Ink Swatch Wednesday: Drive-By Swatching

In the last few days I received two different ink orders that I later realized were for a blue and a brown ink in each. 😅 The first order was for the Inkdependence x Diamine collaboration of the "Don't Trust a Bivalve"/"Trust a Bivalve" inks, related to an in-joke from Inkdependence Mike's Twitch stream. The other two are new Sailor Shikiori inks that just became available here in the US – Shikiori Yuki-Usagi and Tsurubami (Pen Chalet, not sponsored; that's just where I got them).

As you can see these pairs of blue and brown inks are very different. And funnily, "Trust a Bivalve" appears pinker compared to Tsurubami, but it's more of a taupe in reality. Part of the skewed appearance could be my scan, but also in view of Tsurubami, it just skews.

Anyway, I am kinda tired today, so that's why it's a "drive-by swatching". I'm posting these for your perusal, but I don't have any comparisons or any other commentary queued up right now. I just inked my Radius Prisma with Don't Trust a Bivalve, and my TWSBI Swipe with a Broad architect nib with Shikiori Yuki-Usagi. Maybe tomorrow or Friday I'll post a quick follow-up. But for now, enjoy these swatches! Yuki-Usagi's blue-gray and brown chromoshading looks so intriguing, doesn't it? I love all of these inks, though! 🙂