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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 22/09/2025

There's one day left of a matching donation with $32 remaining, and my custom reward items will be available at least through the end of September! tiltify.com/@oliveoctopu...

Screenshot of progress bars on St Jude campaign page on Tiltify showing about 1 day remaining with $218 of $250 matching donations used, and $1,742 raised so far with a goal of $1,800.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 20/09/2025

It's still September and I'm thankful for all who've joined me and @relay.fm to support St. Jude. I've put up a matching donation up to $250 through Mon, sent out several new thank you rewards, and look forward to more special streams this month—come hang out on Twitch! oliveoctopus.ink/stjude.htm

Handmade A6 booklets made with twelve different fountain pen friendly papers and a medium brown cover, one side has 12 stained glass floral designs to color or paint, and the other side with labeled blank pages for writing tests.

Handmade booklets about 4 inches square with a blush cover and two copies each of 12 stained glass floral designs to color or paint, on fountain pen friendly b7 Natural paper.

Small papers about 4 inches square with stained glass floral and sea creatute designs to color or paint, printed on fountain pen friendly b7 Natural paper.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 10/06/2025

This was a recent pen acquisition to celebrate crossing some big things off the to-do list, and some small but cool things that have happened recently. TGS x Hinze Taschenstift in CrazyFiber Violet Tendencies (M) Diamine Vivaldi

Uncapped fountain pen, The Gentleman Stationer x Hinze Taschenstift pocket pen in purple CrazyFiber material called Violet Tendencies with dark gray purple metal section and pale lilac anodized nib, sitting on top of A5 notebook with writing sample of multiple purple inks, with the slightly gray purple Diamine Vivaldi ink featured in the center.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 09/06/2025

Bright inks may not be my wheelhouse, but despite being pleasantly surprised by the character in these TWSBI inks when first swatched I've rarely reached for them since and they deserve better! The bottles are nice too. I used 8 TWSBI inks to paint in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book.

Eight 18ml frosted glass bottles with TWSBI fountain pen inks Orange, Prairie Green, Emerald Green, Sky Blue, Navy, Royal Purple, Grape, and Pink. Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, Log of Elixir, open to page with design of roses climbing up a wall and a window looking out to a castle on a cliff, a ship, and the sky filled with a crescent moon and stars, all painted with those 8 inks, and a ceramic paint palette that looks like bubbles with colorful inks in the wells.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, Log of Elixir, page with design of roses climbing up a wall and a window looking out to a castle on a cliff, a ship, and the sky filled with a crescent moon and stars, all painted with TWSBI inks Orange, Prairie Green, Emerald Green, Sky Blue, Navy, Royal Purple, Grape, and Pink.

Closeup of a large rose painted pale orange on a page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, Log of Elixir.

Eight 18ml frosted glass bottles with TWSBI inks Orange, Prairie Green, Emerald Green, Sky Blue, Navy, Royal Purple, Grape, and Pink, corresponding Col-o-dex ink swatch cards for each ink, and a ceramic paint palette that looks like bubbles with colorful inks in the wells.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 12/05/2025

I painted with three scented inks from Dominant Industry in the Ink Archiving book today. Bog Sage (Top Note) Ylang Ylang (Middle Note) Duftrausch (Bottom Note) I also used Allegory to have a darker shade to work with.

The Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir open to a page with sketches of birds and a scene of a garden with a large gazebo with trees behind and a pool of water in front with water lilies, a large tiered bird bath, several birds including a peacock, and a cat, all painted with 4 Dominant Industry inks. Next to the book are 3 bottles of fountain pen ink and a paint palette that looks like a cluster of bubbles with the remains of drops of ink.

Inks used:
Bog Sage (Scented, Top Note), a bright light blue
Ylang Ylang (Scented, Middle Note), a bright yellow
Duftrausch (Scented, Bottom Note), a muted gray pink
Allegory (Standard), a dark indigo gray

A closeup of The Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir page with a peacock sitting on a large vase in the middle of a pool of water with lily pads, painted with fountain pen inks.

A closeup of The Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir page with four birds on a large tiered bird bath and sculpture in a pool of water with lily pads, painted with fountain pen inks.

