article_snippet.sent: Johanna Basford, 32, has released a colouring book for adults which has sold 226,000 in one month .
article_snippet.sent: Miss Basford said Miss Basford had been stunned by the response to Miss Basford books, which will soon have sold close to 2million copies and been translated into 14 languages.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Basford previously did commercial work designing packaging and perfume bottles, but now focuses almost full-time on Miss Basford colouring books.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Basford said: ‘It started as a selfish pursuit to create a book that I loved.
article_snippet.sent: Several years later, Miss Basford came up with the idea of a whimsical colouring book for adults after Miss Basford clients said Miss Basford black and white designs would be perfect for colouring.
article_snippet.sent: It took Miss Basford nine months to design Miss Basford first book, which Miss Basford juggled in between commercial assignments for companies such as Absolut Vodka, Sony and Nike.
article_snippet.sent: Miss Basford said Miss Basford now receives thousands of pictures from fans who want to show off thousands of pictures colouring in, adding: