Behind today’s door we find ink series number five! Glacier is from a new ink series Diamine has named Star Bright. It’s not easy to say what makes the Star Bright inks different from their other shimmering inks, but it might be the sheer amount of shimmer? Because Glacier has a significant amount of silver shimmer. The color is a fairly light ice blue with some shading. The ink itself seems moderately wet, but the silver shimmer ended up clogging…
Yesterday, in the Pen Addicts Norway Facebook group, someone was wondering why we haven’t seen any green inks yet. Today brings the first green ink in this year’s calendar! Velvet Emerald is a standard ink, but it also has a bit of a red sheen in wet areas. The color is a quite dark emerald green – or dark teal – with some nice shading. Initially, I thought I had many inks in this color, but I discovered that most…
Door number 9 reveals another chameleon ink. Moon Beam is a rather dark, gray ink with distinct green undertones (not really visible in the pictures!), and what looks like blue-purple shimmer. It seems a bit dry, but works well in the wet Pelikan nib I used. As seen in the picture above, it’s a bit darker than Diamine Moon Dust. Liv Mogstad Strickert is a regular contributor to Pennen er mektigere and will be posting daily ink reviews of Diamine’s…
I may have already found my favorite ink from the 2023 Inkvent. Jacaranda is a standard ink, with a very pale and almost luminous periwinkle color and some shading. In wet areas, it has some pink undertones and a darker purple halo. It might be a bit too pale for finer nibs, but the flow is excellent. Unlike the two Sailor inks in the picture above, Jacaranda isn’t really a multi shading ink, but there’s enough color variation to give…
On day 7, we get the first Scented ink – the fourth ink series in this year’s Inkvent. Sweet Dreams has an intense, saturated, and medium dark Barbie pink color with little to no shading. It is considerably lighter than both Pilot Iroshizuku tsutsuji and Pelikan Star Ruby. The ink smells of something sweet, but I can’t figure out what it is. Does it remind me of candy in general, or is it something more specific? In any case, the…
Two chameleon inks in a row! Under door number six, we find Buck’s Fizz, a very light orange ink with gold-green shimmer. In wet areas, it looks quite sunny and sparkly, with some shading and a slightly darker halo. In writing it unfortunately becomes too pale and subdued — and it seems painfully dry. 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.
Behind door number five, we find the night sky adorned with the Northern Lights. Nightfall is a very dark blue, chameleon ink, with blue-green shimmer and a touch of copper or red sheen in wet areas. It appears almost black on paper, and there is little to no shading to be seen. The ink seems very wet, and the shimmer flows quite well. Nightfall also strongly reminds me of another Inkvent ink, namely Stargazer from 2021—except Stargazer has a slightly…
On the 4th of December, we get the 3rd ink series in this year’s Inkvent, namely shimmer — that is, the “regular” shimmering ink from Diamine. Masquerade is a brownish purple or a brownish pink ink with gold shimmer, some shading, and a dark halo in wet areas. The ink resemblances Robert Oster Rose Gold Antiqua quite a bit, but is slightly darker and has a browner tone. Here is Masquerade between two Robert Oster inks: Rose Gilt Tynte (lighter…
Behind door number 3, we find another standard ink. Early Dusk is a medium dark blue with some shading and a dark, blue-black halo. In wet areas, there is some red sheen – and perhaps a hint of purple undertones? The ink seems to be on the dry side. It’s a nice color, but not very unique. Liv Mogstad Strickert is a regular contributor to Pennen er mektigere and will be posting daily ink reviews of Diamine’s Inkvent 2023 in…
Sigh… This was the year I failed National Novel Writing Month. I’ve been participating for twelve years, and won every year, right up until this year. Despite that, this year’s NaNoWriMo was actually a pretty good experience. At least much better than the previous two years, where it felt like nothing was working, even though I was able to finish. This year’s NaNoWriMo started quite well. I had an idea that I thought had potential and that I enjoyed writing. And after a whole month…