This sketchbook is awesome, I have been drawing more since buying it because of how nice it is to use. It's large enough to not feel cramped on the page but also very portable. The heavy pages are cream colored, but not yellow as stated in some other reviews, it has a built in folder pocket attached to the back cover. Pages lay pretty flat when open. I have only had it a week but it seems well made and like it will stay together. Micron pens do not bleed through at all and neither does my pentel brush pen. Sharpie does ghost through but not really bleed. Alcohol type markers do bleed through so you would only be able to use one side of each page.