Lisa

Introverted but will enthusiastically discuss #FountainPens and #FountainPenInk, Lego, books, games, cats....

pronouns: she/her
instagram: @oliveoctopus.ink
website: https://oliveoctopus.ink
twitch: https://twitch.tv/oliveoctopusink

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2025-08-25 19:35:45 UTC

My latest post was rather introspective, checking in on my engagement and priorities with regards to pens and stationery, but also an invitation for other pen people (you know who you are) to do the same.
https://oliveoctopus.ink/12penpersonquestions.htm
#12PenPersonQuestions #FountainPens

2025-07-12 01:29:29 UTC

I've published a follow-up post about painting with #FountainPenInk in the second edition of the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book, A Log of Elixir—which I'm enjoying just as much, if not more, as A Log of Atlantis.
https://oliveoctopus.ink/inkarchivingbook2.htm

2025-06-09 18:57:30 UTC

Bright ink colors may not be my primary wheelhouse, but despite being pleasantly surprised by the character in the 18ml TWSBI inks when I first swatched them I've rarely reached for them since and these inks deserve better! The frosted glass bottles are good too. I used 8 TWSBI inks to paint in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book yesterday.
Orange
Prairie Green
Emerald Green
Sky Blue
Navy
Royal Purple
Grape
Pink
#FountainPenInk
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2025-06-07 17:41:44 UTC

A new pen 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
#FountainPens
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2025-05-04 18:57:23 UTC

All my ink palettes still had leftover dried out #FountainPenInk and there are several interesting Yamamoto fountain pen papers I've only spent a little bit of time with so far, 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 a few things to the list for the next time I stop in at TGS, and am off to wash these mostly empty palettes.
#InkPonyClub
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2025-04-17 23:48:41 UTC

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.
https://youtu.be/dwKfK8bFx6
#FountainPens
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2025-03-12 18:40:37 UTC

A surprise find at my local pen shop, some inks from the Taccia Jeans line. Powder Blue is a light blue that leans a little purple (periwinkle perhaps?). The Black ink actually looks like faded black jeans in the ink wash (where I diluted with water), and has a lot of goldish sheen at full saturation. The standout to me in this group is the Aqua Blue, another light ink but a really gorgeous shade of blue gray. That's the one now in queue to get inked up soon.
#FountainPenInk #SwatchWednesday
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2025-03-09 21:58:56 UTC

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.
#FountainPenInk
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2025-03-06 12:07:13 UTC

Despite everything going on in this country, I'm enjoying the Colorverse state inks. I've got 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. I also just added a swampy sketch to the Atchafalaya card.
These are fun to sketch because there's good box art to reference, and there's been some interesting chromashading, especially with Gold Rush, Chesapeake Bay, Atchafalaya, and Great Plains.
#FountainPenInk
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2025-03-03 15:45:06 UTC

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I've been collecting resources about painting with #FountainPenInk, including my set up for the Dominant Industry book and links to videos of me and others painting with inks: https://oliveoctopus.ink/resources.htm#painting
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!
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2025-03-02 22:52:45 UTC

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The afternoon light is more dramatic! Here is the painted page of sea stars and crabs.
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2025-03-02 15:07:13 UTC

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.
https://twitch.tv/oliveoctopusink
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2025-02-02 22:53:58 UTC

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.
#FountainPenInk
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2025-01-30 20:10:41 UTC

I've swatched the "24 memorable inks" I picked out from all the inks I encountered in 2024 all together on a few different types of paper (pictured is Sanzen Tomoe River). While this doesn't capture everything, it's interesting to see a palette of colors for the year.
If you haven't seen it yet, I wrote about all these inks here:
https://oliveoctopus.ink/favinks2024.htm
#FountainPenInk
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2024-12-19 17:02:18 UTC

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.
https://oliveoctopus.ink/inkarchivingbook.htm
#FountainPenInk
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2024-12-11 01:37:37 UTC

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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
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2024-12-11 01:36:08 UTC

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
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2024-12-08 19:43:42 UTC

Sunday #FountainPenInk painting in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book, exploring grays with rays.
Sailor Yurameku Yoi (this ink turned purple!)
Diamine Ash (a favorite from Inkvent 2021)
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)
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2024-12-01 19:57:36 UTC