A closeup of The Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir page with three birds and ribbons around rectangles of ink swatches and the names of each ink written nearby.

Bog Sage (Scented, Top Note), a bright light blue
Ylang Ylang (Scented, Middle Note), a bright yellow
Duftrausch (Scented, Bottom Note), a muted gray pink
Allegory (Standard), a dark indigo gray

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 04/05/2025

All my palettes had leftover dried out ink and there are several Yamamoto papers I've only spent a little bit of time with, so I got out a pile of waterbrushes and pencils and pens and ponies and went to town on stream today. ...I've now added to my TGS shopping list, and am off to wash palettes.

A desk top full of ceramic and plastic ink palettes with the dregs of colorful fountain pen inks, several sheets of paper with colorfully painted ink ponies and flowers and an example of a letter with a colorful ink wash background. Other tools on the desk include water brushes and fountain pens.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 20/04/2025

I used fountain pen inks from my visits to Butler Stationery in Columbia TN for painting today, this page fit the colors and the day. Troublemaker: Sinulog Black Petrichor Moon River Diamine: Twilight Merlot Monaco Red I always enjoy talking to Jonathan, stop by his shop if you ever get chance!

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, open to a page featuring dragons, phoenixes, and ornate eggs painted with fountain pen inks in blues, greens, red, pink, and purple.

Troublemaker inks:
Sinulog Black
Petrichor
Moon River

Diamine inks:
Twilight
Merlot
Monaco Red

Close up of flying phoenix and phoenix wing painted in reds and purples in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir.

Close up of dragon with 4 legs, wings, a long tail, and open mouth, an outstretched dragon wing, an ornate egg, and a view of a baby dragon curled up in an egg painted in blues, greens, and grays in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir.

A ceramic paint palette that looks like a cluster of bubbles in varying sizes next to the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, open to a page showing ink swatches for six Birmingham Pen Co inks and these inks:

Troublemaker Sinulog Black, a dark greenish black
Troublemaker Petrichor, a chromashading blue, green, purple
Troublemaker Moon River, a gray, teal, and pink
Diamine Twilight, a dark blue
Diamine Merlot, a pinkish purple
Diamine Monaco Red, a warm muted

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 19/04/2025

I spent most of my day off today at Butler Stationery's new shop location in Columbia, TN visiting with friends, meeting new people, testing pens and nibs, talking inks, comparing papers, and of course finding some fun things to take home.

Interior of a stationery shop with dark green walls and warm wood shelves filled with inks, paper, notebooks, mugs, leather goods, pens, pencils, and accessories. A large table with chairs is in the back.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 18/04/2025

This is a great interview by Derek (dwrdnet) with Darrell (D² Arts), who made this beautiful, hand carved fountain pen I got at the Arkansas Pen Show. I talked with Darrell quite a bit at the show, but loved learning more about how he came to make these incredible pens. youtu.be/dwKfK8bFx6o

A hand-carved, rich blue sparkly resin fountain pen from D² Arts with a spiral carved around the pen from end to end.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 04/04/2025

Good morning Atlanta! Getting some fresh air before it gets ridiculously hot for early April.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 23/03/2025

Time flies but it's been so good to meet people, hang out with friends, and talk ink at the Arkansas pen show. Yesterday I spent time checking out all the unique hand-sculpted pens from D² Arts and chose this beautiful blue sculpture that happens to also be a pen. www.instagram.com/d_squared_arts

A hand-sculpted fountain pen in dark blue resin with a long spiral carved from end to end, resting on a pen sleeve of dark gray batik fabric with a pattern of cream color horizontal and vertical lines, and a business card for D² Arts, Darrell Davis.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 22/03/2025

Good morning, Day 2 of the Arkansas pen show! Let's see if I can level up my purchase yesterday with a new grind. I've been wanting something in this material for almost a year, and the metal accents really make this pen unique. Magnolia Pen Company pen in Saturn's Storm by Pourly Controlled

Magnolia Pen Company fountain pen in Saturn's Storm resin material by Pourly Controlled, a swirly pearl amd black with bolts of shimmery orange and pink, and thin metal bands of copper, brass, copper accents near both ends of the pen

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 16/03/2025

I picked out the most squirrely of Birmingham Pen Co inks and you'll have to take my word or catch me at a pen show to see how different these inks look in person versus a camera and/or different lighting conditions (not just white-balance)—it's wild.

