A Game of Thrones Colouring Book by Harper Voyager

7/11/2015

Number of Pages: 96
Size: 25 x 25cm
Paper colour: White
Paper surface: Smooth
Paper thickness: Good
Linework: Fine/Medium
Perforated: No
One sided: Yes (quotes on reverse)
Binding: Glue
Drawings go into the spine: Yes
Waterbased pen bleed: Slight shadowing

Here's another one I've been really excited about for months, a colouring book based on the epic series of novels and TV series Game of Thrones. I'm an avid viewer of the programme and, as with Tolkien's World, I thought this would be a match made in heaven. After having a good look through it I have to say I'm not as thrilled as I expected to be, which is a shame.

The book looks great on first glance with a wide square format, glossy accents to the cover and a partly coloured illustration of someone who I'm guessing is Cersei. As with the Tolkien book, this one features some characters but they are purely book-based renderings and don't resemble the actors we recognise them as. I know this won't matter to the book buffs but I would've liked to be able to recognise them immediately rather than have to read the facing quote to determine who it is. (I just wanted to colour Kit Harrington, is that so wrong?!) A good thing is the illustrations have quotes on the back so you can use any type of pens you like, though the spaces are so tiny on some pages I'm not sure markers would be ideal.

Unfortunately lots of the illustrations have a rough, sketchy quality that doesn't feel like they were designed to be coloured. For instance, this flower detail on Ser Loras' glove (right) is very scrappy with wobbly edges that don't match up and are incomplete. The illustrations are beautiful but I don't feel that they've been refined enough to be coloured.

The paper is okay with very minimal shadowing when using waterbased pens, but as I say it doesn't matter as the reverse side of each image is a quote from one of the books. I think if you're a big fan of the GoT books you'll get this, but I'd advise flipping through it at the bookstore to make sure it's what you want before you buy.

Here's my work in progress, an image of the Stark family crest done with Polychromos and Prismacolor pencils.

I was given this book in exchange for an honest review. You can find it on Amazon here:

The Official A Game of Thrones Colouring Book

4 Comments

Gemma Cook

9/11/2015 11:41:17 am

I've got to get myself this colouring book x

Claire

16/11/2015 06:02:55 pm

It is awesome :)

Kirsty Perry

24/5/2016 08:29:07 pm

It took me literally 2 weeks just to do one picture in this!!

Maarit

21/7/2016 05:00:52 pm

Hey :)
Always nice to see this great book reviewed, but I just wanted to point out a thing which you were unsatisfied with -
the detail on Loras' gauntlet (and the whole armor.)
It's not supposed to be a distinct pattern, it's portraying chiselled plate - i.e. embossed metal. So it's not supposed to be clearly outlined and filled - rather, shaded gently to a shine. :)
Personally, I think the art in the book is absolutely amazing :)

Exquisitely detailed, classic comic book line art, varying in thickness and angles, very dynamic. All the gentle strokes in patterned areas, is IMO, precisely what makes the artwork so great, since it enables one to do delicate shading to fabrics, chiselled surfaces etc.

The border outline art is a bit too thick for my taste, from a purely aesthetical POV, but it still blends quite well into balanced pictures, together with the more gentle details. There is room for both bolder areas of color and finer shadework. :)

Most coloring books are okay, some awesome. I love Millie Marotta's and Kerby Rosanes' books <3
"The can't sleep colouring book" is the worst piece of crap I ever spent money on :(

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A Game of Thrones Colouring Book by Harper Voyager

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