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Being more deliberate with alcohol inks means using small brushes and expecting the inks to grow and bleed until they are dry.  It helps to lay down basic colors quickly, then go back into the first layer, once it is dry, and rework it with another color.  In fact, continuing this layering process seems to work pretty well if you can maintain enough space between each of the colors.

Just like the drop/blog process, it is very easy to get harsh edges of very dark, muddy combinations of colors that dull out an overall image. 

Some of the YouTube sites emphasize the use of the metallic alcohol inks as one of the final layers.  Although I don't have any of those, I do have metallic gel pens, so decided to see if they would work,and if so, what would the effect be.

I like the metallic gel, and the control.  I don't like the way it dominates the inks and tremendously rdubdues the fluidity of the underlying inks.

I am now more curious about the alcohol metallics and will watch for a good sale!