Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 30/12/2025me too! I went with Energy (Sheaffer Coffee) and Frostbite (Jinhao 82) 171
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 28/12/2025yeah, for pure mixing I’d probably stick to the Forever line (Skyline, Solar Yellow, and Hot Magenta). But these are still fun! It makes sense that they didn't want to include exact duplicates of their existing inks in the Christmas calendar 😄 030
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 27/12/2025I honestly have never mixed inks before, but you're right, these mix very nicely! Enjoy your three calendars!! I’ve swatched my Diamine one, but it doesn't feel finished yet since I also started drawing an Inkvent village and only have one of three pages ready 😅 030
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 27/12/2025the colours really seem to be intentional, since the Forever inks are also mixable. Nice touch from Diamine! 150
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 27/12/2025it really is! I’m usually afraid to mix inks, but honestly, these pigment colour choices are so encouraging. It feels like they are supposed to be mixed to create whatever colour you like 😄 020
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 27/12/2025Turning the Inkvent pigment inks into a colour wheel 🌈 Used Pineapple Spritz, Mittens, and Brrr! as my primaries, with Antler added to the outer ring to create desaturated tones. 3445
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 27/12/2025English isn't my first language, but 'duds' feels a bit harsh. To me, that implies they are defective and not usable, but all three of them are well-behaved inks. That yellow pigment ink is great for mixing with the pigment cyan and pigment pink inks. 120
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 26/12/20254. Pale shaders. I wouldn't usually buy pale inks for myself (except maybe Overcast), but I strangely liked these so much! They are great shaders. Now let's see how Blush and Bittersweet perform in actual writing. 040
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 26/12/20253. Molten Basalt (with coppery sheen) and Frostbite (with coppery shimmer). I'm just drawn to copper and anything with that warm metallic feel – bronze, rose gold, and brass too. Combine that with my love for blue/blue-black inks, and these are perfect. 150
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 26/12/20252. Sheeners: Chaos & Energy. I didn't get others' excitement for Chaos until I put it in a stub nib. Now it's probably my favorite of the calendar. It just shows that swatches are actually only half the story - you might see the full potential only after trying them in fountain pens! 160
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 26/12/2025🤩 Inkvent 2025 inks I've enjoyed the most so far: 1. Pigment inks! I haven't tried colourful ones before since they are usually quite pricey. I'm happy Diamine started making these and included them in the calendar. I especially liked Antler - the sepia colour is perfect for outlines in sketching. 140
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 25/12/2025Day 25: Myrrh the Merrier. A teal ink with red sheen and blue shimmer – really pretty. Merry Christmas! 🎄☃️🦌✨ 1120
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 24/12/2025yes, right? I’m not an artist myself, but I’m so happy for you guys! Having an affordable Diamine waterproof pigment option in this colour seems like a huge win! 120
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 24/12/2025Day 24: Antler. The 5th pigment ink of the calendar! Such a beautiful brown 🦌 290
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 24/12/2025Day 23: Let it Snow ❄️ The blue/violet chameleon shimmer is still exciting, even after almost two Inkvents :) 120
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 24/12/2025I don’t think there are many options, but that’s due to physics and dye chemistry, not because ink companies like to be repetitive. 010
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 23/12/2025are there fountain pen inks with a bluish sheen? Which ones? 120
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 23/12/2025beautiful letters and drawing! 💛 I’m noticing the green here too. But I feel like it’s harder to catch the chameleon shift in this one compared to Brrr!, which is also a pigment ink and wasn’t even labelled as chameleon :) 010
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 22/12/2025Day 22: Pineapple Spritz, chameleon shimmer ink. I can make the mocktail, but can’t write the word 'pineapple' correctly without auto correction, sorry about that 🍍 1161
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 21/12/2025thanks ☺️ I got the pen mostly for the design, but the stub nib turned out to be amazing, too! 010
