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…

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.

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!

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.

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

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…

A slightly dryer ink, but another stunning color!

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).