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
• 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
• Invisibility via invisible ink.
• Melanokinetic Combat

Variations

• Ink Magic

Associations

• Acid Manipulation - iron gall ink.
• Art Manipulation
• Darkness Manipulation - black ink.
• 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

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

Gallery

Samuel Sullivan (Heroes) manipulating ink in a jar.

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

for example to animate ink paintings which he can control for battle.

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 release ink and anything that ink touches loses it's name and power.

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