Octopus - Write and Draw - Brown Colibri

[yazeh]

Octopus - Write and Draw - Brown Colibri

 

Intriguing colour reminds me of persimmons, which grew on me over time. Very well behaved, even on copy paper, has lovely shading. 

 

This belongs to Write and Draw line of nano pigment inks. They are waterproof, light fast, and ISO certified. 

The complete line up the 38 inks are here:

the complete line of 38 inks:
https://www.octopus-office.de/shop/en/creative-inks/write-draw-ink/?p=1

 

Octopus has a host of warning on their site, basically using their inks only in cheap, well sealed pens.

ttps://www.octopus-office.de/info/en/write-draw-ink/

 

Let's start with the chroma: 

 

 

Writing Samples:  

quotes are from azquotes website, I'm not sure how accurate they are

A drop of another ink forced to become creative...

 

 

 

Very well behaved on Hammermill.

Photo:

Comparison:

Water test:

(Left side was held under water for 10s)

 

And a little artwork, which is a variation on the same theme:

 

 

 

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

·      What I liked: Very well-behaved ink. Intriguing colour. 

·      What I did not like: Ironically, I’m not so sure about the colour

·       What some might not like: Nothing much. 

·      Shading: Yes, there is some. 

·      Ghosting: None. 

·      Bleed through: None. 

·      Flow Rate: Very wet

·      Lubrication: Slightly below average

·      Nib Dry-out: Did not notice.

·      Start-up: Did not notice. 

·      Saturation: Not really. 

·      Shading Potential: On good paper, yes. 

·      Sheen: No. 

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

·      Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.

·      Staining (pen): Did not notice.

·      Clogging: Did not notice.

·      Cleaning: Easy

·      Water resistance: Excellent. 

·      Availability: 50 ml bottles

 

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

 

 

 

 

[lapis]

Nice colour but hard to describe -- at least for me. Maybe something out of Egypt like the pyramids and Sphinx etc, especially during dusk. Or sunrise? In any case thanks for the list of all 38 inks in this series. And/or -- to quote a few other friends here -- no thanks (as our wallets say)....

[LizEF]

Great review, Yazeh!  The chroma reminds me of another ink, but I can't for the life of me figure out which!  I'm sure it'll come to me at 2am...

 

The ink is interesting.  Not sure whether I'd like it or not, but it does look interesting.  Fun quotes, more fun artwork!  Poor swatch-kitty getting poked by a needle-nose bird!   Sweet trio taking care of their plant.   Kitty's about to flick an ear any second now, though.

[yazeh]

  On 11/22/2023 at 10:27 PM, lapis said:

Nice colour but hard to describe -- at least for me.

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Same for me!

  On 11/22/2023 at 10:27 PM, lapis said:

Maybe something out of Egypt like the pyramids and Sphinx etc, especially during dusk. Or sunrise?

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Or maybe Cornaline d'Egypt?  

 

  On 11/22/2023 at 10:27 PM, lapis said:

In any case thanks for the list of all 38 inks in this series.

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🙏

  On 11/22/2023 at 10:27 PM, lapis said:

And/or -- to quote a few other friends here -- no thanks (as our wallets say)....

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[yazeh]

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:19 AM, LizEF said:

Great review, Yazeh! 

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🙏

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:19 AM, LizEF said:

The chroma reminds me of another ink, but I can't for the life of me figure out which!  I'm sure it'll come to me at 2am...

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I hope not!

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:19 AM, LizEF said:

 

The ink is interesting.  Not sure whether I'd like it or not, but it does look interesting. 

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Interesting is the word. It's like rust. At first I was repelled then it grew on me

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:19 AM, LizEF said:

Fun quotes, more fun artwork!  Poor swatch-kitty getting poked by a needle-nose bird!   Sweet trio taking care of their plant.   Kitty's about to flick an ear any second now, though.

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Colibri is Hummingbird in French. I don't know why they chose a French word

[LizEF]

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:48 AM, yazeh said:

Colibri is Hummingbird in French.

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I wondered (not enough to search).  But I like "needle-nose bird" better.

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:48 AM, yazeh said:

I don't know why they chose a French word

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Maybe this is a case where the German word is the same?  Spelled differently - Kolibri.  Google translate think colibri is Romanian, so, obviously it's shared across some languages...

[inkstainedruth]

Interesting color, but I'm not sure I'd have called it "brown" (looks more yellow-orange on my screen).  Unless that's what color the bird's feathers are in real life....

Not sure this color is up my alley, but thanks as usual for a comprehensive review -- and love the artwork!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[InesF]

Thank you, @yazeh, for another review of a Write & Draw ink!

As mentioned before, me too can't see the brown in it. Nevertheless is it a nice nude-like colour, although not a must have for my collection.

@LizEF: was it J.Herbin Nude ... after it had been concentrated?

 

Much more than the colour, I love how you managed to display the circle of life! No colibri will ever accept to be directly fed by a mouse. Feeding the plant thats feeding the bird is really clever!  And, why not making siesta and watching birds after the work has been done? 

[lapis]

  On 11/23/2023 at 12:48 AM, yazeh said:

Colibri is Hummingbird in French. I don't know why they chose a French word

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They chose a French word because they know where you live!

[yazeh]

  On 11/23/2023 at 4:23 AM, inkstainedruth said:

Interesting color, but I'm not sure I'd have called it "brown" (looks more yellow-orange on my screen).

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I would say brick red or rush

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 4:23 AM, inkstainedruth said:

Unless that's what color the bird's feathers are in real life....