A page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book, A Log of Elixir, painted with fountain pen ink. The right page has several laboratory contraptions with glass tubes and vials and a cat peering into a large round glass, and the left page has six swatches and closeups of the items painted in monochrome, one for each ink used.

Six Birmingham Pen Co inks were used:
Ploughman's Pebble
Saltmarsh
Antique Sanguine
Puce Lagoon
Royal Prune
Wilting Thicket

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 14/03/2025

I needed to do some minor patching on a wall after rearranging things in the room I use as an office, so I decided to repaint with a new color to make it an accent wall. There are so many shades of purple but I think this rather bold shade of red purple will set off the batik curtain nicely.

Photo of the corner of a room with the left wall painted a vibrant reddish purple with a closed closet door painted white, and the right wall painted a light orange with a window and curtains made of an orange and purple dyed batik fabric with a dotted pattern.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 13/03/2025

As I'm making tea this afternoon I checked and realized I never shared my latest post here. (The RSS feed is way more reliable than I am.) TL;DR I drink a lot of tea. oliveoctopus.ink/lvluptea.htm

Tall ceramic mug with tea bags steeping, canister of Republic of Tea Dragon Oolong tea, and electric tea kettle heating water.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 13/03/2025

Three Taccia Jeans fountain pen inks—none of these are my typical shade of jeans to wear, but I'm really curious to see what Aqua Blue will look like in a pen.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card and sketch of overalls for Taccia Powder Blue, a light periwinkle blue.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card and sketch of bootcut jeans for Taccia Aqua Blue, a light blue gray.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card and sketch of tapered jeans for Taccia Black, a black ink with sheen.

Three boxes of fountain pen inks in the Taccia Jeans series and corresponding Col-o-ring swatches. Taccia Powder Blue is a light periwinkle shade, Taccia Aqua Blue is a light blue gray, and Taccia Black is a dark black with sheen.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 09/03/2025

I'm two pages into the second volume of the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, and having a lot of fun with it. Featuring orange cat energy and shimmer that's got me looking around for Link.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, open to a painted page featuring suitcases, a pen and tool wrap, a book with a bandolier of potions, a canteen, an open suitcase with glass bottles, a book, and an upside-down orange cat inside, and a complex telescope tool.

Eight Taccia fountain pen inks were used:
Koiame (dark orange)
Natane (yellow green)
Sabimidori (dark teal, but very blue on this paper)
Fukaki Hanada (light blue)
Ainezu (dark blue gray)
Aomurasaki (dark gray purple)
Ume Murasaki (dusty mauve pink)
Kurocha (dark brown)

Close up of a painted page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, showing an open suitcase with glass bottles in multiple colors lined up in the lid, a book strapped on the left side of the bottom section, and an upside-down striped orange cat playing on the right side.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, open to a painted page featuring stone ruins including a crumbling domed tower, close ups of a statue and column designs, and a scene of a round building with, pillars, a tall stone arch, and stone wall near the sea.

Four Dominant Industry fountain pen inks were used:
Allegory (a dark gray thatlooks indigo on this paper)
Unknown Land (a shading medium warm brown)
Seaweed (a chromashading medium green)
Atlantis (a blue green with electric blue shimmer)

Close up of a painted page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Elixir, showing a white cat snoozing on a short broken pillar amidst ruins of a round building with pillars, a tall stone archway, and a short, crumbling stone wall with water, more land and fluffy clouds in the distance. Electric blue shimmer highlights the designs along and above the top of the columns.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 06/03/2025

Despite everything, I'm enjoying the Colorverse state inks. I'm up to ten with two new ones recommended by a friend, Tar Heel is a soft gray blue and The America's Dairy Land ink is a unique, vibrant cheesey orange. These are fun to sketch because there's good box art to reference.

