I made a pretty legadillo.

My pride and joy, Trannysaurus. Coloring book by Dover, trannification by Heather Collins.

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I made a pretty Wall-E and Eve embroidery. Wall-E is my favorite movie of all time.

News: I changed the site’s name from Sugar and Snark to “I made a pretty!” because that is what I say every time I present one of my creations to an unsuspecting friend or family member… because I have the verbal eloquence of a toddler.

The LSDebra.

Coloring book by Ringling Brothers Circus. Rainbow trip by me.

Saurus by Dover Coloring Books. Punkification by me.

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I made a sassy octopus. An octosass. Or a sassopus.

Sea cow says, “Moo?”

Coloring book by Dover. Island vibe by me.

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I made a pretty giraffe. For the love of a Turtleneck Sweater.

Coloring book by Dover Publications. Thuggery by me.

Check the tail tat.

This hoodlum is proof that given equal amounts of creativity, colored pencils and bling, coloring can be fine art.

I love to color. I pride myself on thinking outside the coloring book lines. I like to take a bland coloring book and audaciously alter the pictures until I have created a masterpiece. I consider altered coloring book art to pretty much be a fine art form.

I have a fantastically bland Dover dinosaur coloring book. I knew immediately upon purchasing it that these seemingly demure dinos had much more attitude than their illustrator originally bestowed upon them. I went after them with ferocity and Crayola markers and the results are below.

I call these guys the Pantsasauruses because I would like to own pants that resemble their stripey skin.

Next, we have the vibrant Paisleysaurus. Sadly, this particular dino died out quickly because of his complete and utter lack of camouflage ability. However, why would you want to camouflage when you look so fabulous?

Next is the illusive freakybirdasaurus. If you were somehow able to make it past this terrifying bird/dino’s hideous claws and death-inducing snout/beak, he would make an excellent headdress.

I bequeathed the next dino StegAWESOMEsaurus. His awesomeness is so powerful, he could be considered offensive to those unused to such high concentrations of unadulterated awesomeness.

This dapper fellow is the Art Deco Dino. His interests include geometry, opulence and mazes.

I call the next fellow the Shroomasaurus because it’s very possible he’s into natural hallucinogens. 

Stay tuned for more dino-themed works of altered coloring book art!

I’m good at math.

I made a crab.

I made a couple peacocks.