More dip pen tests

So, it'll probably be a while before I end up posting for the month so here's a belated haul post thinger-ma-jigger.

Finally got a proper caligraphy ink set to go with my dip pen set.

Silver, black, white, and gold ink.

Don't you love the backdrop of the math homework I should be doing now but is instead writing this? Yeah yeah.

Oh, and can you guess what this is?

I'll give you a hint: it makes the big bottle I bought not too long ago a big waste.

They're even the same brand as the nibs, Speedball, too, so I know they should work fine with them.

And fine they did:

Ink tests

Holy shit man. If you actually bothered to read the writing chicken scratch, you'd see that I spent a considerable amount of time ranting about how awesome the black ink was. Also found a new favourite nib. Amazing what proper ink can do, right?
As for the other colours, the chunks of glitter in the gold and silver ink produced an overly thick and heavy line for me. Plus, combining the ink with smaller nibs makes the line too transparent and not glittery enough. I have no choice but to stick with the bigger ones. Oh well. Still beats using marker ink instead.
And, I probably don't need to say it, but I also tested the white ink out there, but being white, you can't see it.

What else is cool is that, unlike Sakura Pigma pens or something, this stuff is permanent when it dries. You can actually feel the texture, man. It dries 3D.


Drawn on a piece of index card.