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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao, Morning Glory, Dark Blue Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Asa-Gao fountain pen ink is a dark blue ink that's inspired by the Morning Glory flower.The colour is a striking version of blue that reminds me of blue marker ink actually. If you're...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuyu-Kusa, Asiatic Dayflower, Blue Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuyu-Kusa fountain pen ink is a blue ink inspired by the Asiatic Dayflower. It's a strong blue and it looks like the most neutral blue of all the blue inks from Pilot Iroshizuku. You...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo, Crimson Glory Vine, Purple Red Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-Budo fountain pen ink is a purple red ink inspired by the Crimson Glory Vine.The colour's a version of dark purple leaning towards the red, almost like mauve colour. This colour...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-Ho, Grain of Rice, Golden Brown Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Ina-ho fountain pen ink is a golden brown ink inspired by the grain of rice. It's a very watery ink compared to other Pilot Iroshizuku ink, and it almost has that muddy feeling and the...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji, Autumn Leaves, Red Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Momiji fountain pen ink is a red ink inspired by autumn leaves. I think there's a tint of magenta in the red so it's not like pure red.When the ink touches paper for the first time, it...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai, Deep Sea, Blue Black Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai fountain pen ink is a blue black ink inspired by the deep sea. This is one of my favourite Pilot Iroshizuku ink as well. I love how when wet it's lighter and then darkens...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai, Hydrangea, Blue Purple Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai fountain pen ink is a blue purple ink inspired by Hydrangea, a flower that's native southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro, Light Blue Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-iro fountain pen ink is a light blue ink inspired by the sky. The ink is quite bright, almost like bright cyan, but it's also dark enough and has good contrast against paper. If...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki, Winter Persimmon, Orange Red Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki fountain pen ink is a orange red ink inspired by the winter persimmon. Fuyu-Gaki is a bright orange red that's strong and striking. It's actually quite close to the Pilot...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin, Bamboo Forest, Light Green Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin fountain pen ink is a light green ink inspired by the bamboo forest.Chiku-rin is a yellow-green green, the colour that reminds me of fresh new leaves basking under the...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai, Deep Sea, Blue Black Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Shin-Kai fountain pen ink is a blue black ink inspired by the deep sea. This is one of my favourite Pilot Iroshizuku ink as well. I love how when wet it's lighter and then darkens...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai, Hydrangea, Blue Purple Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Ajisai fountain pen ink is a blue purple ink inspired by Hydrangea, a flower that's native southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro, Light Blue Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-iro fountain pen ink is a light blue ink inspired by the sky. The ink is quite bright, almost like bright cyan, but it's also dark enough and has good contrast against paper. If...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki, Winter Persimmon, Orange Red Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki fountain pen ink is a orange red ink inspired by the winter persimmon. Fuyu-Gaki is a bright orange red that's strong and striking. It's actually quite close to the Pilot...
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Review: Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin, Bamboo Forest, Light Green Ink
Pilot Iroshizuku Chiku-rin fountain pen ink is a light green ink inspired by the bamboo forest.Chiku-rin is a yellow-green green, the colour that reminds me of fresh new leaves basking under the...
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Review #2: Daniel Smith Walnut Ink for Sketching
A few years ago, I invited my friend Marvin Chew to review the Daniel Smith Walnut Ink. Recently, at an art store, I saw a few bottles and bought one to try since they were selling at rather affordable...
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Review: De Atramentis Document Ink (Brown)
Recently, I had a comment on my video review of Daniel Smith's Walnut Ink asking if there's a "bulletproof" brown ink. I remembered that De Atramentis has a brown ink from their Document Ink series so...
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Review: Speedball Calligraphy Acrylic Ink (10-palette kit)
This is Speedball's 10-Palette Calligraphy Ink Kit which I got to test with Speedball's 6-nib Calligraphy Lettering Set. This Calligraphy Ink Kit comes with a 9 inch round white plastic palette and 10...
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Review: Speedball Pigmented Acrylic Ink Palette Set (5-bottles)
This is Speedball's Pigmented Acrylic Ink Palette Set (5-bottles).This Calligraphy Ink set comes with a 10-well rectangular white plastic palette, 4 bottles of highly pigmented acrylic ink in different...
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Review: Dr Ph Martin's Coloured Bombay India Inks Set 2
This is the set of Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Inks that I bought recently. Unfortunately, one of the bottles leaked during shipping and messed up the packaging. Thankfully there's still quite a bit...
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