Two boxes of fountain pen ink and Col-o-dex ink swatch cards for Colorverse The America's Dairy Land (Wisconsin), a light cheesey orange, with a sketch of a cow and a barn with an orange cheese sky, and Colorverse Tar Heel (North Carolina), a light blue gray, with a sketch of a foot with a dark patch on the heel and faded footprints in the background.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card for Colorverse Atchafalaya (Louisiana), a dark green brown, with sketch of trees and a crane in a swamp.

Ten Col-o-dex ink swatch cards for Colorverse USA inks The America's Dairy Land (Wisconsin), cheesey orange, Atchafalaya (Louisiana), dark green brown, Blue Crab (Maryland), medium blue, Chesapeake Bay (Virginia), a medium brown gray, Country Roads (West Virginia), a rich orange brown, December 7, 1787 (Delaware), a dusty blueish green, Giant Potato (Idaho), a medium warm brown, Gold Rush (South Dakota), a gray pink brown, Great Plains (Nebraska), a dusty yellow green, and Tar Heel (North Carolina), a light gray blue.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 03/03/2025

I think the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving books are a great value, but any fountain pen friendly or watercolor paper is a great start, including any abandoned notebooks or planners. Also, when cleaning pens dump any leftover ink into a palette, just add water if it dries out and start painting!

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book: A Log of Atlantis opened to a painted page of crabs and sea stars, small glass jar of rinse water and glass stir sticks to be cleaned, ceramic paint palette with ink in the wells, sheet of paper with a blank pony outline, sheet of paper with a painted pony, Pentel water brush with fine tip, clean glass stir rod.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 02/03/2025

The afternoon light is more dramatic! Here is the painted page of starfish and crabs.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book: A Log of Atlantis open to a page with a starfish and crabs now painted in with a variety of colors, a ceramic paint palette that looks like bubbles filled with different colors of ink, and a waterbrush.

Nine Dominant Industry inks were used:
Duftrausch (scented gray pink/purple), Ylang Ylang (scented bright yellow), Bog Sage (scented light blue), Arizona Sky Crimson (mauve), Earl Gray Tea (bright orange), October Leaves (shimmer yellow brown), Dusk (dark periwinkle with shimmer), Sunset (pink and purple with pink shimmer), Winter Night (Dark Blue Gray with shimmer)

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 02/03/2025

Sunday Fountain Pen Painting stream starts right now! Today I'm using Dominant Industry Inks in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book: A Log of Atlantis. twitch.tv/oliveoctopus...

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book: A Log of Atlantis open to a page with a starfish and crabs, a ceramic paint palette that looks like bubbles, glass bottles of Dominant Industry fountain pen ink, a waterbrush.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 26/02/2025

One of my first memories from the '24 Atlanta Pen Show was a big hug as soon as I saw her in the lobby, bookended by a meaningful conversation as things were wrapping up Sunday. Somewhere in between I got ink and this notebook I've carried to a couple more pen shows and many pen club meetings since.

A closed spiral bound notebook with a picture of the silhouette of someone looking up at an intensely starry sky, an Evoke notebook with Tomoe River Paper from Smruti Pens.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 23/02/2025

Today's Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book (Log of Atlantis) Sunday painting session used inks I got at the California Pen Show, I love these colors.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book (A Log of Atlantis version) page with a sketch of sea creatures including a lobster, cuttlefish, and several large, ancient sea creatures painted with fountain pen inks in shades of green, blue, yellow, brown, and purple.

Inks used are: Lennon Tool Bar Wenshan Pouchong Tea, a dark gray green, Kobe Taiwan Alishan Green, a light dusty green, Sailor Mint Jelly, a light blue green, Colorverse Tar Heel, a medium blue, Ka-Ku Matchmaking of Money, a dark yellow, Lennon Tool Bar Sesame Oil, a medium yellow brown, Lennon Tool Bar Brown Sugar, a dark gray brown, Ink Mazeru M. Lovewell A Sweet Treat, Kobe Ginza Gold Sepia, a dark yellow-green brown, and Robert Oster California Pen Show 2025 Show Ink Golden Coast Amethyst, a dark purple with gold shimmer.

A closeup of a page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Atlantis, with a sketch of a lobster and cuttlefish on the rocky sea floor painted with fountain pen inks.

