Nowadays I like to draw with gel pens, one reason is that they lay down a really rich black line even at very thin line widths, they can rival Indian ink for blackness, Pilot G4 are the very best. I have no experience of acrylic inks I’m afraid. Of the technical pens Rotring ink is blackest & of the micro felt tips uni-pin, micron & a few others are about equal but of course can’t even begin to rival Indian ink or good fountain pen ink for blackness. One thing to bear in mind with all ink of course is that the more you put on the page the higher the saturation will be & therefore the blacker they’ll be – so work at a bigger scale & use thicker more juicy nibs for a blacker drawing.
#BLACK INDIA INK DRAWING PLUS#
Safe dye based inks for fountain pens Blackest is Pelican 4001 & Herbins Perle noir, Noodlers make a number of inks such as heart of darkness with extravagant claims of darkness but they are no darker than the two I’ve just mentioned plus they’re over priced & corrode your pen.-despite the hype!
India inks are blackest of all -(Sennelier or Winsor & Newton) – obviously your only option of application is a dip pen or brush.įountain pens- Platignum carbon black water proof when dry but risky for your pen as it is made with a suspension of nano sized particles which clog pens – I can give a list of pens that are OK with it if you want. May we enquire why you seek the Heart of Darkness in the Inky Jungle? Although a pigment Indian ink without shellac may be just as deep, the gloss imparts a jet-blackness that is appealing to some. Traditional waterproof inks (not the new waterproof acrylic inks, which don’t seem quite as dark IMHO) contain shellac, which gives the ink a gloss when dry. You’re starting to mess with the viscosity now, which the manufacturer would have taken some trouble to get right… Of course, its your ink, you can do what you like with it but I personally would seek an ink that’s blacker out of the bottle… BTW, those who are extra fussy also quibble at waterproof v. I got mine from .Īre there any ‘tricks’ to darken the ink aside from the usual of letting it sit out for a bit? It’s users are (according to the blogosphere) both loyal and happy with its performance, and some claim its the blackest ink available. It’s too thick to run through my finest nibs, but its black. I’m using Kuretake Manga ink, which is pretty damn thick. In your experience, what’s the deepest black ink (or alternative) you’ve used? Because (obviously) the pigment is a solid (but very fine particle), I believe these inks are the blackest, because they leave a solid deposit of material on the paper, rather than a dye that has soaked into the surface. So to re-state the obvious, the drawing black inks (Indian inks) are a black pigment in suspension, as distinct from a dye.
Hey Brian, if you like you can have a look at my thread “how much is too much”, I too have done tests, as you can easily seeįirst let me start by saying I understand the difference in pigment vs dye
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