Inky T O D - Inks That Make You Feel Sad

[ENewton]

Many of the inks described as "retina-searing" make me sad. There is something about them that suggests desperation to me.

[Runnin_Ute]

 

Brad... I don't have that bottle so I can't comment.... BUT, why don't you try adding some Photo Flo to it.

 

 

C.

I did add something to it in a sample vial, (it's been several months so I forget what I added) and while better it still did it. I sent Steve (TRSS) a sample and he did likewise and had the same experience.

 

Maybe I will try again.

Edited March 26, 2016 by Runnin_Ute

[amberleadavis]

Would you mind if I made this TOD?

[VivienR]

Currently Platinum Carbon Black. I loved that ink, but the reason I last used that ink didn't turned out to be good. Signed a lease contract with it, when I moved together with someone I really loved. Even used my favorite Sonnet the Metal and Pearl version. Well, it didn't ended well... So, I didn't used those for a while...

[deacondavid]

Much as people sing the praises of it, Noodler's Apache Sunset. I don't generally like the color orange, and this one just follows that trend. Also, I am not a fan of washed-out greens (Nostalgic Impressions Green, I'm looking at you, but it is not the only one). Both of them strike me as unrealized potential. In the case of Apache Sunset, if the variability in colors could have been done with a color range I actually like. In the case of washed-out greens, they could have just used more dye...

[Renly]

Noodlers Liberty Elysium. The ink dries on the nib in about 3 seconds making the pen skip on startup. I hate it because I like the color so much and I have a new bottle of it.

[Flaxmoore]

Would you mind if I made this TOD?

It would be my honor.

[PaganArcher]

Now that I think about it, Liberty's Elysium makes me a tad depressed by name alone.

[fountainpagan]

Pink inks makes me sad, and I couldn't say why. I don't fancy pink, true. But why it makes me sad?

[Renly]

I'd also add Noodlers Black Swan in English Roses. I thought the color would be more red but it's just brown. Highly disappointed.

[BCGGSM]

Pink inks makes me sad, and I couldn't say why. I don't fancy pink, true. But why it makes me sad?

Most males don't.

Sad is a weak word to use for pink, I just despise it.

[Abner C. Kemp]

Rohrer & Klingner Sciabosa for two reasons. First, the color itself sort of reminds me of a dying shriveled tulip or something. Second, I had a sample of the ink I loved but the bottle I bought is SO dry that it makes writing a chore. Needless to say, I don't use it very much.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Abner C. Kemp

[Flaxmoore]

Rohrer & Klingner Sciabosa for two reasons. First, the color itself sort of reminds me of a dying shriveled tulip or something. Second, I had a sample of the ink I loved but the bottle I bought is SO dry that it makes writing a chore. Needless to say, I don't use it very much.

R&K's IGs tend very dry. I can't use IGs in my Pilots for that reason.

[ScienceChick]

To me blacks and blurples are depressing. Oranges annoy me, I really dislike them for some reason.

[haruka337]

There isn't much in the way of colors that offend my sensibilities, but I do find poor performing inks to be tragic.

[Flaxmoore]

To me blacks and blurples are depressing. Oranges annoy me, I really dislike them for some reason.

Any thought why on orange? It's one of the only foundation colors I lack.

[amberleadavis]

There isn't much in the way of colors that offend my sensibilities, but I do find poor performing inks to be tragic.

Tragic doesn't get to it for me. I find them frustrating, upsetting and drama producing.

[Old_Inkyhand]

I strongly dislike Graf von Faber Castell Garnet Red. It's flat, it's dull, it reminds me of clotted blood mixed with soil. Some pale, murky colours make me feel a bit sad... I'm not a fan of retina-searing inks, but some of those pastel, 'dirty' ones remind me of the paint on the walls of an abandoned children's hospital (creepy, isn't it?)

 

What an interesting topic!

[majolo]

I don't have strong emotional reactions to inks that I can think of, but inks that are too light/low contrast (Like Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun) are very frustrating to use; they give me the feeling of trying to talk when I've lost my voice.

[Flaxmoore]

I don't have strong emotional reactions to inks that I can think of, but inks that are too light/low contrast (Like Iroshizuku Fuyu-Syogun) are very frustrating to use; they give me the feeling of trying to talk when I've lost my voice.

 

I'm an emotional person at heart. May be why I attach emotions to certain inks. The sad ones get dropped, either dumped, traded or sold. The happy ones get rewarded by being in the rotation more often.