Ginkaisyoku by kyo -no-oto
Carrie had not expected the request to be so reasonable. Honestly, she hadn’t expected there to be a request at all. Neither had she expected to find something— much less someone— when she enrolled in an elf-identification (the pamphlet was very clear on this point; this was not “elf-spotting”) course. This course was for the show, though, so she took it seriously. If an elf was asking her to follow him, she wanted to know.
And now someone was in front of her, at the end of her first practice search, asking if Carrie would just follow him back to the house.
There wasn’t a house.
Carrie had tried to discreetly scan the forest behind the oddly-dressed individual, but saw nothing except more forest behind him. Her teacher had warned her to watch for shimmer at the corner of her eye and thorns hidden in an otherwise warm handshake. Neither suggestion was helpful.
The fandom: Oh No Ross and Carrie Podcaster RPF
The characters: Carrie Poppy
The Prompt: From Drop Kick Writer’s Block
The ink: Ginkaisyoku by kyo -no-oto
The colour: Grayish blue with blue shimmer
Special properties: Shimmer
The pen: Kaweco sport, medium nib.
I've been using this ink a month. For a shimmer ink it is smooth-writing and I didn’t have any issues with clogging, which I seem to experience a lot with shimmer inks. However, when I started the writing sprint, I noticed a lot of starting and stopping. I figure as long as you write slowly, and fairly big, it’s a better experience. It plays nice with corner doodles, which is a plus, though I’m not much for drawing generally.
The colour is this washed out blue-gray that I just love. It builds up on itself as you write with it and can shade, but it took a little bit of work to get a lot of shading out of it. The shimmer is light blue and very subtle. It was hard for me to coax it out unless I had a light like my camera flash shining right at it. When you can see it, though, it really adds a little something to it. The overall effect was a lot like sitting out in the fog.
You can see from the picture that I had a lot of trouble with consistency of the line it lays down. Great for art projects, not so much for long writing sessions. It was really, really hard to write fast with this, though given the ink’s general fanciness, I’m not super surprised. I did have a lot of fun playing with it this month, though.
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Inkmas #4: Kobe City Museum Gray
Welcome to Inkmas Day 4!
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The color reminds me of Montblanc Swan Illusion, but City Museum has less…
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Campsite
This is for my upcoming Kickstarter book!
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I pray you quit overthinking, replaying failed scenarios, feeding self doubt & seeing the good in everyone but yourself. You deserve more.
Lexyne Grays
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The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton
This comic was done for a school assignment. It’s a couple years old now, but it’s still one of my favorite things I’ve made, and I have the lyrics of this song permanently burned into my brain because of it.
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Ink Review: Ferris Wheel Press FerriTales
Ink Review: Ferris Wheel Press FerriTales
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