Octopus Write & Draw Green Ostrich

[yazeh]

Octopus Write & Draw Green Ostrich

 

 

A very nice waterproof, lightfast bright murky-ish Green, with slightly below average lubrication. If you want a darker one, go for Crane Green. 

A note about Ostriches. It’s a common misconception that Ostriches hide their head under the sand, it couldn’t be further from truth. Apparently they look for food on the ground and when they lay their eggs, they have to turn them regularly, hence giving the impression that they are hiding in the sand. If they are in danger, they run instead and very fast. 

However, human often hide their head in the proverbial sand of denial  

The scans are off on Midori and Tomoe River 68 gsm paper. The other papers are alright. 

 

 

Chroma:

 

 

 

Writing Samples:

I used a reverse Ef for the Ultra Extra fine line. As I mentioned before the scans of Midori and Tomoe River GSM are off. 

 

 

Photo:

Midori and Tomoe River 68 gsm

Comparison:

 

Water test:

Left side 10 seconds under running water. 

 

Art Work:

Walk on the Wild Side

 

 

Paper is Canson Mixed Media

Octopus Write & Draw inks used:

Ostrich & trees: Green Ostrich

Orange: Orange monkey

Tree trunks: Brown Seahorse

Other inks:

Jacques Herbin: Turquoise de Perse, J Herbin, Lie de Thé (eiffel tower)and Noodler's Lexington Gray

 

 

·      Pens used: Lamy (Reverse EF/Ef/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1), Osmiroid Copperplate.

·      What I liked: Colour, drawing ostriches. 

·      What I did not like: Nothing much.

·       What some might not like: Fear of pigment inks?

·      Shading: Yes

·      Ghosting: None on cheap paper. 

·      Bleed through: A bit depending on cheap paper.

·      Flow Rate: Wet

·      Lubrication: Slightly below average. 

·      Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. 

·      Start-up:  Ok

·      Saturation:  Not saturated. 

·      Shading Potential: Ok. 

·      Sheen: Silver sheen on Iroful, like most octopus W& D inks.

·      Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice. 

·      Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.

·      Staining (pen): No. 

·      Clogging: Did not notice.

·      Cleaning: Easy, but as it’s a pigment ink YMMV. 

·      Water resistance: Excellent. 

·      Availability: 50 ml bottles, 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

 

 

 

[RedPie]

I like your reviews and drawings a lot...your walk on the wild side tops it all! Just fantastic!

[yazeh]

26 minutes ago, RedPie said:

I like your reviews and drawings a lot...your walk on the wild side tops it all! Just fantastic!

Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragements  

[knarflj]

Thank you for another fine review, @yazeh!  The colour is actually lovely to look at, though I can't quite see myself writing with it.  I love the Walk on the Wild Side!  Lovely to see that Cat and Mouse have a new friend. 

[LizEF]

Thank you for the ostrich lesson!   Long ago I went to Kenya for 2 weeks on a photo safari.  In one place we were able to walk around and got within about 6' of a giraffe - the size of his feet was scary - he could have just flattened us to pancakes.  (Not that giraffes are violent, just it's intimidating sharing the ground with something that big.)  When we got back, the waiter knowingly asked us about our experience and told us that we could have gone closer - the giraffes were friendly and gentle.  But he warned us to stay away from the ostriches - said they could be mean.

 

Meanwhile, the ink seems a little too pale in the chroma, but I do like the writing samples and all that shading!   Hooray for the swatch card encore!   Seriously, that's a great set of sketches.  (Meanwhile, what's up with Vert Empire - it's so grey!)

 

Love the water test sketch!  Smart kitty (unless Ostrich turns mean...).

 

Oh, and Walk on the Wild Side is even better!  Absolutely fabulous!  Love the orange accents.

 

Great review, @yazeh!

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, knarflj said:

Thank you for another fine review, @yazeh!  

A pleasure 🙏

1 hour ago, knarflj said:

The colour is actually lovely to look at, though I can't quite see myself writing with it.

 

1 hour ago, knarflj said:

 I love the Walk on the Wild Side!  Lovely to see that Cat and Mouse have a new friend. 

Thanks! Yep it's good to have friends, isn't it?

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Thank you for the ostrich lesson!  

 Welcome!

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Long ago I went to Kenya for 2 weeks on a photo safari.  In one place we were able to walk around and got within about 6' of a giraffe - the size of his feet was scary - he could have just flattened us to pancakes.  (Not that giraffes are violent, just it's intimidating sharing the ground with something that big.)  When we got back, the waiter knowingly asked us about our experience and told us that we could have gone closer - the giraffes were friendly and gentle. 

That must have been quite a moment. Thanks for sharing it  🙏

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

But he warned us to stay away from the ostriches - said they could be mean.

 When I was doing my mini research on ostriches, I saw a YouTube video of a song woman riding an ostrich, with a special saddle. Personally, I would've worn goggles  Did you sample ostrich or the eggs, by any chance? 

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Meanwhile, the ink seems a little too pale in the chroma, but I do like the writing samples and all that shading!  

It reminds me of Kakimori Kurun. 

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Hooray for the swatch card encore!   Seriously, that's a great set of sketches. 

Thanks, I never though drawing ostriches would be so fun. I had some humorous sketches with an ostrich believing cat and mouse were "discussing" her backside and pointing it But I thought it would be too cliché  

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

(Meanwhile, what's up with Vert Empire - it's so grey!)

Blame it on the scanner  

 

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

 

Love the water test sketch!  Smart kitty (unless Ostrich turns mean...).

