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Inktrapment: Diamine Inkvent 2023 no. 20
Into outer space!
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Finally, we get a black ink! Astral is a coal black chameleon ink with gold-blue-green shimmer and a bit of sheen in wet areas. The ink flow is good and it seems quite wet.
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It shares quite a few similarities with Solstice from Inkvent 2019, which is a black shimmer ink with sheen and blue-green shimmer. As we can see from the pictures below, Solstice has more sheen than Astral, but the shimmer in Astral is more colorful and sparkling.
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To sum up doors 16 to 20:
- Three silver shimmer inks consecutively was a bit of a surprise
- The black halo in Merry & Bright was quite nice
- I really liked the color of Cinnabun, but the feathering is rather impractical
- For the first time, I enjoyed the scent of a scented ink!
- And once again, my favorite is the most “extra” ink, today’s Astral!
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Liv Mogstad Strickert is a regular contributor to Pennen er mektigere and will be posting daily ink reviews of Diamine’s Inkvent 2023 in December.
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