Createspace, I self-published my first coloring book: "YamPuff's Stuff". I had no idea what I was doing, but my coloring pages were popular online and I had received requests from fans to make a coloring book. So I drew 24 original coloring pages and compiled them together. And my first little blue book was born. I've written before about the process that goes into making my coloring books, but not really about the long journey I took to get here. It was one of the hardest things I'd…
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Inktober 2017 Illustrations
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Inktober 2017 Illustrations

Well, this year's Inktober is finally over for me. There are a few days left in October, but I am feeling burnt out. Last year I only managed around 6 or 7 illustrations and a few of them were random doodles, so for me to have put up 18 pretty much complete illustrations, inked and with some color - well I'm pretty proud of myself! Maybe next year I'll even finish all 31 days of Inktober. But I know when to call it quits. This year my focus was on coming up with concept art for my new coloring book;…
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The Making Of: A YamPuff Coloring Book
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The Making Of: A YamPuff Coloring Book

I'm one of those people that starts loads of projects but never finishes them. Over the years I've tried my hand at just about everything - with the same results. Half-written novels, half-finished cross-stitch patterns, incomplete knitwear, and abandoned webcomics. The only exception to that rule has been making coloring books. Something about the process of starting from nothing but a concept and ending with a book in your hand is just magical to me. When I started on my first coloring book project (YamPuff's Stuff), I was incredibly intimidated and I didn't know if I would be able to…
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