(If you like this picture you can COMMISSION ME!)

Traditional media for me is lots of love, and lots of hate. Things like aquarels (watercolor pencil crayons), oil, oil pastels and actual pencils and india ink I'm just plain bad at. Of my primaries, I carry the Chartpak Markers, tubed watercolors, Prismacolor pencil crayons and this example of stunning beauty and rarity, the colored acrylic well inks. (Can do pastels, acrylic, and charcoal well, but don't carry them at the moment.) Too bad I never get to show any of it.

I picked my favorite Moltres, Flaming June for this. She goes by 'Moltres' normally and is the one that follows my Mewthree, Mewblade around through her three novels. June/Moltres is of a positive demeanor and more outgoing than the other two Legendary Birds. Of course, did inks for her since it is a true show of color, and to flatter her goofy pose and laugh. Just love her smile, and the insanely detailed, dynamic fire. Stark, high contrast and makes me just plain happy.

The one thing I like about colored inks is that they are insanely bright (it takes multiple washes to get a watercolor to this level, and inks only need one, but need to be majorly water downed to calm their hues in contrast). They also blend better than the markers, but not as well as the watercolors. All mediums have their pluses and negatives. I know most people don't use these, but they're so much better than markers (cheaper, blend easier) and wish more people would use them. (Sailor Moon fans, those manga covers were done with colored ink wells for the characters, to note.)

(And, yes I gave Moltres a big fat Moltres butt because Moltres have big, fat behinds anyway.)

Ballpoint, Colored Inks