Wonderful coloring book designs for fans of Orphan Black printed both sides of the page

Orphan Black: The Official Coloring Book

By: Insight Editions

Rating: 5 of 5

I really enjoy the TV series Orphan Black and was happy to find this coloring book which is based on it. The illustrations are very well drawn by a team of illustrators (Adam Raiti, Robin F. Williams, and Pablo Matamoros.) The characters are instantly recognizable and many of the iconic scenes from the show are reproduced (though I would have loved a scene of the sisters dancing together, that is not included.)

The illustrations of Sarah, Cosima, Alison, Helena and more showcase the wonderful and versatile talents of actress Tatiana Maslany. That one actress can play so many parts in a series with such believability is outstanding. I also loved the designs of Felix Dawkins (actor Jordan Gavaris.) Really, so many wonderful scenes bring back memories of the series I will probably have to watch the old episodes as I color in the book to create the proper ambiance.
I would have loved to have seen this book printed on only one side of the page so I could use wet medium but it is printed on both sides of the page. Because of that, I will be using pencils for coloring in it (see my tests of color medium below.)
The designs are detailed and some have small and intricate areas to color. For the most part, I do not consider this a difficult book to color (though coloring into the binding is always difficult no matter how detailed or not the design is.)
This is what I found in coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper
79 line drawing designs derived from the TV series Orphan Black with an additional 15 pages of full color glossy photos from the series.
Printed on both sides of the page
Paper is standard size (11.5 x 8 inches), cream color, medium weight, slightly rough and is non-perforated.
Glue Binding
Book is difficult to open flat. You will have to break/heavily crease the spine in order to get it somewhat flat.
The designs do merge into the binding area. A few designs have a framing line at the outer edges.
Only one design spreads across two pages; the rest are limited to one page.
Alcohol based markers bleed through this paper.
Water based markers, India ink pens and gel pens either bleed through or leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. Tombow brush end pens did not bleed through but started to abrade the paper with a second layer.
If you use wet medium with this paper, it will likely mar the design on the back of the page.
Coloring pencils worked well. Both oil and wax based pencils worked well for providing good pigment. Though the paper is slightly smooth, I was able to layer the same color for deeper tones, layer multiple colors and to blend easily using a pencil style blending stick.