Key takeaways
- Anime Coloring Book: Paint Art offers pre-drawn anime-style line art with fill, brush, two erasers and zoom tools.
- Its palettes range from pastels and vibrant tones to glow, chalk, glass, gradient and mosaic styles, with a Recently Used row.
- Illustrators, art-supply brands and publishers could explore licensed artwork collections, branded palettes or cross-promotion.
- Any artwork added through a partnership would need documented rights from whoever owns it.
- Talks are nonbinding, publish no figures, and a sale would follow Google Play's transfer process.
A coloring app is only as good as its line art and its colours. Anime Coloring Book: Paint Art provides both, and that is exactly where illustrators, art-supply brands and publishers could contribute. This page sets out what the app does, three collaboration models, the rules on artwork rights, and what an acquisition would involve.
A canvas and a set of tools
The listing describes black-and-white line art on a clean canvas. Fill covers large areas in a tap, the brush handles freehand work, and two erasers, one for the artwork and one for the background, clean up mistakes. Zoom, move and centre make small details workable on a phone screen.
The artwork runs from expressive characters, outfits and dreamy backgrounds to cosy food scenes, flowers, stars and skies, dragons and other creatures. The app's page on this site adds that nothing is timed and nothing can be failed. Continue Coloring brings back unfinished pages, no account is needed, and progress is saved on the device. Get Random Artwork unlocks a surprise canvas by watching a rewarded ad. The app is free with ads and optional in-app purchases.
Model one: licensed line art from illustrators
Illustrators working in anime and manga styles produce exactly the kind of image the app uses. A licensed collection could appear as a themed set: an artist's characters, a seasonal series, or a story's cast. What makes this work:
- clear rights: the illustrator owns the work, or holds the rights to license it;
- credit, agreed in advance;
- line art prepared for filling: closed regions so the fill tool behaves.
Model two: palettes from art-supply brands
The palette system is the app's second strength. The listing describes soft pastels, vibrant tones, classic shades, warm and cool sets, glow-inspired colours, chalk and glass-like textures, gradients and mosaics, with a Recently Used row. An art-supply brand could co-develop a palette that matches a physical marker or paint range, giving users a digital set inspired by the physical one. Sponsorship would be labelled.
Model three: publishers and print-to-digital
Publishers of coloring books, manga and art guides might explore publishing and distribution, licensing, localisation, or cross-promotion: a page from a printed book appearing in the app, or a digital collection pointing to a physical edition. White-label versions where technically feasible can also be discussed.
Rights come first
The app is an independent product, and anything added through a partnership must be artwork the partner owns or is entitled to license. Proposals involving characters from existing anime, manga or games would need documented permission from the rights holder; without it, they are not something Reign Creative can take on. Fan art of other people's characters is not a licensing route.
What the app is not
The app's page on this site is precise: the artwork is pre-drawn line art; it is a coloring app, not a drawing app. Partners expecting layered illustration tools or stylus pressure features should know that before proposing. It is designed to be calm and unhurried, which suits partners who want a gentle, low-pressure presence rather than competitive play.
A worked example: a twelve-page collection
An illustrator proposes a twelve-page set of original characters for spring. The plan: release three pages a week for four weeks, each with a suggested palette from the app's pastel and gradient sets, and a credit line naming the artist. Users who finish a page can keep returning through Continue Coloring. After four weeks all twelve are available, and the illustrator links to their own portfolio. The artist keeps their copyright; the agreement covers the licence to show the line art in the app.
Buying the coloring app outright
Reign Creative LLC is open to serious discussions about acquiring this app, alone or with the other creative and anime apps. This page shows no prices, valuations, revenue or user numbers, and it is not an offer.
How the coloring app would change hands
On Google Play, a sale is completed by moving the app between developer accounts. The Play Console help page says both accounts must be registered and active. It notes that the app's users, statistics, ratings, reviews and listing transfer, that promotions do not, and that apps using rewarded ads and other ad formats must have their ad SDK integrations updated so that ad traffic is credited to the correct account. Translation projects in Google Play's service must be finished before the move.
How to start
Send a short message from the partnerships page or to ReignCreativeSupport@gmail.com: who you are, your studio, brand or imprint, and the idea. Please do not include confidential, financial or personal information, or artwork files, in a first message; a link to a public portfolio is enough. Discussions are nonbinding until due diligence and signed terms.
Related reading: the anime coloring app guide, colour theory for beginners and colour palettes for anime art. The app is one of our anime and creative apps.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Can an illustrator license artwork to Anime Coloring Book: Paint Art?
Could an art-supply brand create a palette for the coloring app?
Is the coloring app a drawing app?
Can the coloring app be bought?
Sources
- Anime Coloring Book: Paint Art (opens in a new tab)Google Play — accessed
- Transfer apps to a different developer account (opens in a new tab)Google Play Console Help — accessed
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