In some ways they remind me of songs and rituals. I enjoy writing them for my own setting as like an exercise in worldbuilding

I like too that there are different preambles and ending lines depending on where the tale is from that signify the story is starting and the story is ending

I used like five different inks to color them in this picture, like… just making them flat black doesn’t work, I have tried this, it just not satisfying and it is super hard to like avoid their form getting muddied

Who did this to me

Who designed them

Me, buying slightly different shades of black ink because drawing k is ridiculous

I am also filled with newfound respect for the pinball wizard

Kfhdgdhdjdj that’s amazing

I think The Sky, The Seasons Passing By is my favorite, though Possom Pie and Verethragna are both pretty shades too

Browns and grays comparisons

Blues and teals comparisons

Reds and purples comparisons

Thank u!! The luluya series has such a fun leggy design with the ballet shoes? It’s very creative!

Except if it’s really pretty or a nice orange or red or AUGH /end ink nonsense for now

I do not need more ink

At the end of this nonsense I wished I could just sample more inks but that might be my collector brain

It was also fascinating how some inks like locked down on the paper and others were easily moved around by water. Some dried fast and others felt like they lasted forever. I got a glass nib pen at one point and it’s really neat how differently it feels from a metal dip pen nib