2. Pilot Iroshizuku Hotaru-bi -

[@sarakatieee]

Awww, thank you for the kind words. 🥰💖 That is such an interesting yellow!

[@angelaking9619]

What a gorgeous pen, and happy birthday! I think the splat looks like The Very Hungry Caterpillar! I've found hotaru-bi beautiful and surprisingly legible. It's also lovely as drips and splats in abstract art. Enjoy the pen and snuggles with Purl. 🥳

[@roxiesossa3210]

The chromatographies for yesterday are wild! And today's splat is very cool. LOVE the birthday pen!

[@1952Obiwan]

It reminds me of Platinum Citrus Black. It also goes down light and darkens

[@inksplat]

similar, but it doesn't get as dark as Citrus Black... definitely makes it a lot more legible though!!

[@MariaRosseau]

That PEN though. 😍I didn't need to want another pen. I love the color of the ink with the colors of the pen. So perfect. HI Purr-purl! She's kind of a diva - she knows we want to see her, but she's too cool for us. LOL

[@inksplat]

The pen is stunning! I love it! I hope you like yours 😂 purl is a total diva!! I tried to actually get a face view of her but it cut off half her face and got a very displeasing shot of my shoulder instead so I cut it out. 😂

[@Susansinksanddrills]

Your birthday pen is beautiful. 🎉

[@inksplat]

Thank you!

[@beritbunny]

Congrats on your new Birthday Pen, fellow Scorpio! ♏️✨☺️ I love the combination (as a fan of Sailor IS 167 AND Iroshizukus, I was hoping Hotaru-bi would become a grail ink for me-not quite, but I do like it!) The shading makes it very legible. I did not know that your sweet Patchasauraus Rex loved bright colors/orange, but I bet he would approve. ☺️😽😸

[@bjones3622]

I wouldn't personally use this ink on its own - but the colour combos look beautiful - both the Dominant Industry and the Purple on the pen look gorgeous with this ink. Did see a streak of pretty dark teal when you turned the pen.

[@tattooedcat]

This combo is awesome! I think Patches would approve of the bright ink and the *Cats*burg birthday pen. And Purl is the best for gracing us with her presence. I feel hugged. 😸 I wrote with nothing but the Uni Jetstream today, but that’s okay. I think. 🙈✒️💚💙💜🖋

[@mw_paints4592]

Love the pen and ink combo! I don’t think a glove would help with the hand pain. Watercolorists use them not for cushioning but to avoid getting hand oils on watercolor paper, the same way hand oils can disrupt papers like Cosmo Air Light. I’ve also done long writing projects, and for me it comes more from having the fingers curled for so long rather than from pressure on the page, so I try to stretch my hand or wiggle my fingers between paragraphs.

[@inksplat]

Thank you!! It’s not really hand pain like that, it’s more friction. I was thinking the glove may guard against skin on paper friction.

[@beccacarrillo]

From 11:25 to 11:30 (and 12:35-40) we can see the teal of your pen! It is just beautiful! The ink is...interesting. :) Hugs to you and your Purr-purl. (Our handsome cat, Gage, had major dental work done a couple of weeks ago and is finally almost healed. Just a note...70% of cats have dental issues by the time they're 3 years old, and we just don't know it. If you can, have your sweeties teeth checked. I hope you don't mind this PSA.)

[@dokochu]

Wow, I thought this ink might be a bit too light for writing but it looks surprisingly legible! I like lime greens so I might have to get it. Also, maybe you already know this by now but your second pronunciation of Hotaru-bi was correct ('bi' like 'bee'). I've also had similar problems with friction on my pinky finger after long writing sessions and do find artist gloves useful for that if you haven't tried it yet.

[@maggie5280]

I’ve noticed the same thing with the black nibs I have Since no one had mentioned it I thought it was just me

[@inksplat]

Nope! It’s not! It’s at least the two of us. 😂

[@MissMarilynDarling]

gosh it feels like yesterday that you lost patches :( Todays pen is the fountain pen revolution himalaya v1 in green with a Ultra flex nib I love it with diamine elf from the 2019 inkvent calendar that was a generous gift from a pen friend and I love this combination .. I am considering getting a bottle because they are so cheap on cult pens right now its not even funny

[@inksplat]

It does! I miss him everyday! Are you visiting the Diamine Inkvent from 2019 for 30inks or is it just a coincidence that your first two are so festive? 😂 I’ve only tried a few of those inks but the ones I’ve tried were nice. Seems like you like this Elf one!! :)

[@MissMarilynDarling]

@@inksplat I asked my friend Cathie for some cherry reds she's like the hand me down buddy so she sends me all these inks and I told her I'm lookin for a nice green for Christmas and a nice red so she she sends me ho ho ho and elf and poinsettia and candy cane and I love those ones so far ... but I got the diamine inkvent calendar for 2022 I have already gifted pen friend Chris a set of the inkvent cause she was talking about not doing it so I did open it up and pour the inks into viles and sent those off to her so she could have an opportunity to do the inkvent calendar :) and I've already forgotten what inks were in the thing ... I've been so busy on my birthday week I got all my Christmas cards done did my laundry and did all the winter cleaning and put all my Halloween stuff away and I'm all ready for winter :)

[@yobo93]

Still catching up! That Catsburg looks amazing; gonna have to keep an eye out for one that catches my eye. Do you have thoughts on the three new Iroshizuku inks??

[@yobo93]

That is the wildest color. Im surprised Pilot went there lol

[@inksplat]

I love love love this one- I think i love it because it’s so bright compared to the rest of the offerings. It’s also really legible for being so in your face. The pink - I’m a sucker for iroshizuku pinks, so that’s a big yes from me. Also legible for how light it is. The emerald green looks too much like syo-ro and shin-ryoku to feel like it was needed. It’s kinda like those two had a baby, but I don’t feel like the color was necessary. it’s not different enough imo, and instead of filling a hole, they crowded the space of their other awesome inks. I feel like a nice sunshine yellow or a true red or maybe another orange or a different purple offering would’ve been a better choice to fill out the line if that was their intention.