Category: Ink Review

Aurora Blue ink review

11 March 2014 By ian

Aurora Blue is a nice fairly saturated blue ink. There’s nothing that sets it apart from most other blue inks as far as colour goes but it’s good and wet and stands out well on the page. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Thank you to The Writing Desk for sending me this sample to […]

Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-Ho (Rice Ear) ink review

4 March 2014 By ian

This ink is sometimes gold, sometimes green, sometimes brown, sometimes beautiful, sometimes rather unpleasant. What it also is, is interesting. Here I am doodling the Inkling. Sometimes they pretty much draw themselves. Irene is my favourite Inkling so far. But who were her visitors??? Would you like your very own Inklings and also support this […]

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 […]

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 […]

Diamine Monaco Red ink review

20 February 2014 By ian

My current favourite red. Stuart over at Informal Scribble sent me a sample and I liked it so much I had to buy some. It has quite a brown side to it, this one, as well as a touch of orange from certain angles, if you catch it unawares. It’s a Diamine ink so it […]