This is something I’ve wanted to try for years but never got around to it until now with this retro Iron Man (I’ve always been fond of his second-generation armor from the late 60s-early 70s). I ordered a set of ten colored inks and decided to try to ink something using only colored inks. The results are a mixed bag, I think. The piece looks a lot cooler on paper than on-screen because, while it’s hard to see it here, the gold color is a metallic ink. I’ll probably play around with this a bit more but to use colored inks, I will have to limit my subject matter to (mostly) non-organic items. I don’t see this transitioning well to flesh-and-blood people/creatures. The piece was done on 14×17″ bristol board and inked with Speedball Calligraphy ink.