Orphan Black: The Official Coloring Book

The media could not be loaded.  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 paper79 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 pagePaper is standard size (11.5 x 8 inches), cream color, medium weight, slightly rough and is non-perforated.Glue BindingBook 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.

I love everything about this!

I bought this as a gift for my daughter because she likes the show Orphan Black. She seemed pleased with it, which makes me happy.

So cool! Note that the pages are thin and back to back so you can only use pencils

The coloring book came just as described, nothing wrong with it. It also came on time in the time slot it said it would come.

great coloring book cool that it has color printed pictures in it also

Love it

Love to color in the sestras! Great illustrations

I bought this as a Christmas present for my sister and she bought me the same! It’s a very good quality book and the pictures are quite detailed and fun to colour.

It's amazing the picture look lime them so much its crazy,my version of Sarah to the photo in the book ,its an amazing buy

Present for my Orphan Black mad Daughter who loved it

perfect gift quick delivery excellent item

great book.