Sunday painting in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book with #FountainPenInk, exploring "interesting blues" with whales.
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2024-11-28 01:30:15 UTC

Since I didn't get this year's Diamine Inkvent calendar, I'm revisiting previous years to finish adding sketches to the Col-o-dex cards. Here is all of the 2021 Inkvent, where I somewhat recreated my daily paintings from almost three years ago.
#FountainPenInk
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2024-11-21 15:36:47 UTC

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Here are the finished cards with #FountainPenInk sketches:
Esterbrook Quirky Leaf
Colorverse Horizon
Colorverse Gold Rush
Robert Oster Songbird (Endless exclusive)
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2024-11-21 13:45:59 UTC

Join me on Twitch this morning as I sketch on these Col-o-dex fountain pen ink swatch cards.
https://twitch.tv/oliveoctopusink
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2024-11-12 16:15:34 UTC

Reminding myself it's ok to prioritize the things I love doing because it renews my energy for dealing with everything else.
Painting with #FountainPenInk
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2024-11-01 13:43:18 UTC

Happy Fountain Pen Day! I just uploaded a new post about some of my favorite pens and will be streaming on Twitch for the rest of the morning, then visiting my local pen shop in the afternoon. Who else is celebrating #FountainPens today?
https://oliveoctopus.ink/keeponlyone.htm

2024-10-27 19:12:18 UTC

For today's painting in the Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book I used the Amarillo Stationery Pennonia inks Azul Frida, Rosa Mexicano, and Amarillo Antiguo for playful sea creatures exploring an abandoned laboratory.
Some of these bottles look familiar.
#FountainPenInk
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2024-10-21 23:02:27 UTC

Fountain Pen Day is coming up soon on Nov. 1st! I'm looking forward to celebrating the official grand opening of the pen shop that is only 5 miles away, and probably doing a bonus Twitch stream with pens/Q&A. How are you celebrating?
The Gentleman Stationer is an online shop that now also has a physical location open in Nashville, TN, which is dangerously convenient for me to visit. 😂
Check out the giveaways and free ink promotion available now: https://www.gentlemanstationer.com/blog/2024/10/21/pre-fountain-pen-day-giveaways-plus-details-on-fpday-in-store-events-and-grand-opening
#FountainPens

2024-10-06 21:52:14 UTC

I really like how today's Dominant Industry Ink Archiving book page turned out! Last week I did bright jellyfish by mixing the Birmingham Pen Co "cyan" (Ice Age), "magenta" (Amaryllis), and "yellow" (Naples) inks, then today I reused the dried out ink in the palette and added in the "black" (Chimney Soot) for more natural earth tones for some manatees and friends. #FountainPenInk
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2024-09-28 05:18:21 UTC

This is the only photo I took all night, but I had a great time hanging out with #FountainPens people at the Nashville Pelikan Hub and at The Gentleman Stationer's shop!
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2024-09-15 19:54:52 UTC

Today I spent more time exploring an idea for using the dregs of old ink samples, unlabeled mystery samples, ink you are ready to dump out of a pen to clean, ink from large bottles that you'd never use up, etc. to create colorful washes of ink on plain paper, then cutting them up to make a collage piece. If you've got nice paper in an abandoned notebook to use up too, all the better! #FountainPenInk
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2024-09-14 13:04:17 UTC

I'm streaming more on Twitch this month, joining @npub1m6c…ghp4 and the Pen Addict community to support St. Jude for another September! Other than brief updates/questions about the campaign, streams will generally be focused on a #FountainPens topic (or occasional Lego or game).
Questions about pens, inks, and stationery are always welcome on stream, but today at 9am CDT I'll surround myself with different pens, tools, inks, etc. for a dedicated Fountain Pens 101 and Q&A stream.
https://oliveoctopus.ink/stjude.htm

2024-09-09 02:46:18 UTC

Here are the other five new Sailor Manyo inks, the ones bundled with the third series of Sailor Manyo Pro Gear Slim pens. I picked both the Chestnut and Red Bean pens and love the colors! #FountainPenInk #FountainPens
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2024-09-06 23:53:25 UTC

I really like the color palette of the new limited edition Sailor Manyo inks, though a couple are on the lighter side for writing.
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