DOMINANT INDUSTRY - Soleil couchant à Étretat

[yazeh]

DOMINANT INDUSTRY - Soleil couchant à Étretat

 

Ink Review # 197

 

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🧾 Description

 

 

Dominant Industry is fairly new Korean Ink-maker.

They are well distributed around the world. Ink comes in 25 ml teardrop bottles.

 

This ink belongs to the Painter series, some of them are standard, some shimmer. As of now there are 3 painters, Monet, Turner and Mucha.

https://dominantindustry.creatorlink.net/psearch/num/1/stx/painter

 

This is a standard ink. There is Les Falaise à Etretat but that’s a turquoise shimmer ink.

 

Ink is named after one of the first paintings of the Etretat cliff and arches in Normandy France.

 

There is Les Falaise à Etretat but that’s a turquoise shimmer ink. 

 

Ink is named after one of the first paintings of the Etretat cliff and arches in Normandy France. 

Photo courtsey of Wikipedia. 

 

Flow is dry, and ink has below average lubrication. 

 

That being said, the writing experience differs depending nib & paper combination: 

 

-        Lamy EF was scratchy on most papers, lovely on Tomoe River 68 gsm. 

-       Stub was awful on all papers but Iroful and Hammermill. 

 

Colour is pale with a dry pen and dark (thus legible) with a wet pen. 

Shading is paper dependant: 

 

-       Extreme on Iroful,

-       Good on Rhodia, Midori.

-       Faint on Tomoe River 68 gsm

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I loved the color on copy paper.

 

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 🧪 Chroma

 

 

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 ✍️ Writing Samples (scan)

Colors are approximative. 

Rhodia  / Iroful

 

 

 

Midori  /Tomoe River 68gsm

 

 

 

Hammermill 20lb  

 

 

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 📸 Photo

Rhodia/ Iroful

 

 

 

Midori / Tomoe River 68 gsm

 

 

Hammermill

 

 

 

 🔍 Comparison

 

 

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 💧 Water Test

 

 

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 🎨 Artwork

Etretat, Between Dream and Mist

I used Tintenlabor Alpstein for the grey, though I added DI ink to parts of it.

Paper is Canson Water color. 

 

 

 

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- Pens Used:  Pilot F3A EF, Semi-Flex. Lamy (EF/F/M/B/ Stub 1.1)

- What I Liked: · Writing on Iroful and copy paper. Ink washes. 

- What I Did Not Like: Color on Midori, writing experience with some combination, paleness. 

- What Some Might Not Like: Dry, low lubrication, pale. 

- Writing Experience: Variable.

- Pros: Shading, lovely colour.

- Cons: Dry, needs write combo. Price.

 

 🧷 Ink Characteristics

 

- Shading: From extreme to subtle. 

- Ghosting: Faint on copy paper with dry pen. 

- Bleed Through:  A hint with the EF wet Pilot. 

- Flow Rate: Dry.

- Lubrication: Below average to dry. 

- Nib Dry-out: Did not notice. 

- Start-up: Ok. 

- Saturation: Nope. 

- Sheen: Nope.

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

- Nib Creep / Crud: Did not notice.

- Staining (Pen): Nope. 

- Clogging:  No.

- Cleaning: Easy

- Water Resistance: It survives a few drops but not a downpour. 

 

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 🛒 Availability

 

- [ ] Available in 25 ml bottles, everywhere. 

 

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 💬 Closing

 

This is paper, pen dependant nib. If you like dramatic shading it needs a dry pen and Iroful paper. If you want legibility it’ll be perfect on absorbent paper. If you dabble into ink washes, you’ll be in heaven. 

 

No fountain pens were hurt in preparing this review. ;) 

Please don’t hesitate to share your experience, writing samples, or any other comments — the more the merrier. :)  

 

 

 

[lapis]

_{Nice review as always. Looks more like an ink intended for artistic creations like yours. But for "normal" writing of any ol' words or notes like mine, I'm not so sure. Keep up the good work!!}

[yazeh]

18 minutes ago, lapis said:

_{Nice review as always.}

Thanks!

18 minutes ago, lapis said:

_{Looks more like an ink intended for artistic creations like yours.}

I think it'll work fine with wet pens. I didn't have enough sample to test it extensively.

18 minutes ago, lapis said:

_{But for "normal" writing of any ol' words or notes like mine, I'm not so sure.}

Wet pen and absorbent paper, fine. Other than that, debatable.

18 minutes ago, lapis said:

_{Keep up the good work!!}

I'll do my best.

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

I can't type the ink's name but that is some impressive chroma-dragon.  👍🏻
 

I also love the photo and drawings!  And I have, let's see, Toits, Vert, and Blue Nose Bear.  Toits only works well in one pen, a Lamy ABC.  

 

 Your ink seems to make lovely artwork.   ❤️  But I dislike dryyyy unlubricated inks.

 

Thanks, @yazeh, I enjoyed this review, and you saved me again!   😸

[LizEF]

Great review, @yazeh!  You had me sold at "dry and below average lubrication"! Throw in some extreme shading, and what more could I want?

 

That is a very funky chroma.  It might belong in a wizard's fire in a fantasy novel.

 

Good quotes.  I'm pretty "meh" about the color - these pastel-ish grey-ish greens don't really do anything for me.

 

But as always, the best parts are the drawings.  Do I want to know what happened to kitty's eyes on that swatch card? (Or is that just the back of kitty's head?)

 

Whoa!  Stay away from the water!    But very cool effects in that drawing!  Great job there! Love it.

 

Thanks!

[inkstainedruth]

@yazeh Interesting color, although a bit on the pale side.  I suspect that this ink would do well in something like a Pelikan (especially with a broader nib) -- mine tend to be firehoses.

