Ink Blot Creativity Challenge

So here it is, the Ink Blot Creativity Challenge!

I still have doubts about using this website to create blots, as it seems a bit difficult to see some usable shapes sometimes. I don’t know, might be me… If any of you have some ideas, I’ll gladly listen to them. I’d love for this to be something we all enjoy doing together.

For this little challenge, this will be the subject:

Some rules to follow:

  • You can use the whole shape or just a chunk of it.
  • No need for the drawing to have the exact same shape as the blot. Just draw what you see!
  • You can only do up to 3 drawings.
  • No NSFW stuff. If it has to be blurred, then it will not be accepted.
  • If you only used a chunk of the blot, please post it together with your entry.
  • All entries should be hidden (:gear: > Hide Details) as to not influence others.
  • Time the challenge will last: 2024-02-28T17:30:00Z2024-03-26T19:00:00Z

Let’s see how it goes! I hope you will all have (at least a bit) of fun during this challenge! :smile:

Credits:

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I wonder if someone else will also see that? :laughing:

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I totally see what you mean, but now it’s hard to see something else in it :sweat_smile:

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I might have ruined this for people. If so, I’m sorry.

I’ve deleted my comment to avoid influencing people of ‘locking’ them into a particular idea.
@Suhrya It’s too late for you, I apologise for that.

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Now I wonder if the posted drawings should be hidden as to not influence others :thinking:

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No worries @AhabGreybeard.
Might be nice to hide the drawings, that way people can decide for themselves whether they want to be influenced or not :slight_smile:

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It’s in the rules now! :smile:

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Hey! You have quite the pointy spiky blot here! LOL Be careful, it can puncture people’s imagination! :laughing:

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Okay! Doing the first dive! :diving_mask:

Ink Blot


I don’t know why, but I want to pinch his face so much :laughing:

It’s not the kind of character I’d draw, so it was quite fun to do! And because this character was fun to draw, I wanted to name him! I present: Kamifū Sen! ( kamifūsen is Japanese for paper balloons, which fit him very well in my opinion!)

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What a wonderful interpretation @Katamaheen

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Oh man! I just now saw this challenge! Hope I don’t miss the next one.

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You should still do it! I want to, but I’ve struggled a little with it and the other works I’ve given priority. I’m travelling at the moment, so can’t do much.

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I also want to keep on, it’s a good challenge. The problem is that the website I thought was a great tool is actually a bit weird to use. I don’t know if we can make something usable with it…
I was thinking of making blots using krita and the mirror tool. Maybe creating an animated brush that would recreate the effect… unless you have a better idea?

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That sounds like a great idea.

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sounds fun, joining in next time :heart:

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When I made the digital inkblots for the Halloween challenge, I used several clone layers (based on a single paint layer) with a transform mask applied to each one. By rotating and distorting each clone (using the masks) I created an element of chaos; So every stroke I laid out would appear at different points across the canvas with different distortions.

Umm… Just don’t tell anyone I told you - It’s a secret! :disguised_face: :shushing_face: :speak_no_evil:

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I wrote down my idea the day this thread was posted, took a week to start drawing it, and another month to get back to it, but here it is:

Interpretation

Some sort of pig-faced monstrous jester-warlock, standing or perhaps floating atop some sort of strangely rocket-shaped tower, atop a mountain with another tower in its glowing, perhaps volcanic core. Odd windmills ring this not-to-scale representation of an island, which is balanced precariously on a narrow spire. Ominous purple clouds of magic surround it.

I took some degree of inspiration from The Legend of Zelda series, in particular some versions of Ganon, and Skull Kid atop the Clock Tower in Majora’s Mask.

I used the Multibrush Tool to draw it mirrored, as the base shape is mirrored.

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I love it, in particular your interpretation makes it very special.
:bowing_man:
Michelist

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I tried to create my animated brush and ended with something like these:



A line drawn with the “blot brush”:

I’ll try using your super secret technique and don’t worry, I’ll carry it to the grave :shushing_face: It’s a secret between you and me… and the people on this thread… and the whole world wide web :laughing:

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I see heads/faces! (and a tall tree).

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