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January 2024 in Review

Since I did a ranking of Anderillium after 25 days, I’m not going to re-rank all of this month’s inks, but here they are:
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25 January 2024 – Anderillium Wrap Up

It’s really tough to rank these 25 inks, but here’s my best shot at it. I have pretty much loved them all. 25. Pompadour Cotinga Burgundy 24. Purple Gallinule Purple 23. Vampire Squid Red 22. Tolype Moth Warm 21. Spirula Green 20. Indigo Bunting Blue 19. American Goldfinch Yellow 18. Common Loon Black 17. Potomac…
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16 January 2024 – Anderillium Vampire Squid Red

This is actually a small cephalopod that maxes out at one foot in length and resides in extreme deep sea conditions throughout the world’s temperate and tropical oceans. It has bioluminescent organs, and its unique two retractile filaments place it in an order apart from both octopi and squid. It is the only member of…
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15 January 2024 – Anderillium Spirula Green

The number of non-disappointing colors just keeps growing! This cephalopod-like creature is apparently frequently found washed up on California beaches (not alive), but there’s a video online of a first sighting alive in the wild in 2020.
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14 January 2024 – Anderillium Flying Squid Blue

Yes they do fly. Mariners have found squid on deck in the morning for centuries, and wondered how they got there. These squid can glide for up to 100 feet. This ink has a terrific sheen!
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13 January 2024 – Anderillium Flapjack Octopus Orange

Yep, it’s a real animal! It’s only about 7-8 cm in size. They stay near the sea floor at depths of 430-7,710 feet where it’s 34-39F. Also, Pearl in Finding Nemo is a Flapjack Octopus.
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12 January 2024 – Anderillium Cuttlefish Brown

Wow, Anderillium just keeps pouring on (yeah, I did that) the phenomenal ink colors! Today’s brown has a greenish-black hint to it.
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11 January 2024 – Anderillium Colossal Squid Dark

This ink has jumped right up there as a contender for Best of 2024. A sophisticated blue-black with nice shading on the new Tomoe River paper featured in this year’s Hononichi planners. Many sperm whales have scarred backs, believed to be from the hooks of the Colossal Squid, which may make up 77% of the…
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10 January 2024 – Anderillium Bobtail Squid Green

A slightly dryer ink, but another stunning color!
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9 January 2024 – Anderillium Blue-ringed Octopus

Today we begin the eight-ink Cephalopod series with a stunner! Both the ink and the little guy (one will wow you, the other Will wow you and could kill you).