Ink Manipulation

Ink Manipulation
Inque (Batman Beyond) showing her ink powers in battle against Terry McGinnis/Batman.
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate ink.

The power to manipulate ink. Sub-power of Art Manipulation. Variation of Organic Manipulation.

Also Called

• Ink Control
• Melanokinesis

Capabilities

User can create, shape and manipulate ink, including moving ink, change the color, consistency/viscosity between solid and liquid, etc., even if the ink is printed/written/tattooed. They can write/scribe/tattoo without tools by manipulating ink.

Applications

• Ink Attacks
• Ink Generation
• Ink Solidification
• Manipulate the properties of ink.
• Melanokinetic Constructs
• Move/lift ink.
  • Flight with ink.
  • Matter Surfing by riding a mass of ink.
• Projected Thermography
• Tattoo Manipulation

Techniques

• Enhanced Forgery
• Ink Mimicry
• Ink Portal Creation
• Ink Transmutation
• Invisibility via invisible ink.
• Melanokinetic Combat

Variations

• Ink Magic

Associations

• Acid Manipulation - iron gall ink.
• Art Manipulation
• Darkness Manipulation - black ink.
• Ink Weaponry
  • Ink Artillery
• Liquid Manipulation
• Literary Manipulation
• Organic Manipulation
• Paint Manipulation
• Poison Manipulation - ink can be hazardous to one's health.
• Writing Implement Manipulation

Limitations

• Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user.
• May be unable to create ink and are limited manipulating existing ones.

Known Users

• Inque (Batman Beyond)
• Bendy (Bendy and the Ink Machine)
• Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
• Tattooed Man (DC Comics)
• Skwydd (Generator Rex)
• Samuel Sullivan (Heroes)
• Tudo Sukoto/Tattoo (Marvel Comics)
• Leon Nunez (Marvel Comics)
• Vince (Misfits)
• Sai (Naruto)
• Killer B/Gyuki (Naruto)
• Amaterasu (Okami)
• Ikaros Much (One Piece)
• Kanjuro (One Piece)
• Pokemon that use the move Octazooka (Pokemon)
• Various Characters of (Tattoo Assassins)
• Brushogun (Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo)
• Ink (Wild Cards)
• Tsubakura Enraku (Len'en Project)

Gallery

Samuel Sullivan (Heroes) manipulating ink in a jar.

Sai (Naruto) can use ninjutsu to manipulate ink...

...and use to animate ink paintings which he can control for combat.

Tudo Sukoto/Tattoo (Elektra) animating his body art.

Shadow Mario (Super Mario Sunshine) wielding the Magic Paintbrush, allowing him to create various types of goops.

Ichibē Hyōsube's (Bleach) Zanpakuto "Ichimonji" can generate spiritual ink which causes anything that touches it to lose it's name and power...

... he can also use Ichimonji's ink to manifest writing into reality.

Through dark magic, Brushogun (Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo) had the power to create powerful entities out of ink.

Amaterasu (Okami) can use the Celestial Brush and the power of the Celestial Brush Gods.

Due to an Ink based Paramecia Devil Fruit, Kanjuro (One Piece) can produced ink and shaped it in various ways.

including animating any ink wash paintings he draw with the produced ink.