A closeup of a page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book, A Log of Atlantis, with sketches of large swimming sea creatures painted with fountain pen inks in shades of dusty green, blue, and brown.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving Book swatches page with 10 ink swatches. Lennon Tool Bar Wenshan Pouchong Tea, a dark gray green, Kobe Taiwan Alishan Green, a light dusty green, Sailor Mint Jelly, a light blue green, Colorverse Tar Heel, a medium blue, Ka-Ku Matchmaking of Money, a dark yellow, Lennon Tool Bar Sesame Oil, a medium yellow brown, Lennon Tool Bar Brown Sugar, a dark gray brown, Ink Mazeru M. Lovewell A Sweet Treat, Kobe Ginza Gold Sepia, a dark yellow-green brown, and Robert Oster California Pen Show 2025 Show Ink Golden Coast Amethyst, a dark purple with gold shimmer.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 16/02/2025

The Ink Pony Club welcomed some new members at the late night pen show hangout! oliveoctopus.ink/inkponyclub....

Coloring sheets with the outline of a prancing pony painted in with fountain pen ink in varied colors.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 15/02/2025

Taking a break from the pen show floor to play with ink.

Open notebook on table outside in sunshine, writing and scribble tests with Sailor Manyo Uri ink using Kakimori Steel, Kakimori Brass, Colorverse Aluminum Shuttle, and Colorverse Brass Shuttle dip nibs. Next to the notebook are dip nibs in vials, sample vial of ink, glass dropper bottle of water, yellow nib holder and glass stir stick. There are also three Dominant Industry tea cup swatch cards filled out for Sailor Manyo Uri.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 14/02/2025

Good morning California, it's pen show time.

Morning sunrise from hotel room with partly cloudy sky and tall palm trees over parking garages and roof.

Rickshaw Banzai bag in the Inktopus Ghost design which is inky splotches with a white outline of octopus. Water bottle covered in stickers including White Bear Pens bear, the word Stationery, a fox jumping over a dog, a peacock with fountain pens for a tail from Sugar Turtle. Red and white button that says "Hello my name is Lisa (oliveoctopus.ink) and I'm a Pen Addict". Lanyard from Inky Converters with pens and animal faces on a blue grid background and lots of pins including ink bottles, TGS, Sailor, and Trust a Bivalve/Don't Trust a Bivalve buttons.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 09/02/2025

I did a painting with Derwent Inktense pencils of Rocky, my parents' cat. He's a gentle giant and handsome gentleman.

Painting of a large, fluffy cat that looks like a Maine Coon with cream, gray, and black fur and big, gentle green eyes. The cat is lying on it's stomach with feet crossed in front and looking straight ahead. The painting is on thick paper with deckled edges, and there's a handful of Derwent Inktense colored pencils that were used for the painting (along with a water brush, not pictured) nearby.

Photo of a large cat looking right into the camera with big green eyes and a gentle expression. He looks like a Maine Coon with warm gray, cream, and black fur, and is lying down on a red towel with his front feet crossed in front of him.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 02/02/2025

It's been a couple weeks and I've missed this, painting a page in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book. Today I chose 10 Robert Oster fountain pen inks and tried out a new palette that's beautiful and enjoyable to use.

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book opened to a page with sketches of kelp, coral, and clownfish painted in a watercolor style with Robert Oster fountain pen inks Fire on Fire (orange), Yellow Sunrise (yellow orange), Tea Time (yellow green), Muddy Grass (dark gray geen), Detox (dark yellow green), Devon Green (blue-leaning green), Earth (neutral gray brown), Muddy Sand (rich brown), Muddy Swamp (gray blue), and Chicago (medium grayish blue).

An asymmetric ceramic ink palette that looks like a cluster of bubbles, with round wells for paint in a range of sizes.

Closeup of Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book page with sketches of kelp, coral, and clownfish painted in a watercolor style. The kelp is painted in shades of yellow to dark yellow-green, the coral is three shades of green from medium blue-green to yellow-green with dark blue-green shadows, the clownfish are bright orange and white, and kelp roots are shades of gray-brown and brown.

