Re: coloring book...

On 5/12/2024 7:12 AM, John wrote:

On Sat, 11 May 2024 13:37:46 -0700, "Chris M. Thomasson"
<chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On 5/11/2024 11:18 AM, John wrote:

On Sat, 11 May 2024 01:55:25 -0700, "Chris M. Thomasson"
<chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 5/11/2024 1:18 AM, jak wrote:

Chris M. Thomasson ha scritto:

Some of the pages are much harder to color than others.

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yes, the strumpy ones :^D

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;^D Here is part of a page:
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https://i.ibb.co/NFNxJCr/image.png

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   Okay, so that one says "$742" but ...

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;^D If I fill in my outline with say, 20 pages each heading, it will be
hundreds of pages... The companion book is the way to generate the
coloring book. Algorithms, C++ code examples, example renders using
different coloring techniques, ect...

   So, the colouring book is the toy,Music CD or game and the new one is
the instruction booklet?
   That's cool.

You got it. I just thought it might be a fairly decent thing to get out there before the companion book. That is going to be _much_ harder to create. I am almost done with an outline and some sections. :^)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3WHP7RZ?ref_=pe_93986420_774957520
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   does not. Does Amazon just not like me?
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This is one of the harder ones...

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   Nah, just use a red crayon and colour the whole page with it. :)

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:^) Actually, a family member, a little kid, well she colored one of my
pages like this:
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https://i.ibb.co/tmTFX3B/image.png

   She has talent but she also knows her limitations. She stopped when
all of her streets ran into massive roundabouts. Clever lady.

Big time! When she started getting nervous when coloring in the more detailed lines of the, what kind of looks like neurons or something. Anyway, I showed her this and it blew her mind! She said, I thought those were out of bounds, Chris! She cracked me up, big time. Fun times indeed. We were laughing about it:
https://i.ibb.co/D5Hzq8y/image.png
;^D

Strange! I feel like making my code try to match this wrt auto coloring
for me. :^)
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Notice that the backs of pages have a little memo on them. I did not
want to print a single page with two different images on its front and
back sides. So, the back of each render has a little memo thing. If you
look at the linked image on the right you can almost see the next render
through the memo. I did this to try to prevent pens from bleeding... Is
that okay?

   It's a cool notion, yes. I *hate* disfiguring books but it would
allow littler minds to carve out the pages to use them singly so Mummy
can magnet them to the fridge.
    Have you thought of perforated pages or a "ring-binder" or "spiral
binder" format for companion runs? Also, large pages to give more room
for little hands? And perhaps a box for them to put their names into?
Names, date and ages, maybe?

Not really! Shit. I am using a self publish on demand print thing (Amazon KDP), so I am rather limited. Iirc, the weight of the paper is around 90 gsm.

  And perhaps an e-book format that can be drawn into using
MSPaint-like tools? That might keep them happy on long car journeys.

I can publish the e-book of it, however I use anti-aliasing and coloring with something, oh, like ms paint, can leave some little artifacts wrt lines.

  Some of us may be wary of micro-gremlins but I'm told that Mummies
like to display their efforts to visitors.

:^D Indeed. Exactly!

   Though I wouldn't. I'd never spoil a good book.

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I hope some people actually like it.

   As do I. It's an interesting idea. I hope it sells.

To be quite honest, I would be happy if it sells less than ten copies. Actually, for some reason, it went to #1 of a group for around three hours:
https://i.ibb.co/R0zFznF/image.png
Strange! Humm...

Especially when I can show how its
created in algorithms realized through a C++ implementation... :^)

   I'm sure most of the crayon-wielding users won't care about that. Not
for years.

;^D lol. Yeah, well, you are right. Humm...

  Have you thought of affiliating with producers of packs of crayons or
coloured-ink ballpoints? Those won't net you much per click-through
but every micro-penny helps.

No! I have not. Thanks for the heads up.

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  Yeah, it's hot here, too.

Summer is kicking here as well. :^)

  Take care,

You too, John. Thanks again.