Line control is better, but still a ways to go. Not sure how I feel about the spatter yet. (Spatter? Splatter? Natter? Apparently I’m out of grey matter for the week.) The fluorescent ink is lovely though.
To spatter is to scatter or dash (a liquid) in small drops. The small drops are key. For example, a light rain might spatter the roof.
Splatter, which came later and was probably formed by blending splash and spatter, has a similar meaning, but it doesn’t necessarily involve small drops. A splatter of liquid might be large and messy. For example, paint from an upturned bucket might splatter on the floor. Think of spatter as a synonym of sprinkle or spit, and splatter as closer to splash.
Still, this conventional distinction notwithstanding, the words are often used interchangeably.
https://grammarist.com/usage/spatter-splatter/