Month: February 2014

Diamine Aqua Blue ink review

27 February 2014 By ian

Diamine Aqua Blue is a bright turquoise-y ink. Not a lot of shading but enough to lift it from the page a little. I found it to be quite wet. Here I am doodling the Inkling. You’ll notice quite a pause (even in this highly speeded up version). I struggled to think of what to […]

Comparing Caran d’Ache Chromatics Inks (Link)

26 February 2014 By ian

Comparing Caran d’Ache Chromatics Inks Here is the fantastic Brian Goulet comparing the new range of Caran d’Ache inks with the old range plus some alternatives. (These are very expensive inks so it’s good to know there are alternatives!)

Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-Same (Autumn Shower) ink review

25 February 2014 By ian

Despite Informal Scribble’s praise of Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-Same in his wonderful review, I would not personally have chosen a grey ink. This bottle was a Christmas present. It turns out that Mr Scribble was completely correct and this is a beautiful ink. There’s so much shading, it goes from pale grey to not far off […]

Zebra PenPod ballpoint pen review

24 February 2014 By ian

I don’t tend to review ballpoint pens here because I don’t like them very much. As such, I feel it’s better to leave their reviews to people who can appreciate them more. I wanted to review the Zebra PenPod though because it is a groovy little pen. I received this as a freebie, as part […]