Ink drops
Some fun insights and grumbles from my week with inks. Sloshing around in this post are Noodler’s, J. Herbin and Troublemaker.
Continue reading30 Inks in 30 Days: September 2019
I decided to highlight a collection of some of my favorite, weird, and meaningful inks during InkJournal’s “#30inks30days” challenge this September. Here’s the entire archive, hope you enjoy!
What I used:
- Pen: Conklin Word Gauge, Medium Nib
- Paper: Stalogy 365 notebook
Day 1: Colorverse Monument Valley
Day 2: Vinta Inks Carnival Summer Green
Day 3: Monteverde Azure Noir
Day 4: Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao
Day 5: Herbin Poussière de Lune
Day 6: Organics Studio Masters of Writing Henry David Thoreau Walden
Day 7: Monteverde Malibu Blue
Day 8: Vinta Inks Maskara Violet
Day 9: Parker Quink Black
Day 10: Colorverse Mariner 4
Day 11: Troublemaker Inks Hanging Rice
Day 12: Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo
Day 13: Blackstone Sydney Harbour Blue
Day 14: Vinta Inks La Union Vineyard
Day 15: Vinta Inks Armada Aegean
Day 16: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai
Day 17: Herbin Gris Nuage
Day 18: Colorverse Dust Storm
Day 19: Organics Studio Nitrogen
Day 20: Vinta Inks Kosmos
Day 21: Xing Hun
Day 22: Vinta Inks Lucia Deepwater Blue
Day 23: Colorverse Monsoon Storm
Day 24: Troublemaker Inks Petrichor
Day 25: WHSmith Brown
Day 26: Troublemaker Inks Freedom Park Rose
Day 27: Vinta Sikatuna Sandugo
Day 28: Noodler’s Purple Heart
Day 29: Vinta Inks Andrada Teal
Day 30: Troublemaker Inks Abalone
Inktober 2019
This #inktober I decided to pay cheeky tribute to the fountain pen experience with haiku-like poems and ink doodles. I followed the spooky themes from Goldspot Pens #goldspotinktober list.
I had a lot of fun doing this! I used watercolor paper, and a Nemosine 0.8 stub inked with Noodler’s Black for the words. Otherwise, inks are as noted.
Day 1: MYSTERY
Day 2: CHILL
Day 3: VENOM
Day 4: BLOOD
Day 5: WHISPER
Day 6: TERROR
Day 7: SHIVER
Day 8: VICIOUS
Day 9: MADNESS
Day 10: SUFFOCATE
Day 11: CURSE
Day 12: NIGHTMARE
Day 13: SHRIEK
Day 14: SPELL
Day 15: SUSPENSE
Day 16: WRATH
Day 17: CREEP
Day 18: PARASITE
Day 19: HEART
Day 20: FEVER
Day 21: EERIE
Day 22: REVENGE
Day 23: SHADOW
Day 24: GHOST
Day 25: WEIRD
Day 26: HAUNTING
Day 27: OUTBREAK
Day 28: TORTURE
Day 29: APOCALYPSE
Day 30: EVIL
Day 31: TERROR
Inkvent 2019
All my Instagram posts from the Diamine’s Inkvent Calendar 2019. Here’s the swab of every sample to give you an overview: read on for close-up illustrations with each ink, and some videos of the shimmer inks.
Ink Review: Diamine Purple Scribble
You can find lots written about inks, their qualities, and how they work on different papers. There are some very talented reviewers, such as Mountain of Ink, who do a much better job than I could. What I can do is tell you how an ink feels to me.
Diamine Scribble Purple is a private pleasure. So saturated it’s nearly black, and at first you wonder if it’s worth it. The deep royal purple comes out when you take a second look at your writing. It’s the subtlety that appeals to me.
Continue readingInk Review: Taccia Hokusai Sabimidori
Taccia Hokusai Sabimidori is an incredibly expressive teal ink. “Sabi midori” translates to “rust green”, which accurately describes the mix of the ink’s sheen and underlying shade.
I’ve been obsessed with this ink for nearly a month now, since getting a sample in December, and immediately deciding I wanted to order a bottle!
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