Closeup of an asymmetric ceramic ink palette that looks like a cluster of bubbles, with round wells for paint in a range of sizes and small bits of residual orange, green, and blue inks in the wells.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 16/01/2025

New fountain pen ink swatches: PLUS x Sailor Deep Blue (included with Sailor PGS Jellyfish) Colorverse Giant Potato (represents Idaho, more red-brown in person) Colorverse Great Plains (represents Nebraska, a spring green with character) Dominant Industry October Leaves (bright with copper shimmer)

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of jellyfish for PLUS x Sailor Deep Blue, a dark green leaning blue with red sheen.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of a giant potato on a flatbed truck for Colorverse Giant Potato in the USA series representing Idaho, a reddish medium brown.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of a road sign by fields and power lines for Colorverse Great Plains in the USA series representing Nebraska, a dusty yellow green.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of fall leaves for Dominant Industry October Leaves, a bright yellow with subtle copper sheen.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 15/01/2025

I finally realized these new Lego Botanical sets are meant to represent the four seasons: Plum Blossom for winter, Mini Orchid for spring, Lucky Bamboo for summer, and Chrysanthemum for fall. It's cool how creative they are getting with these.

Four built Lego Botanical sets placed in a row on top of a gray piece of furniture. The first set is Plum Blossom which looks like a dark branch with bright red blooms in a blue pot with gold accents. The second is a Mini Orchid with several pale peach blooms on a curved stalk and large dark leaves in a darker peach pot with gold accents. The third is Lucky Bamboo with three green stalks with leaves surrounded by gray pebbles set in a low taupe pot with gold accents. The fourth set is Chrysanthemums with large ball-shaped orange blooms and dark green stems and leaves and a mint green pot with gold accents.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 08/01/2025

Final 3 Colorverse Colorvent inks: Portuguese Meteor may be my favorite for capturing a moment and glowing on the page, Christmas Star is another vibrant shimmer, and I've learned more about Dante. 😂 Day 22 Portuguese Meteor (glistening) Day 23 Dante's Cosmology Day 24 Christmas Star (glistening)

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 22 Portuguese Meteor (glistening), a bright blue green with matching shimmer.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 23 Dante's Cosmology, a dark periwinkle blue purple with shading.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 24 Christmas Star (glistening), a vibrant yellow orange with orange shimmer.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 08/01/2025

Entering the last quarter of the Colorverse Colorvent inks with Days 19-21. Milky Way has vibrant blue shimmer, White Hole is an interesting shader that's hard to capture accurately, and Giant Sunspot is a rich dark orange. Day 19 Milky Way (glistening) Day 20 White Hole Day 21 Giant Sunspot

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 19 Milky Way (glistening), a deep purple with blue shimmer.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 20 White Hole, a light chromashading blue gray.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 21 Giant Sunspot, a rich red orange.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 03/01/2025

The first fountain pen to arrive and get inked in 2025 is a Schon DSGN Pocket Six, which I was much more interested in once the new folding Kaweco converter was released. Reusing cartridges is fine, but this is easier. Trying Colorverse Colorvent Morning Glow ink first, maybe Diamine Marley next.

Schon Pocket Six fountain pen, a pocket size metal pen, in Golden Smoke colorway which is a misty purple-gray with thick golden yellow lines in an asymmetrical pattern. Ink used is Colorverse Morning Glow from the Colorvent Calender, a chromashading gray with hints of purple and pink.

Schon Pocket Six fountain pen, a pocket size metal pen that is uncapped and also has the body removed to show the small Kaweco converter with folding piston that fits this tiny pocket pen that otherwise would be cartridge-only.