Or Cat and mouse become mean  

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Oh, and Walk on the Wild Side is even better!  Absolutely fabulous!  Love the orange accents.

 

Glad you liked Miss Ostriches fashion sense

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

Great review, @yazeh!

A pleasure 🙏

[inkstainedruth]

interesting color.  I like how it looks on the Rhodia paper, but on some of the other papers make it look a little too yellowish for my taste.  But thanks as usual for the comprehensive review.  AND for the fun artwork, of course!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

29 minutes ago, yazeh said:

 Welcome!

 

32 minutes ago, yazeh said:

That must have been quite a moment. Thanks for sharing it  🙏

Gladly.

 

32 minutes ago, yazeh said:

 When I was doing my mini research on ostriches, I saw a YouTube video of a song woman riding an ostrich, with a special saddle. Personally, I would've worn goggles  Did you sample ostrich or the eggs, by any chance? 

Oh, now that you mention it, I think I've seen that - someone riding an ostrich.  We definitely didn't try ostrich eggs. (I understand it's all but impossible to open those things - watched a Russian (in a video) have to use a drill to put a hole in one - he was draining it for his pet puma to eat, but wanted the egg whole for the puma to play with.)  But I may have tried ostrich meat.  There's a restaurant in Nairobi called The Carnivore, where the waiters come around with 3' skewers of meat and say things like, "Would you like to try the impala?" after which they carve off a slice of said meat onto your plate.  I remember most of it tasted like dry beef, but the eland was yummy.  I declined to try the crocodile.  My companion said it was like rubbery lobster.  I don't remember if ostrich meat was one of the offerings.

 

40 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Or Cat and mouse become mean  

[yazeh]

54 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

interesting color.  I like how it looks on the Rhodia paper, but on some of the other papers make it look a little too yellowish for my taste.  

I'm sure the hint of yellow would disappear with a wetter pen:)

54 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

 

But thanks as usual for the comprehensive review.  AND for the fun artwork, of course!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

A pleasure. The whole point of these reviews is often time finding a creative way to explore the colour

Happy Thanksgiving, btw 🦃 

[yazeh]

@LizEF rubbery lobster, it reminds me of Octopus 😄It reminds of a Leave it to Beaver episode when they boys try raising a Gator 😄

Game meat, needs special preparation. Glad the Eland was tasty

  

[LizEF]

28 minutes ago, yazeh said:

@LizEF rubbery lobster, it reminds me of Octopus 😄It reminds of a Leave it to Beaver episode when they boys try raising a Gator 😄

Game meat, needs special preparation. Glad the Eland was tasty

[InesF]

Thank you, @yazeh, for the complete ostrich meal, from the starter ink review over (soup) quotes and (main dish) comparisons to drawings as dessert! 

(to also capture some of the other forum members contributions)

 

It is, again, interesting how different the ink looks on some of the paper types. In this case I would prefer how it looks on Rhodia, but would not buy it if I would had seen one of the other examples only. Thank you for testing them all!

I guess it is, similar to grey inks, highly interesting for drawing but less so for writing.

 

I love how the ostrich does multi-dimensionally (literally, pictorially and meaningly (is that all English?)) protect cat and most of mouse! Well done! 👍 (however, mouse seems to have a trust deficit)   

 

"Walk on the wild side" is one more of your stunning artworks that make me smile and make my day! Thank you! 

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for the complete ostrich meal, from the starter ink review over (soup) quotes and (main dish) comparisons to drawings as dessert! 

(to also capture some of the other forum members contributions)

🙏 

2 hours ago, InesF said:

 

It is, again, interesting how different the ink looks on some of the paper types. In this case I would prefer how it looks on Rhodia, but would not buy it if I would had seen one of the other examples only. Thank you for testing them all!

A pleasure

2 hours ago, InesF said:

I guess it is, similar to grey inks, highly interesting for drawing but less so for writing.

I guess so! 

2 hours ago, InesF said:

 

I love how the ostrich does multi-dimensionally (literally, pictorially and meaningly (is that all English?)) protect cat and most of mouse! Well done! 👍 (however, mouse seems to have a trust deficit)   

2 hours ago, InesF said:

"Walk on the wild side" is one more of your stunning artworks that make me smile and make my day! Thank you! 

Thanks!

[LizEF]

6 hours ago, InesF said:

literally, pictorially and meaningly (is that all English?)

Yes, all are correct English.   (Though stupid Firefox spell checker doesn't know that "meaningly" is a word.   I has educated it. (Note that "I has educated it." is improper English.  It should be "I have educated it.", but I used improper English on purpose, so it's OK. (I also intentionally broke rules from at least some style guides about punctuation in quoted text that makes up a portion of a sentence, but I don't care - I disagree with those rules - the "." is part of the quote.  to the style guides! )))  And like a good programmer, I made sure that all my opening parentheses had closing parentheses.

[lapis]

Thanks for the image(s). Especially the one with you and your pet in Paris. Thanks for everything. If I (somehow) didn't like inks and/or this forum, I'd still continually look at your work!

[yazeh]

36 minutes ago, lapis said:

Thanks for the image(s). Especially the one with you and your pet in Paris.

Now I'm wondering which one is me  

36 minutes ago, lapis said:

Thanks for everything. If I (somehow) didn't like inks and/or this forum, I'd still continually look at your work!

Your kind words make all this hard work worthwhile. 🙏🙏🙏

[lapis]

On 11/27/2024 at 8:44 PM, yazeh said:

 Or Cat and mouse become mean  

 

[LizEF]

23 minutes ago, lapis said:

[yazeh]

@lapis  very clever : 

 

@LizEFcouldn't resist