Trying out Kuretake Ink Café at home kit and Karappo pen

This video is sponsored by Kuretake
I’m trying out their Ink Café kit for the first time!
Ink Café at home kit and Karappo pen: www.amazon.com/dp/B089CQ8994?...
Karappo pen (Cartridge type): www.amazon.com/dp/B08XLQ5MSW?...
Kuretake Official retailers: www.kuretakezig.us/ink-cafe-a...
🎨 Special site for Kuretake Ink Café at home: www.kuretakezig.us/ink-cafe-home
I also used various other Kuretake items for the painting in this video including:
Kuretake Zig Menso Brush - Medium
Kuretake H20 Brush Pen - Medium
Kuretake Umezara Ceramic palette
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Music composed by Ryan Camus
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[@itsmeliza3700]

Kuretake should give her life-time supplies. Cus everytime she uses their products, she managed to make it look fun and worth buying

[@basewho5230]

I mean she's sponsored for these videos, the products were most likely given to her

[@Metranome]

The whole ink mixing system looks so fun, and useful for creating custom ink colors! And the artwork is so beautiful, she is like a lovely phoenix; I adore your process videos and this one is no exception!

[@cesarramos28]

I LOVE IS THE COLORFUL

[@EricGornicki]

You’re incredible! One of my favorite pieces from you! You mention in the video that the watercolor paper you used absorbed the ink quite fast, but still you managed to blend the skin tones perfectly. Would you say it’s because you have a lot of practice with watercolors or are those inks easy to blend even in watercolor paper?

[@Heikala]

The skin tone that I blended was very light almost transparent, so the blending looks nice since I made many layers and made gradient gradually like some artist do with alcohol markers. A bit hard to explain with text, but I went throught the same areas like the cheeks many times with the ink blend I made and used it less elsewhere ✨

[@EricGornicki]

@@Heikala Understood! Thanks a lot for clarifying, Heikala!

[@N1MHLING]

I'm in love with this piece! Always love seeing your process, especially with these more unconventional art supplies.

[@CrissTea]

Such a beautiful painting process and this video is so calming. Love it ❤️

[@Rose-ls5vp]

It's so beautiful and the whole painting process is so calming to watch🥺❤️

[@ilonavanoudenaarden653]

Instantly makes me want to paint!! ToT Lovely design and fun to see you explore the product along the way

[@GigaFullsMash]

Fantastic, makes me want to try those inks and do some water coloring myself, really enjoy your work and your videos

[@CreativePhenomenonArt]

That came out amazing. I love the different effects you got. At one point those inks seem to make it look like you used colored pencil super cool.

[@Osorio348]

El dibujo te quedo increible.

[@EMO_CATGIRL]

this art is absolutely gorgeous!

[@drakofeystudios]

Love the painting Especially the peacock feathers On her Coat

[@dairienbennett4014]

I'm absolutely in love with this piece, every time you would block in more color I found myself saying "oh she is /beautiful/!!!"

[@chiarasola826]

The kit looks fun :D and your painting is as beautiful as ever! I love the colors you used :)

[@nematarot7728]

What a treat!! Always love to see one of your videos on my dash! ♥️

[@taymoura7378]

Simply incredible!!!! it was very beautiful! I loved it 💖

[@clara3681]

this looks divine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fuckingshy8494]

Beautiful art 💕 i wanna try this set one day

[@enasasker1514]

Waw... I love every painting you making it idea, color and the quite way when you painting .... thank you 🌺

[@naghmehdinashi9706]

Its so beautiful 😍 thanks for making that kind of videos 💓

[@ecpeongray]

Really beautiful painting and cool and special materials. I always find your videos very enjoyable. :)

[@nanalevine2494]

it's very interesting !! I love your art and please make more video like this with demonstration of your art !! it's so beautiful !

[@MaxIronsThird]

This looks amazing.

[@raquelsalerno5933]

Love your process videos ❤️

[@novi_chique]

Just got your new sticker sets they look so gorgeous thank you! 💝

[@jacquelineosburn5429]

Gorgeous! Your videos are so helpful and beautiful

[@armadill0u_u]

i love the way you choose the colour! very balanced and also harmony~ the way you speak also comfort me while watching it

[@JodesDaPhee]

I was literally just browsing your channel! Keep up the beautiful work! (Also can't wait to receive your artbook as well! 🤩🌹)

[@DragonFrootBunny]

Ooo I love the colors you used in this piece, very lovely :D

[@Saphiera270]

woww this is so beautiful!!

