Color Your World,
One Box at a Time.
Every month, After Dark delivers an exclusive, artist-designed coloring book and premium coloring tools built for gothic romantics, tarot devotees, and dark-fantasy dreamers — not another box of cartoon animals and craft-store markers.
Gothic Botanicals
Tarot Arcana
Folklore & Familiars
Not Mass-Market. Not Overpriced. Made for the Night Owls.
Most coloring boxes chase every hobbyist with the same cottage-core florals, or charge craft-box prices for supplies you'll use once. After Dark anchors to one passionate niche — gothic, tarot, and dark-fantasy art — and prices it exactly where premium hobbyist boxes belong.
Mass-Market Boxes
~$15/mo
- Generic florals & cartoon animals
- Filler craft-store supplies
- Same box everyone else gets
After Dark
$24/mo
- Owned gothic & dark-fantasy niche
- Artist-commissioned, exclusive art
- Real blending markers & gel pens
- Private community, not a mailing list
Premium Craft Boxes
$40+/mo
- Excellent quality, steep price
- Slow, backlogged shipping
- Built for crafters, not colorists
What Arrives at Your Door, Every Month
A curated approach to keep every box fresh, artist-led, and worth the unboxing.
Exclusive Artist-Designed Coloring Book
28-36 pages of original gothic, tarot, and dark-folklore art you won't find anywhere else — commissioned monthly from independent illustrators.
Premium Coloring Tools
Dual-tip blending markers, artist gel pens, or watercolor pencils on rotation — real supplies, not the flimsy extras mass-market boxes tuck in.
Foil-Stamped Collector's Print
A frameable art print outside the book itself, so your favorite piece each month can live on your wall, not just in a binder.
Nocturne Ritual Card
A mood-setting playlist and guided coloring prompts, designed to turn twenty quiet minutes into an actual creative ritual.
The Coven — Private Community
Monthly live color-alongs and a members-only space to share pages, swap techniques, and talk theory with people who get the aesthetic.
Free Shipping, Cancel Anytime
No contracts, no hidden fees. Pause, skip a month, or cancel in a couple of clicks whenever your shelf needs a breather.
Loved by Night Owls Everywhere
Early words from our founding waitlist community.
“The Tarot Arcana preview art lived on my coffee table for weeks — I genuinely didn't want to stop coloring it. First box that's felt worth framing.”
Jordan M.
Founding waitlist member
“Finally a coloring box that doesn't feel like it's for kids. The gothic botanicals theme is the exact aesthetic I've been trying to describe to people for years.”
Sam R.
Founding waitlist member
“The blending markers alone looked worth the price before I even saw the book. Everything after that felt like a bonus.”
Ash T.
Founding waitlist member
One Membership. Everything Included.
The Nocturne Membership
Founding member pricing — locked for life
- Exclusive monthly coloring book
- Premium blending markers, gel pens, or watercolor pencils
- Foil-stamped collector's art print
- Nocturne ritual card & curated playlist
- Access to The Coven community + live color-alongs
- Free shipping, pause or cancel anytime
No payment required to join the waitlist.
Questions, Answered
Every box includes one exclusive artist-designed coloring book (28-36 pages) built around that month's theme, a set of premium coloring tools (dual-tip blending markers, gel pens, or watercolor pencils on rotation), a foil-stamped collector's art print, and a Nocturne Ritual Card with a curated playlist and coloring prompts.
Both. Each book includes a shading and blending guide, and our monthly community color-alongs walk through techniques step by step. The art leans moody and detailed, but the instructions are written for every skill level.
Yes — there's no contract. Pause, skip a month, or cancel from your account in a couple of clicks, no phone calls or hidden fees.
We publish next month's theme and artist preview two weeks in advance, so you always know what's coming before you're billed. You can skip any box you'd rather not receive.
We ship across the US and Canada at launch, with international shipping planned as we grow past our founding cohort.
Founding members will receive their first Nocturne box on our official launch date, which we'll email to everyone on the waitlist as soon as it's confirmed.
Be First Through the Door
Join the waitlist for early access, founding-member pricing locked for life, and first pick of launch themes.