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 21/12/2025Day 21: Chaos. Extreme sheen ink, beautiful in a stub nib. Apologies for the typo: *quiet, not quite 2141
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 20/12/2025Day 20: Ambience. New ink for February's #KillWinterWithOrange. Pink/gold shimmer chameleon ✨ 1160
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 19/12/2025Day 19: Overcast. A hug in a bottle. The calmness and silence of fog on paper. Might be too light for writing, but it is perfect for the mood 🤍 2110
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 19/12/2025I think it might be named because of the nature of duality – it appears cool-toned in thin layers but becomes warm-toned in thick layers 🙃 010
Reposted by Antra Marta 🐈⬛Dobbersville @dobbersville.bsky.social · 18/12/2025#Inkvent Day 18: Laurel. A teal with extreme pink sheen. I keep thinking that one day I will grow tired of these, but not today. 192
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 17/12/2025Day 17: Gala. Violet. It’s the Wednesday before the long holidays, I’m tired and my gala mood is zero. However, I’m going to the opera, Handel's Flavio. Apparently, it’s a special 4 (!!) hour production – longer than I slept last night 💤 1120
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 16/12/2025Day 16: Ruby Taffeta is a deep red ink with a pink/light green chameleon shimmer. I haven’t written my greeting cards yet, so I think I will write them with this ink. Later, I will also draw the cinema building. 1132
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 15/12/2025Day 15: Frostbite. To me, this ink looks like Sargasso Sea with the bronze shimmer of Wearingeul Anubis. Oddly enough, might be my favourite of the calendar 🥶 1151
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 14/12/2025thanks 🥰 I really loved that coppery sheen on your letters!! 010
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 14/12/2025Day 14: Mittens 🧶🐈⬛ Pink pigment ink. Nice, but love the naming most of all 😄 Here, mittens are a thing – handmade wool mittens with ornaments, knitted by Latvian grannies 🥰 Mine have horses! 1180
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 14/12/2025it will probably be my favourite ink of the calendar, but let's see :) 000
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 13/12/2025same, probably my favourite calendar ink 😊 this one is going to be hard to beat! 110
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 13/12/2025Day 13: Molten Basalt 🖤 Blue-black with coppery sheen is stunning! 3231
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 12/12/2025Day 12: Bubbly 🥂 This champagne shimmer is so on theme for the large Christmas party tonight. I don't drink alcohol, and honestly, I feel too tired to party – but I certainly won't miss the food. It's the perfect plan, as always. 1190
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 12/12/2025Day 11: Brrr! I was waiting for a pigment shimmer ink and am very pleased. I actually catch a blue/violet chameleon shimmer. Similar to Snow Globe from last year's Inkvent. 1150
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 10/12/2025Day 10: Nostalgia with pink/gold chameleon shimmer. If I continued drawing – it would be a dinosaur museum 🦕 1200
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 09/12/2025Day 9: Bittersweet ink shades from cooler blue-green to warmer mossy green with layering. Nice one! The final building in the grid is the Apothecary, which probably supplies villagers with Green Vitriol, a light green crystal, necessary for making iron gall ink. 2170
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 09/12/2025thank you so much 💕 happy to hear it from you 😊 I think I’ll get a big bottle of Salted Caramel from last year's calendar, it looks like an old gold! 020
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 09/12/2025thank you! These Wearingeul swatch cards really click for my brain and make it very easy to look organized 😄 020
Antra Marta 🐈⬛ @antra-marta.id.lv · 08/12/2025sketched at a medieval drawing workshop tonight, and coloured it with fountain pen inks 2273
![Handwritten recipe in Uncial reads: 'Pinapple [typo] spritz mocktail
* ice
* pinapple [typo] juice 90 ml
* fresh lime juice 15 ml
* soda 120 ml
* pinapple [typo] wedge for garnish'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4n4xm4lqt2pehf6hnji3w6n/bafkreicqkpes56plmbs4hstceyd3wvsgnswxzpltrgxoyfmkqzjl2u4fn4)
![A notebook page featuring Uncial calligraphy. A swatch card for Diamine Chaos ink rests on the paper. The text reads "I believe in the duality of chaos. Even when everything feels like a wild mix, there is harmony if you look close enough. I’m just trying to find that quite [typo] cosmos hidden inside the daily noise."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4n4xm4lqt2pehf6hnji3w6n/bafkreidnna6vlv4mozdpdy2rnwumtoqv6j6bonwkeni7psnqlmhz5qcybi)
