Posted 06 August 2014 - 23:02

I've started a new side project a few weeks ago. Some people might have already seen this: http://www.fp-ink.info/en/

My goal is to compile a database of all the inks available (and not available) complete with data about them. Currently I collect color samples and review data about the following: sheen, saturation, shading, flow, feathering, bleed through, ghosting, drytime, lubrication, nibcreep, lightfastness, water/soap/alcohol/bleach-resistance.

The main goal is to provide a help to find inks with given properties that you search for in an ink.

As well as providing a possibility to reference inks with their properties like this during discussions:

Currently this is under heavy development so any feedback/comment/opinion is welcome. As well as any wishes for features or comments. I'm even taking translation/text corrections and you can submit ink reviews there.

If you're doing a lot of ink reviews but don't want to index them yourself I'm also thankful for permission to use data from anyone here too. Already got the permission from some people so I've got some work at hand currently but there is never too much data.

Everything is built on top of averages, so all collected data will be calculated in an average, thus the database gets more reliable with every ink review indexed.

I'd also take feedback on the webpage layout if there is a more capable designer amongst us compared to my humble steps on "design"

I'd like to keep the grey/grey color scheme however as it's least likely to affect color perception this way.

I've also compiled a ink review form with front/backside where most of the collected data is on the same sheet: https://dl.dropboxus...review_form.pdf

Just the light fade test part needs to be cut out and replaced after lighting it.

Edited by bardiir, 07 August 2014 - 15:55.