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 readingSome fun insights and grumbles from my week with inks. Sloshing around in this post are Noodler’s, J. Herbin and Troublemaker.
Continue readingI 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:
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.
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.
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 readingTaccia 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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