Schon Pocket Six fountain pen, a pocket size metal pen that is uncapped and also has the body removed to compare how far the piston in the original Kaweco converter would have to be up to fit in the small pen leaving very little room for ink, compared to the new folding piston that fits perfectly so the full capacity can be used.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 25/12/2024

Merry Wednesday Happy Christmas Choo choo 🚂

Small Lego Christmas train hauling presents and a mini Christmas tree under a full-size Christmas tree lit with white lights.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 20/12/2024

Colorverse Colorvent continues with very interesting chromashading colors in Morning Glow, and a good green for NGC 2264 representing the Christmas Tree Cluster. Day 16: Eclipse Silence Day 17: NGC 2264 Day 18: Morning Glow

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 16: Eclipse Silence, a dark, shiny black.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 17: NGC 2264, a rich forest green.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 18: Morning Glow, a chromashading light gray with dark purple/pink.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 20/12/2024

I continue to learn new things with the Colorverse Colorvent. Brinicles (which is just fun to say) is my favorite of this bunch with the cool color shading from light blue to dark navy. Day 13: Neptune Occultation Day 14: Pulsar Pulse Day 15: Brinicles

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 13: Neptune Occultation, a dark purple with red sheen.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 14: Pulsar Pulse, a dark blue green with red sheen.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch for Colorverse Colorvent Day 15: Brinicles, a light blue with navy shading.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 19/12/2024

One of the things I've enjoyed the most this year is the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book, a coloring book for fountain pen inks. oliveoctopus.ink/inkarchiving...

All the "Atlantis" theme items from Dominant Industry. The Ink Archiving Book, a B6 hardcover with dark blue color and foil design. Two bottles and swatches of Dominant Industry fountain pen ink, a blue green with bright blue shimmer called Atlantis, and a chromashading green called Seaweed. A rubber stamp of an ornate bottle.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 16/12/2024

With these inks I'm halfway through and the Colorverse Colorvent palette is expanding with some bright and interesting shades. DaVinci Glow stands out as a chromashader ranging from a muted periwinkle to yellowish gray. Day 10: Aquarius Whispers Day 11: DaVinci Glow Day 12: Sunbeam

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of an ornate vase pouring streams of water and the Aquarius symbol of waves for Colorverse Colorvent Day 10: Aquarius Whispers, a vibrant blue green.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of a sliver of moon with the dark area of the moon slightly illuminated from light reflected from earth for Colorverse Colorvent Day 11: DaVinci Glow, a light chromashading purple gray and yellowish gray.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of the bright sun illuminating the side of the Earth for Colorverse Colorvent Day 12: Sunbeam, a bright yellow that leans brown.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 16/12/2024

These next three inks from the Colorverse Colorvent may be the third set of a red(ish), blue, and gray/brown, but they are distinct from what has come before—including the first shimmer ink. I like the shades for Rover and Blue Moon. Day 7: Rover (glistening) Day 8: Blue Moon Day 9: Red Horizon

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of the Mars rover Curiosity for Colorverse Colorvent Day 7: Rover (glistening), a warm medium gray with shimmer.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of moon and calendar month with two full moons for Colorverse Colorvent Day 8: Blue Moon, a soft light blue.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of the rocky landscape of Mars for Colorverse Colorvent Day 9: Red Horizon, a bold red.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 15/12/2024

The Lego botanical sets bring me joy. Can you tell what piece is used for the big chrysanthemum?

Two assembled Lego Botanical sets, a green pot with gold accents and orange chrysanthemum flowers, and a blue and gold pot with red and pink plum blossom branches.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 14/12/2024

And here are the last 10 inks from the 2022 Diamine Inkvent (green edition). Also, I changed my mind about skipping the 2024 calendar and picked up one of the last two available at TGS yesterday, so I've got a lot more swatching to do!

Five Col-o-dex ink swatch cards with sketches for Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 16: Serendipity, Day 17: Flame, Day 18: Olive Swirl, Day 19: Silent Night, and Day 20: Arctic Blast.

Five Col-o-dex ink swatch cards with sketches for Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 21: Cosy Up, Day 22: Deck the Halls, Day 23: Celebration, Day 24: One More Sleep, and Day 25: Best Wishes.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 11/12/2024

Continuing with the Colorverse Colorvent calendar, Sailing Stones is my favorite so far, and there's really cool color shading in the Rosette Nebula ink. Day 4: Sailing Stones Day 5: Rosette Nebula Day 6: Kilonova

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of large rocks "sailing" across the hard ground for Colorverse Colorvent 2024 Day 4: Sailing Stones, a medium gray brown.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of a nebula that looks a bit like a skull for Colorverse Colorvent 2024 Day 5: Rosette Nebula, a rich raspberry pink.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of two neutron stars merging for Colorverse Colorvent 2024 Day 6: Kilonova, a vibrant purple blue with heavy gold sheen.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 11/12/2024