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The colour are not related to the animal. The next one, is Brown Penguin. That's not a colour I associate with penguins

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 4:23 AM, inkstainedruth said:

Not sure this color is up my alley, but thanks as usual for a comprehensive review -- and love the artwork!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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🙏

[yazeh]

  On 11/23/2023 at 8:06 AM, InesF said:

Thank you, @yazeh, for another review of a Write & Draw ink!

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🙏

  On 11/23/2023 at 8:06 AM, InesF said:

As mentioned before, me too can't see the brown in it. Nevertheless is it a nice nude-like colour, although not a must have for my collection.

@LizEF: was it J.Herbin Nude ... after it had been concentrated?

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We'll see, She probably got it somewhere @ 2 pm or while basting the turkey which the spellcheck corrected to murky

Why 

  On 11/23/2023 at 8:06 AM, InesF said:

 

Much more than the colour, I love how you managed to display the circle of life! No colibri will ever accept to be directly fed by a mouse. Feeding the plant thats feeding the bird is really clever!  And, why not making siesta and watching birds after the work has been done? 

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• Why not? Indeed 🙏 

[yazeh]

  On 11/23/2023 at 9:21 AM, lapis said:

They chose a French word because they know where you live!

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Ah bon! Zut alors!

While doing some research, I realized that there is the genus Colibri.  According to wikipedia :

- Colibri (bird), a genus of hummingbird

[LizEF]

  On 11/23/2023 at 8:06 AM, InesF said:

@LizEF: was it J.Herbin Nude ... after it had been concentrated?

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I scrolled through my inks, and I think it was just my imagination.  Maybe I was remembering Dijon mustard or something... :/

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 1:46 PM, yazeh said:

We'll see, She probably got it somewhere @ 2 pm or while basting the turkey which the spellcheck corrected to murky

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  I once helped someone prep, cook, and carve a turkey for Thanksgiving - swore I would never do that again as long as I lived.  I suppose if I'm starving to death and a turkey is the only thing available, OK, fine, but when the fridge and pantry are full?  Forget it!  I'll get my turkey from the deli.

 

The only thing that came to me at 2am was a sore hip from a large kitten who had me pinned in an uncomfortable position...

[yazeh]

  On 11/23/2023 at 2:21 PM, LizEF said:

I scrolled through my inks, and I think it was just my imagination.  Maybe I was remembering Dijon mustard or something... 😕

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  On 11/23/2023 at 2:21 PM, LizEF said:

 

  I once helped someone prep, cook, and carve a turkey for Thanksgiving - swore I would never do that again as long as I lived.  I suppose if I'm starving to death and a turkey is the only thing available, OK, fine, but when the fridge and pantry are full?  Forget it!  I'll get my turkey from the deli.

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Clever, very clever

 

  On 11/23/2023 at 2:21 PM, LizEF said:

 

The only thing that came to me at 2am was a sore hip from a large kitten who had me pinned in an uncomfortable position...

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🙀

[inkstainedruth]

  On 11/23/2023 at 2:21 PM, LizEF said:

  I once helped someone prep, cook, and carve a turkey for Thanksgiving - swore I would never do that again as long as I lived.  I suppose if I'm starving to death and a turkey is the only thing available, OK, fine, but when the fridge and pantry are full?  Forget it!  I'll get my turkey from the deli.

 

The only thing that came to me at 2am was a sore hip from a large kitten who had me pinned in an uncomfortable position...

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Yeah, that was why my mom always got a turkey breast instead of a whole turkey -- it was just the four of us, most of the time, and she didn't want to deal with leftovers for the next two weeks.

I never had that issue with any of our cats, but did on occasion wake up to a furry butt in my face because one of the forties wanted to share my pillow....  And when we first got the Maine Coon, he would want to sprawl across the middle of the bed and there generally wouldn't be room for the two humans.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[LizEF]

  On 11/23/2023 at 4:31 PM, inkstainedruth said:

And when we first got the Maine Coon, he would want to sprawl across the middle of the bed and there generally wouldn't be room for the two humans....

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Yeah, try that with a lab-Great Dane mix!  Somehow, that giant of a dog always managed a spot on the bed.   The first time I took him for a long drive alone, he wanted to sit in my lap the whole way - you can't see the road with a 100-lb dog sitting in your lap.  Crazy critters!  Crazier humans.

[yazeh]

@LizEF @inkstainedruth glad you didn't have a pet turkey. I'm trying hard not to imagine a Turkey in bed or driving a car 

[LizEF]

  On 11/23/2023 at 6:07 PM, yazeh said:

@LizEF @inkstainedruth glad you didn't have a pet turkey. I'm trying hard not to imagine a Turkey in bed or driving a car 

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[namrehsnoom]

Great review, and fun drawings. This ink’s colour looks appealing to me, but “nano pigment” … hmm… no more. Ruined a (fortunately cheap) pen with one of those. 

 

The colour reminds me a bit of kyo-iro Moonlight of Higashiyama … but with a bit more yellow.

[yazeh]

  On 11/27/2023 at 9:16 PM, namrehsnoom said:

Great review, and fun drawings. This ink’s colour looks appealing to me, but “nano pigment” … hmm… no more. Ruined a (fortunately cheap) pen with one of those. 

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Thanks. Do you remember what ink was it? R&K sketchInk or De Atramentis? The few Octopus inks, I've reviewed have been surprisingly well behaved, despite all the warnings.

  On 11/27/2023 at 9:16 PM, namrehsnoom said:

 

The colour reminds me a bit of kyo-iro Moonlight of Higashiyama … but with a bit more yellow.

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Yes. You're right. That was the first time, I experienced an ink with low lubrication