@loren I don't know of any good white pens off the top of my head, but you can purchase acrylic ink (which will dry nicely on any kind of paper) and then empty pens/markers to put it in. I'm thinking specifically of Daler Rowney, which makes my favorite acrylic ink and sells some easy to use, soft-tip markers in varying sizes (though people do love fountain pens, I just don't use them). Art stores carry them, or you can just order online.
@jencmars oo okay cool! i just am really only seeing recommended pens for photo paper in black and was like but what if i want my signature to be white?? haha if no one has a good pre made solution then i will absolutely look into this! thank you!
@jencmars oh yeah that makes sense! i think i remember someone on here marking their pictures with white writing but i can't find them right now, im pretty sure thats where i got the idea but i don't know if that was a premade pen or something like you're suggesting haha
@ak@loren Nice! Thanks for the example.
Daler Rowney does offer markers with caps, and you just fill them with your own ink. You probably want to clean them out regularly but they work well. You might also like brush pens, I have one from Pentel that came pre-filled with blank india ink, but I expect it'll work well enough with any water-soluable ink. It's just a matter of personal preference, which can get expensive fast to try with art supplies! 🙃
@loren Posca do white paint pens that are good for writing on things generally. Be patient getting the paint to flow and then it's perfect. Too much paint is messy. Takes a couple minutes to dry.
@loren you can get sets with all the metalic colours too. I've used the black one for stenciling mugs too (bake it for a bit and it's holding up ok, little scratched, came right off the plain glass)
Presto correction pen by Pentel rec by my artist friend who does a lot of mixed media (& did my avatar!). It’s a weird shape, but I did some oceanscapes with it & with bic’s squeeze pen, the presto was way better.
I also just got a sample of De Atramentis Document Ink White to try in a cheap fountain pen & can report back on.
Liquitex acrylic white ink I had a poor experience with it reconstituting inks despite being assured it wouldn’t.
@moss@Rheall cool thank you! i was thinking you may have some ink knowledge to share haha. ill look into that presto one, does it dry raised at all? it does look a little tought to write with as well as ill be using it for a signature (that i already am not confident in) im a little concerned on the shape there haha
@loren@Rheall it does dry raised, but less chunky and goopy than box wite-out.
Tbh I think a cheap fine point silver or gold permanent marker would be easiest to handle and very elegant, but if you’re set on white ink lmk and I’ll prioritize my trial of the de Artemis document white :)
@moss@Rheall not super set on white, though would look nice i think. ive definitely seen silver around so that might be a good alternative. someone else mentioned posca paint pens and i found a nice looking fine tipped one, any experience with those?
@loren@Rheall I haven’t used posca, but I have also heard good things from multiple people! I wish I could speak to their flow/goopiness vs things like the Sakura Micron gold paint pens or wite out pens but I don’t have experience with them (yet?)
@Rheall@moss@loren i actually just this past week got a posca paint pen in the mail to try — light blue/green as opposed to white, but i really like it for how smooth and even it flows. MUCH better than any white gel or paint pen i have ever tried
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here’s a comparison of several on black construction paper. the medium does matter a lot though so there’s a chance this would be very different for your use case
@Rheall@loren@moss also it may not be clear from the sample but the gold (and silver, which i have but couldn’t find for this) Signo writes MUCH better than the white. the ink flow consistency and smoothness could not be more different. the white always takes a lot of priming and re-priming midway through writing
@loren@Rheall if you have a stationery store near you, you can bring a sample of the paper scrap & see if there are any permanent gel pens or other permanent pens/markers to try.
Paint pens, like the gold Sakura micron pens, tend to be really uneven and goopy a la correction fluid, and require a lot of practice to get the flow right—not something you want to be worrying about while signing hopefully a bunch of prints, which is why I think metallic permanent marker in an extra fine tip is smart
@moss@Rheall wow yes perfect this is the insight i needed! there are some art stores around that i think i should be able to try some out at! thank you!!
@loren I've never seen the point of having someone scrawl their name on something that I'm buying from them. Having said that, if you're going to sign them you should do so with a pen. Really though it should be up to the person who's buying them. Of course, if you're not selling them in person that could be tricky.
@loren i just think this is nice. and your photos are beautiful! they deserve it. if i were going to sign something this way, i'd use a silver sharpie. but i see sharpie makes oil paint markers too. sharpie, the goat!