De Atramentis Document Urban Grey

[yazeh]

This is an excellent ink by De Atramentis, lovely colour, well behaved and easy to clean. 

 

Let's start with the chroma:

Writing samples:

It even loved Hammermill...The pink smudges are from Noodler's Park Red, I reviewed before

 

Photo of Tomoe River

Comparison:

Watertest:

And finally an artwork. It was a part of a daily challenge Dystopia, inspired form the Matrix. 

· Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef, Lamy Safari (EF/F/M/B/Stub 1.1), Kanwrite with an Ahab nib.

· What I liked: Delightful muted colour. 

· What I did not like: Nothing much.

· What some might not like: Fear of nano pigment inks.

· Shading: Yes

· Ghosting: No.

· Bleed through: No.

· Flow Rate: Wet

· Lubrication: Good.

· Nib Dry-out: No. 

· Start-up: No.

· Saturation: No.

· Shading Potential: Yes but better with wider nivs.

· Sheen: No. 

· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice.

· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.

· Staining (pen): No.

· Clogging: No.

· Cleaning: Very easy.

· Water resistance: Excellent.

· Availability: 45 ml bottles.

 

Please don't hesitate to share your experience, writing samples or any other comments. The more the merrier  

 

[LizEF]

Thanks for the review, @yazeh!  I was surprised by how much I liked this ink.  It's my favorite Document ink next to Document Fuchsia (though I haven't reviewed Fuchsia, so I should probably get another sample and review it to see if my perception holds).

 

Love the city kitties on the swatch and water test.   Very cool Matrix art, but what is happening to dude's face?  (I never saw the movie, so it could just be I have no context to interpret it...)

[yazeh]

29 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Thanks for the review, @yazeh!  I was surprised by how much I liked this ink.

Me too. It's theperfect sketching ink🙂

29 minutes ago, LizEF said:

  It's my favorite Document ink next to Document Fuchsia (though I haven't reviewed Fuchsia, so I should probably get another sample and review it to see if my perception holds

Fuchsia?  I saw you more like murky green 

29 minutes ago, LizEF said:

Love the city kitties on the swatch and water test.   Very cool Matrix art, but what is happening to dude's face?  (I never saw the movie, so it could just be I have no context to interpret it...)

Nope. It'd supposed to be the mouse 😀

[LizEF]

19 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Fuchsia?  I saw you more like murky green 

I know, it's surprising to me, too. I remember it as really well behaved. And I do like the occasional eye-searing color - Solferino, Akkerman Oranje Boven, R. O. Green Lime...

 

21 minutes ago, yazeh said:

Nope. It'd supposed to be the mouse 😀

I think this may be one of those visual puzzle things - like the vase and the two faces? - where for some reason I just can't see it...

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

I know, it's surprising to me, too. I remember it as really well behaved. And I do like the occasional eye-searing color - Solferino, Akkerman Oranje Boven, R. O. Green Lime...

 

As long as it isn't Rachmaninov. 😛

It's like reviewing Pepto-bimsol / dismal. I still can't get it why one of the greatest piano composers is linked to pink....

1 hour ago, LizEF said:

 

I think this may be one of those visual puzzle things - like the vase and the two faces? - where for some reason I just can't see it...

I hope so for my sake

 

[LizEF]

4 minutes ago, yazeh said:

It's like reviewing Pepto-bimsol / dismal.

[Sailor Kenshin]

@yazeh, thanks for another fine review.  I like all the properties of this ink—apart from the Dread Nano— and I admire the Duo's matching vests!  Weird scenes inside The Matrix, indeed.  

 

Thanks also for posting so many swabs along with the target ink!  👌🏻

[yazeh]

4 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

@yazeh, thanks for another fine review.  I like all the properties of this ink—apart from the Dread Nano— and I admire the Duo's matching vests!  Weird scenes inside The Matrix, indeed.  

It's actually quite easy to clean. Surely you can use it one of your Jinhaos

 

4 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Thanks also for posting so many swabs along with the target ink!  👌🏻

Glad it's helpful!

[rudyhou]

👍 nice grey.  appropriate for daily writes, i think.  

[yazeh]

1 hour ago, rudyhou said:

👍 nice grey.  appropriate for daily writes, i think.  

🙏