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Halloween, we are sharing a brain... I love those blue inks.

 

As you might already suspect, I've been thinking exactly the same thing! Separated at birth? ;)

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Time for Iroshizuku Blues swabs and Kon-peki action shots :)

 

Disclaimer: please don't overly criticize my Kanji lettering practice; I'm just learning :)

 

Paper used: LIFE Noble Note (graph) and Tomoe River (plain)

 

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No matter how much I explore, Kon-peki remains one of my all time favorite blues. However, since Amberlea introduced me to Sailor Yama-dori, I find myself going between Kon-peki, Yama-dori, Tsuki-yo and Montblanc Balzac.

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Time for Iroshizuku Blues swabs and Kon-peki action shots :)

 

Disclaimer: please don't overly criticize my Kanji lettering practice; I'm just learning :)

 

Paper used: LIFE Noble Note (graph) and Tomoe River (plain)

 

IMAG0298.jpg

 

IMAG0297.jpg

 

No matter how much I explore, Kon-peki remains one of my all time favorite blues. However, since Amberlea introduced me to Sailor Yama-dori, I find myself going between Kon-peki, Yama-dori, Tsuki-yo and Montblanc Balzac.

 

I think I also introduced you to Balzac. :)

 

Great stuff here, thank you. Be sure to look at Ig's suggestion for a Tardis Blue.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If someone wants a TARDIS blue, I recommend this:

http://s2.homezz.com/201501/5915/49144_z.jpg

 

Yes, I'm getting some now as I watch BBC

 

 

 

I think I also introduced you to Balzac. :)

 

Great stuff here, thank you. Be sure to look at Ig's suggestion for a Tardis Blue.

I love the Balzac you gave me; it's better than Ama-Iro and really reminds me of MBs original Turquoise, but even more saturated!

Best regards,
Steve Surfaro
Fountain Pen Fun
Cities of the world (please visit my Facebook page for more albums)
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I do like the Pelikan Edelstein inks, and Topaz works really well for me.

 

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Amber, every image in every one of the first 30 posts in this thread, except for the ghost in the first post, is failing to load for me. Would you check to see if you've moved them to a different directory on your web server? When I copy the image URLs into my browser address bar, I get

 

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The requested URL /She_Thinks_In_Ink/Colors/Blue/slides/2012-08-20_02.jpg was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Apache Server at sheismylawyer.com Port 80
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Disclaimer: please don't overly criticize my Kanji lettering practice; I'm just learning :)

 

 

 

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Wonderful. As a lifelong language learner (and professor), I am glad to see your skills. Keep at it!

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Here are the blues I have currently at the homestead. My attempt at organization was only partially successful. Not a fan of blue-black or dark blues, so mine are mostly bright medium and cyan.

 

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This is great; I never realized how much shading Empyrean has! And many thanks for the kind Kanji encouragement :)

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Steve Surfaro
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Cities of the world (please visit my Facebook page for more albums)
Paris | Venezia

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Amber, every image in every one of the first 30 posts in this thread, except for the ghost in the first post, is failing to load for me. Would you check to see if you've moved them to a different directory on your web server? When I copy the image URLs into my browser address bar, I get

 

 

Thank you! I think I've fixed it now.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you! I think I've fixed it now.

 

Looks good here.

 

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Here's a dark blue/blue-black I made with Chesterfield Capri and Blackstone Black Balled. I call it Why So Blue? Black. I think it looks better on paper - what do you think?

 

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Ouch

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2015-Inklings/slides/2015-Ink_0006.jpg

 

Nice! Did you do a Q-tip wash with water or ink, or did you use a brush?

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For Christmas I received one of those water brush pens.... and uh... I sort of went crazy. I did this to 135 of my ink cards.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Colors/Washed/index.html

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Colors/Washed/slides/Washed_0081.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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135? How many do you send total? :yikes: I tried to do a few washes and ended up losing most of the ink to a paper towel.

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135? How many do you send total? :yikes: I tried to do a few washes and ended up losing most of the ink to a paper towel.

 

 

This brush is awesome. I didn't lose any cards.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For Christmas I received one of those water brush pens.... and uh... I sort of went crazy. I did this to 135 of my ink cards.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Colors/Washed/index.html

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Colors/Washed/slides/Washed_0081.jpg

 

Favourite accessory. I love them, glad you do too. They can awaken magic in some inks but destroy giants at the same time . . .

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2015-Pens/20150106_174852.jpg

 

You're right. This is a gorgeous colour. It won't be readily available though will it? Bit like eating a Dodo's egg, so sad . . . :(

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