I was very excited to see what Colorverse would bring with their new Colorvent calendar. The colors in the Edge of Night sketch are gorgeous, and Moonlit Veil is a lovely silver. Day 1: Supergiant Day 2: Edge of Night Day 3: Moonlit Veil

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of large star for Colorverse Colorvent 2024 Day 1: Supergiant, a very bright red.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of tree silhouette, rolling hills, and sun barely above the horizon for Colorverse Colorvent 2024 Day 2: Edge of Night, a dark, dusty, periwinkle blue.

Col-o-dex ink swatch card with sketch of large moon over a field for Colorverse Colorvent 2024 Day 3: Moonlit Veil, a medium silvery gray.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 10/12/2024

I'll try to get some good daylight photos of the first week-ish of 2024 inkvents tomorrow, but until then here are the first 15 inks from the 2022 Diamine Inkvent (green edition).

Five Col-o-dex ink swatch cards with sketches for Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 1: Bliss, Day 2: Yule Log, Day 3: Solar Storm, Day 4: Spruce, and Day 5: Spiced Apple.

Five Col-o-dex ink swatch cards with sketches for Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 6: Ghost, Day 7: Alpine, Day 8: Jingle Berry, Day 9: Cardinal, and Day 10: Dusted Truffle.

Five Col-o-dex ink swatch cards with sketches for Diamine Inkvent 2022 Day 11: Appletini, Day 12: Memory Lane, Day 13: Upon a Star, Day 14: Three Kings, and Day 15: Pick Me Up

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 08/12/2024

Sunday fountain pen ink painting in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book, exploring grays with rays. Sailor Yurameku Yoi Diamine Ash Colorverse Hwaseong Fortress Color Traveler Ondo Baby Sardines Greige Pelikan Moonstone 3 Oysters Doldam Wearingeul Half Moon with Dimmed Light

Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book opened to a page with rays painted in with 7 shades of gray ink.

Sailor Yurameku Yoi (this ink turned purple on this paper!)
Diamine Ash (a favorite from Inkvent 2021 that leans into blues)
Colorverse Hwaseong Fortress (warm dark gray)
Color Traveler Ondo Baby Sardines Greige (a very good neutral gray)
Pelikan Moonstone (slightly purple-leaning gray)
3 Oysters Doldam (chromashades with purple and yellow)
Wearingeul Half Moon with Dimmed Light (medium gray with blue shimmer)

Swatch page with Sailor Yurameku Yoi, Diamine Ash, Colorverse Hwaseong Fortress, Color Traveler Ondo Baby Sardines Greige, Pelikan Moonstone, 3 Oysters Doldam, and Wearingeul Half Moon with Dimmed Light.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 05/12/2024

Early morning day 5 inkvent swatching (no spoilers)

Desk with dip pens and swatching tools, Enigma inkvent nib-shaped holder in silver and orange, Day 5 sample vial and small wrapped package with number 5 3D-printed ornament containing another ink sample, flat wood Christmas tree cutout decoration with wood and 3D-printed ornaments, large mug of tea.

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Olive Octopus @oliveoctopus.ink · 01/12/2024

Sunday painting in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book with fountain pen ink, exploring "interesting blues" with whales.

The Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book A Log of Atlantis open to a page with drawings of whales that have been painted in with 7 shades of blue fountain pen ink using a water brush. Inks used are Diamine Port of Call & Tariff Teal, The Wet Pen Diablo Lake, Wearingeul Wuthering Heights (shimmer), Birmingham Pen Co Sea Holly & Kingfisher, and Colorverse Blue Crab.

Closeup of whale outline painted light blue and skeleton outline painted in blue shimmer ink.

Closeup of a whale tail sticking up out of the water painted in shades of gray blue.

Ink swatches in the back section of the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book for Diamine Port of Call & Tariff Teal, The Wet Pen Diablo Lake, Wearingeul Wuthering Heights, Birmingham Pen Co Sea Holly & Kingfisher, and Colorverse Blue Crab.

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