[@dny4469]

This is a really beautiful piece of work, good job Heikala! :)

[@lucenildofilho5710]

Your voice is so soothing... I love it!

[@Mikleandrea]

It's soooo cute ~ I'm love you work 💕

[@haruhi7745]

Welcome Back. Ah look so beautiful❤

[@komaltahirartist4901]

This is some cool stuff ❤️

[@lefthandstory1280]

Beautiful,nice sharing friend😃✌️

[@uni_yukari_]

I like your art style very much💗

[@KimberlyCrick]

I was excited for the other cartridge style options they made for the karappo line, but I ended up liking the wick foam insert type you used in the video for better for control. The other styles that work like a fountain pen with a brush tip didn't leak unless I shook them, but they were way more juicy than I wanted for drawing. I ended up soaking R&K SketchInk into the wick style pens so I could make custom waterproof ones. Worked well for watercolor, but I wish the tip was more fine... like a technical pen with less cleaning fuss / a replacement for disposable fineliners. The Karappo tips feel a little large for tiny art like trading cards/5x7s, but the line work looks nice on a little larger art works like yours :)

[@yunasama169]

Naisss

[@djsango8922]

I love the way you sketch so much! Can you make a sketching video? I would love that!

[@dia5131]

OMG IM EARLy ILY

[@Zoeswildart]

This was amazing, and looks so fun to try! Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available in Europe / the UK :(

[@Mochicchino]

♥

[@Bloomkyaaa]

I really like how this piece came out... this one and Noita are my favorites! Will this be a print?

[@Heikala]

Thank you so much! Yes! I will most likely make this into a print💕

[@piashatiel5842]

These inks seem really neat. I'm kinda curious, because I've seen your art box and the inks you included in there seem really awesome with this "You can use them like water color, but once they're dry, they're dry." And I really like the look of them when used in an illustration. How do they compare to each other? I've been trying to find what they're made off, but there's not much information on this...

[@victoriavidaud]

These are super neat! Would you say they’re waterproof/resistant like alcohol inks? How do they work with other fine liners? I’ve been wanting to find different ways of getting custom colors for line art, preferably waterproof so they work with whatever I through at them lol Also what ratio would you say your skin tones mix was?

[@Heikala]

I actually did not try if they were waterproof! The manual said not to mix the inks with water so I only used the transparent ink to make the light blends, I need to check!

[@jendubay3782]

@@Heikala did you check?

[@Heikala]

Hello! I heard back from Kuretake: 'Because the ink of Ink-café at home kit is water-based dye ink, it is not waterproof when dry.' I asked whether these can be used on top of pens and liners: 'Since it is water-based dye ink, there is a possibility that it will bleed when used with other pens.' I did not get the chance to test the inks on top of dried waterproof pen since I used colored pencil and the Ink Café inks for the lineart, but I will try that when I get the chance!

[@victoriavidaud]

@@Heikala thank you so much for getting that information! So it seems like they’re more like waterbased markers than alcohol markers, but that’s still pretty useful for different uses 😊

[@fellen1611]

I am waiting for the day you illustrate a story book or something, I don't care what it's about I WILL WANT IT

[@jakirachan]

Dang look at those confident stokes I don't have those, no wonder my lineart sucks

[@Buraion]

What brand of watercolor paper is that?

[@andreaoliva4502]

I have a cuestion, is alcohol base?

[@jocelynecupcake]

It's nice that you get to make your own pens, but what if you wanted a pastel color? o you get a lighter colored ink (like a less pigmented one?)

[@angela14962002]

[@paulbearo5679]

Are these inks airbrush compatible?

[@Heikala]

I am not sure, I need to ask Kuretake about it!✨

[@thebooksofmylife]

Hi 😊👋🏻 in the video you mention that you used your favourite watercolour paper for this video, would you mind saying what it is? 😄🥰

[@adrig9007]

Que hermosa (p≧w≦q)

[@jennak9984]

Pystyisitkö tekemään joskus videota sun lempi taidekirjoista ? :)

[@lovejesus9049]

Jesus loves all 🤗