Octopus Write and Draw Petrol Axolotl

[Yazeh]

Octopus Write and Draw Petrol Axolotl

This belongs to Octopus' 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:

https://www.octopus-office.de/shop/e...-draw-ink/?p=1

Octopus has a host of warning on their site, basically recommending their inks only in cheap, well-sealed pens. In my limited experience they have been much more well behaved than many other waterproof inks.

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

The naming of the inks is whimsical, the colour followed by an arbitrary animal

The ink is well behaved, wet, and well lubricated teal. Surprisingly it looks paler with Ef / B nibs (Maybe the ink level was low) and darker when I tried it in the Kakuno with a Medium nib.

I'm a bit ambivalent about the colour.

Let's start with the chroma:
Chroma - Axoltli Petrol.jpg

Writing Samples:

Rhodia- Petrol Axotohl.jpg
Midori - Petrol Axotohl.jpeg
Tr68- Petrol Axotohl.jpeg

Not bad with Hammermill:

Hammermill - Petrol Axotohl.jpg
Photo:
20231226_104613.jpg
Comparison:

Comparisons Petrol Axolotl .jpg

Water test:

Watertest Petrol Axolotl.jpeg

My apologies for the art work. I was not so inspired: The prompt was Forrest for the yearly Inktober challenge:

The red ink is J Herbin's Rouge Caroubier.




· Pens used: Pilot Kakuno Ef/ Stub, Kaweco Sport (EF/F/M/B), Osmiroid Copperplate nib
· What I liked: Intriguing colour, well behaved ink.
· What I did not like: Nothing, but the name. Petrol associated with an endangered amphibian, is a bit of a bad taste.
· What some might not like: It’s sold out on Vanness, so I guess we’ll see.
· Shading: Yes
· Ghosting: Only with a flex nib on Hammermill
· Bleed through: Same as above.
· Flow Rate: Wet.
· Lubrication: Good.
· Nib Dry-out: Did not notice.
· Start-up: Did not notice.
· Saturation: Nope.
· Shading Potential: With medium /broad nibs.
· Sheen: Did not notice.
· Spread / Feathering / Woolly Line: Did not notice.
· Nib Creep / “Crud”: Did not notice.
· Staining (pen): Did not notice.
· Clogging: Did not notice.
· Cleaning: It’s a pigment ink. But in my experience so far, Octopus inks can be easily cleaned with water and a bit of soaking
· 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

[mizgeorge]

Oh, what a relief to get back to an Octopus I love again. As you say, the naming is incredibly random - I've always associated axolotls with pink, but I've yet to come across a violet lion or green tiger either...

I like this colour more than I expected to - but I'm surprised by how green it looks when compared to other inks I'd have thought were similar. I really must get round to swatching the ones I have of these.

Thank you so much, as always, for such an excellent review, in a format I really appreciate. I haven't been able to enjoy my inks as much as normal recently, so it's such a treat to see every one of these - even those I'm not thrilled by!

[Yazeh]

Oh, what a relief to get back to an Octopus I love again.

This make me happy

As you say, the naming is incredibly random - I've always associated axolotls with pink, but I've yet to come across a violet lion or green tiger either...

I like this colour more than I expected to - but I'm surprised by how green it looks when compared to other inks I'd have thought were similar. I really must get round to swatching the ones I have of these.

Yes, I was surprised too. One has to find the colour somewhere between the scans and photo

Thank you so much, as always, for such an excellent review, in a format I really appreciate.

A pleasure!

I haven't been able to enjoy my inks as much as normal recently, so it's such a treat to see every one of these - even those I'm not thrilled by!

I hope you can too enjoy your inks more often.... I've got a few Octopus samples left.....

[LizEF]

Thank you, Yazeh, for more from this line. My curiosity about this ink is satisfied. The chroma is sort of interesting. I might sort of like the dark version from your flex nib, but otherwise, it doesn't really appeal to me. The sketches, on the other hand, are always appealing. Gas-can swatch kitty made me smile. He's got the fuel, now he needs a vehicle to put it in! The water-test trio are charming as ever - Mr. Mouse, the loyal friend, protecting Kitty from the rain shower, and now with a strange new friend, who probably doesn't mind the rain one bit. And the eyes in the tree above Mr. Kitty suggest any number of possible stories for our kitty and his apparently missing friends. Always a pleasure!

[Yazeh]

Thank you, Yazeh, for more from this line. My curiosity about this ink is satisfied.

Same here

The chroma is sort of interesting. I might sort of like the dark version from your flex nib, but otherwise, it doesn't really appeal to me.

Me neither.

The sketches, on the other hand, are always appealing.

it means a lot!

Gas-can swatch kitty made me smile. He's got the fuel, now he needs a vehicle to put it in! The water-test trio are charming as ever - Mr. Mouse, the loyal friend, protecting Kitty from the rain shower, and now with a strange new friend, who probably doesn't mind the rain one bit.

To be honest, I wasn't aware of axolotls until now. It took me sometime to learn how to spell/pronounce the word, and I still mange to misspell it

[LizEF]

To be honest, I wasn't aware of axolotls until now. It took me sometime to learn how to spell/pronounce the word, and I still mange to misspell it

You and me, both!

[catbert]

I like your forest very much, not least because it reminds me of rhubarb, which reminds me of the cartoon Roobarb, which always brings me joy:

[Yazeh]

I like your forest very much, not least because it reminds me of rhubarb, which reminds me of the cartoon Roobarb, which always brings me joy:

Thank you much. It means so much to me 🙏🙏🙏