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Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 15 30 Inks in 30 Days

Van Dieman’s Sea Spray is a lovely green to pink chromoshader. It does write well, although I found in a medium nib it did lean more towards green without much pink shading.

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November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 14 30 Inks in 30 Days

Lee Ming Coral Sea is a lovely green blue chromoshader. I’ve found in writing it leans a bit more towards the blue, but still very nice!

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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 13 30 Inks in 30 Days

Van Dieman’s Riverbank is a lovely chromoshader that goes from mushroom pink to green.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 12 30 Inks in 30 Days

Ostrich Ink Starlight is a pretty chromoshading blue-purple with pinkish shimmer. Seems to shed a fair bit in swatching.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 11 30 Inks in 30 Days

Wearingeul Purgatorio is a taupeish brown-pink. Very nice to write with!

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November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 10 30 Inks in 30 Days

Kitty Ink Pot Galloping Across the Wilderness is a lovely purple-pink-brown ink.

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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 9 30 Inks in 30 Days

Van Dieman’s Underflow is a lovely green to purple chromoshader. In writing I’ve found it to be mostly a pretty sea spray green.

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November 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 8 30 Inks in 30 Days

Kitty Ink Pot Wheat Field by Nightfall is a pretty pale apricot pink-brown type ink. It has a small amount of same colour shimmer as well.

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November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 7 30 Inks in 30 Days

Dream Ink White Moss is a lovely muted mossy green with mauve shimmer. Much less shimmer fall out than our last two examples!

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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 6 30 Inks in 30 Days

Dream Ink Morpho Butterfly is a pretty blue-green chromoshader with purple shimmer. It’s lovely, but an extreme shedder!

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November 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 5 30 Inks in 30 Days

Dream Ink The Shadows of the Flowers in the Room. A pretty bluish-grey with some violet tones and copper shimmer. This ink pops, but oh boy is it messy. You can see how smudgy the shimmer is on the chromatography pic.

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November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 4 30 Inks in 30 Days

Van Dieman’s Kitten’s Paw is a lovely mushroom pink-brown. Goes down quite brown and pinks as it dries.

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November 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 3 30 Inks in 30 Days

Ostrich Ink Peach Fuzz is a pale orange with matching shimmer. It makes me think of tangy sorbet or sparkling peach water.

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November 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 2 30 Inks in 30 Days

Today we have Kitty Ink Pot x Soe & Soe Moonlot Rose Garden. This is a lovely blue-purple chromoshader. Very pretty ink, looking forward to inking it up!

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November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Day 1 30 Inks in 30 Days

Dominant Industry Fairy Forest is a lovely pale green with beautiful coppery shimmer. Sadly it’s been discontinued, so if you like it look now before shops sell out their stock!

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October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Received my first order from the lovely Melie at Ellipses Collection. Benu Daily Mate and some lovely washi from Australian artists.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM

Dan

@danthesaurus.bsky.social

Wearingeul The Night Coloured in Grape is a lovely violet with a greyish undertone. It shades beautifully in a stunning nib. It does also have a lovely purple shimmer, but today is very overcast and I’m struggling to capture it.

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