Thanks as usual for the comprehensive review and great artwork (I loved that one of the drawings was of the cliff and arches from the first photo).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[yazeh]

3 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I can't type the ink's name but that is some impressive chroma-dragon.  👍🏻

I was sure you'd like that chroma and see the most amazing stuff in it.  I have one funky IG with the funkiest of chromas. 🐲

3 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

I also love the photo and drawings!  

 

3 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

And I have, let's see, Toits, Vert, and Blue Nose Bear.  Toits only works well in one pen, a Lamy ABC.  

That's one tough ink to please.  

3 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Your ink seems to make lovely artwork.   ❤️  But I dislike dryyyy unlubricated inks.

It's the beauty of these inks, great in art, especially when touching wet paper, but meh for writing.  

3 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks, @yazeh, I enjoyed this review, and you saved me again!   😸

Always here to serve. And thanks for your kind words and encouragements !

 

[yazeh]

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

Great review, @yazeh!  You had me sold at "dry and below average lubrication"! Throw in some extreme shading, and what more could I want?

I've never seen an ink that behaves amazing on one paper and awful on another! But yes, that's up your alley. I believe Professor @InesF last ink before vacation was this one.  

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

That is a very funky chroma.  It might belong in a wizard's fire in a fantasy novel.

Yep. It is. Normally, when you have chroma like this, it means excellent for washes.  

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

Good quotes.  I'm pretty "meh" about the color - these pastel-ish grey-ish greens don't really do anything for me.

It's funny for an ink named Sunset at Etretat, the focus is the color of water and not the sunset. 

Here is the photo of the painting.

Photo: Courtesy of Slate.fr

Monet was obsessed with these cliffs, rightly so, he did 15 renditions of it. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_at_Étretat_(Moscow)

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

But as always, the best parts are the drawings. 

Thanks. I spent 90 minutes or so on this one. It was really fun to do, while her Majesty was having a lap nap.  

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

Do I want to know what happened to kitty's eyes on that swatch card? (Or is that just the back of kitty's head?)

Nope, he's wearing sun glasses and mousey is taking a selfie.  

2 hours ago, LizEF said:

 

Whoa!  Stay away from the water!    But very cool effects in that drawing!  Great job there! Love it.

 

Thanks!

It's the Nick Stewart system. Wet the paper, squeeze a drop and let the ink separate .

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

@yazeh Interesting color, although a bit on the pale side.  I suspect that this ink would do well in something like a Pelikan (especially with a broader nib) -- mine tend to be firehoses.

It would be perfect for Pelikan. The colour will darken and I guess the shading will disappear. 

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

Thanks as usual for the comprehensive review and great artwork (I loved that one of the drawings was of the cliff and arches from the first photo).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Thanks. I had a lot of fun doing it! I used another photo though.  

[LizEF]

26 minutes ago, yazeh said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_at_Étretat_(Moscow)

Thanks for this!  I would have picked another of the series - the one they picked is definitely not my favorite.   Though I guess they were just looking for a unique color (with a famous name attached to it...).

 

30 minutes ago, yazeh said:

while her Majesty was having a lap nap.  

 

32 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Nope, he's wearing sun glasses and mousey is taking a selfie.  

Of course - glasses for kitties are all the rage!

 

32 minutes ago, yazeh said:

It's the Nick Stewart system. Wet the paper, squeeze a drop and let the ink separate .

[yazeh]

7 hours ago, LizEF said:

Thanks for this!  I would have picked another of the series - the one they picked is definitely not my favorite.   Though I guess they were just looking for a unique color (with a famous name attached to it...).

Well they have a shimmer ink too: 

https://dominantindustry.creatorlink.net/028-Les-Falaises-a-Etretat

[Lithium466]

Thank you for your review @yazeh  

An Arsène Lupin themed ink? Yes please.

[LizEF]

5 hours ago, yazeh said:

Well they have a shimmer ink too: 

https://dominantindustry.creatorlink.net/028-Les-Falaises-a-Etretat

[yazeh]

9 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

Thank you for your review @yazeh  

A pleasure! 

9 hours ago, Lithium466 said:

An Arsène Lupin themed ink? Yes please.

I'm not sure if I get this one. Must be missing something, can find the link between him & Monet? Unless he was an impressionist  

 

[Lithium466]

No relation to Monet I'm afraid, just imaginary things like l'aiguille creuse!

[namrehsnoom]

The ink's name is really cool - and impossible to remember for more than a couple of minutes - and the colour looks really nice. But the rest is just meh! Not a writing ink, in my opinion: too pale, too much contrast.

But in your drawing, it looks totally gorgeous! This definitely is an ink made for artistic purposes. 

[LizEF]

1 hour ago, namrehsnoom said:

The ink's name is really cool - and impossible to remember for more than a couple of minutes

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, namrehsnoom said:

The ink's name is really cool - and impossible to remember for more than a couple of minutes - and the colour looks really nice.

 It took me sometime to get used to the name, and I speak French fluently.  

1 hour ago, namrehsnoom said:

But the rest is just meh! Not a writing ink, in my opinion: too pale, too much contrast.

Unless you use a wet pen.  But you know that don't you?

1 hour ago, namrehsnoom said:

But in your drawing, it looks totally gorgeous! This definitely is an ink made for artistic purposes. 

Yes. It's made for this purpose. Many inks by DI are more suitable for washes than writing. I suspect that's the case for Wearingeul too.  

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, Lithium466 said:

No relation to Monet I'm afraid, just imaginary things like l'aiguille creuse!

I like imaginary things! I'm afraid I never got into Lupin. Or similar stories.  But we can't have it all can we?  

 

[Baggins]

Thank you for the review.

This ink is not for me, but I Loved!!🥰 the art.

Keep on doing your thing, you have a fan club now! More responsibility 😂

Z.