#and an oak gall (or oak apple) is a solitary wasp nest kind of thing that grows in oak trees

[mokutone]

Your art is so pleasing to look at, I also love reading your tags! It's cool seeing what you think of certain things, whether it be about the art you just posted or otherwise. Do you ever have trouble with bleeding? What I mean is, does the ink from your pens ever bleed out when it's added with watercolor? I feel like this might be something you've already answered, so sorry if this is a repeat question.

firstly!!!! thank you! glad ur having a good time on my blog! secondly, do i have trouble with bleeding...

(drawing is a reference to a favorite panel from early nart manga)

i really hate when my ink bleeds, and so i make a concerted effort to use inks that wont bleed when i add water! That said, a lot of the inks that aren’t effected by water are really thick and pigment dense (india inks are usually pretty waterproof), so i am almost always using nib (dip) pens to do ink because they’d really clog up a pen with internal ink-storage that said, when i feel i’ve got the funds to explore, every once and a while i try a non-india ink that’s said to be waterproof. so far i have one less dense ink which is waterproof, but unfortunately it feathers (spreads out on the paper) like CRAZY so i don’t use it much because it gives me really thick and fuzzy lines.

heres a drawing with the feathery ink n heres one with my usual india ink

i do sometimes use semi-waterproof inks (like black sumi ink), which are USUALLY safe to use with watercolors without bleeding, as long as i’m careful not to agitate the ink with the brush too much.

#yamswers #thanks for the question! #kakashi is so fucking weird i love him #i have a tiny little vial of irongall ink that i've been meaning to try out...it should be lighter and waterproof #thats the kind of ink that like medieval monks and shit used. made with iron bits and oak-galls #and an oak gall (or oak apple) is a solitary wasp nest kind of thing that grows in oak trees #and its been used to make ink since like the late roman empire #oak apples are called this bc sometimes theyre BRIGHT red. theyre usually found in the uk #the one thing with irongall ink though is that while its said to be permanent and much less dense...its also like #made with iron and theres concerns that it might rust any metal it remains in contact with for a long period of time #and also. it may not be super archival? like we have medieval manuscripts where the ink has actually eaten through the parchment paper #leaving holes behind in the paper in the exact shape of the letters that used to be there #so i mean i guess if you want your artwork to last for centuries...watch out for that i guess? #but also the processes that monks used to make irongall ink and the processes that people use today are different #but that said like. i work with watercolors which are like anti archival if you leave that shit out in the sun it is GONE #so i dont really care that much skgjhsdkjghksdhg #anyway the history processes and chemical makeup of the tools we use to create things are really cool is all