Paint Manipulation

The ability to manipulate paint/pigment and create paintings and/or make paintings real. Sub-power of Art Manipulation.

Also Called

 * Paint Control
 * Palletakinesis

Capabilities
The user can create/generate, shape and manipulate paint, both the physical substance and paintings, including entering and manipulating them.

Applications

 * Create/generate, shape, move and animate paint, including the color, consistency/viscosity, etc.
 * Animating the paintings may include Illusion Manipulation.
 * Animate the paint or any object that is painted.
 * Density Manipulation, Pressure Manipulation and Solidification to make paint 'solid'.
 * Paint Constructs, including weapons, walls, armor or allies/servants.
 * Organic Attacks using paint.
 * Projected Thermography
 * Summoning items or monsters from the paintings.
 * Shapeshifting into paintings
 * Camouflage/instant disguise

Techniques

 * Painting Mimicry to copy traits and abilities of character from a painting.
 * Picture Imprisonment

Following may need specific Paints or tools to use:
 * Art Initiates Life
 * Anthropomorphism
 * Painting Reality
 * Painting Future
 * Painting History
 * Window into Another World/Elsewhen: allows entering paintings and through them alternate dimensions/spaces/times.

Variations

 * Ink Manipulation allows using this power with drawings.

Associations

 * Art Manipulation
 * Artistic Creation
 * Cartoon Physics
 * Literary Manipulation

Limitations

 * Needs imagination to use.
 * User may have to complete the painting for it to take affect.
 * May be limited to manipulating already existing paintings without ability to create their own.

Known Users

 * Naminé (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Shadow Blot (Epic Mickey)
 * Shadow Mario/Bowser Jr. (Super Mario Sunshine)
 * Bowser (Super Mario 64)
 * Kirby, Waddle Dee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede (Kirby Power Paintbrush)
 * Drawcia (Kirby Power Paintbrush)
 * Yuga (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds)
 * Ganon (The Legend of Zelda); When joined with Yuga
 * Mickey (Disney); Via Magic Paintbrush in Epic Mickey
 * Sai (Naruto)
 * de Blob (de Blob/de Blob 2)
 * Brushogun (Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo)
 * Erazer (Misfits)
 * Miss Goldenweek (One Piece)
 * Amaterasu (Okami)
 * Satoshi Hiwatari/Hikari (D.N.Angel)
 * Aska (Magic Knight Rayearth)
 * Relm Arrowny (Final Fantasy VI)
 * Tattoo (Elektra)
 * Charlie Bone (Charlie Bone series)
 * Diego Velazquez (Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon)
 * Alone/Hades (Saint Seiya: Lost Canvas)