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Hi mike, I guess you have inevitably answered this question a thousand times but I have searched for a few hours in the forum and cant find the posts the answers were in! :-)

I was trained a little of the old school way, you had one set of inks and you used coils and you did your outline and then your shading!

I have since been expanding and stretching my wings and I would like a little advice! I have gone to rotaries and am currently using neotats but not feeling very comfortable due to the "give issue" so thinking of either going with stygma, injecta, or swashdrive rotaries.

I am also just about to expand my ink collection and I was wondering what you would recommend having full sets of? I have mostly just been using starbrite (full set) and nationals. If you could advise what I should purchase as a full set and any other colours from other brands to buy individually, I would greatly appreciate it.
I am also thinking of purchasing the systems sets out of the alla prima range as they look stunning. I havent used them so I dont know how well they work, but the actual colours themselves are beautiful. Have you used or heard of the Alla Prima range?

I have your book and I know that it does touch on inks that you use, but as skills and time develops, tastes change, and new inks come out, so as it has been a couple years since your book was published, I thought I would touch base with you. Thanks so much for your time, x