#inkshell

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doodle dumpppp :3

uhhh divine/DIVA 💜 /silly belongs 2 : @shyshiny

[needlepine]

April's set of collab adopts with @harriertail! She designed cats 1,3, and 5, and I designed the rest. This set is based off of school/art supplies!

We’re aiming to release collab adopts every month on the 15th, so look forward to that! We hope you enjoy!

Please read my rules here before adopting (applies only to cats designed by me).

DM the artist who drew the cat to claim please (@harriertail for designs 1, 3, and 5, and @needlepine for the rest). List of claimed/unclaimed adopts under the cut (go to the original post to see up-to-date status):

1. Stuffedwool: OPEN $35

2. Bluesmudge: CLOSED

3. Willowdust: OPEN $35

4. Inkshell: CLOSED

5. Claycreek: CLOSED

6. Ochrepaw / Ochrebrush: CLOSED

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BONUS!

7. Scissors: CLOSED

8. Eraser: CLOSED

9. Highlighter: CLOSED

10. Tape: CLOSED

[dailydwshipwheel]

So I came up with a whole bunch of ship names for Blot :3 Hope you like them! (I'm the same anon who sent in Mimeory/Grayscale Memories for Blot x Flyte).

Inksweater, Inkbauble for Blot x Bobette Inklight, Inklamp, Inkshade for Blot x Brightney Haunted Ink, Inkfade for Blot x Connie Grayscale Sprinkles for Blot x Cosmo Inkwater, Squid Ink for Blot x Finn Inkbug, Silent Mime for Blot x Flutter Inkthief, Inkgamble, Inkcapsule for Blot x Gigi Inkmirror, Grayscale Mirror, Perfect Mime for Blot x Glisten Inkbubble, Inkpop for Blot x Poppy Inkcase, Mimecase for Blot x Rodger Inkdeer, Inkglow for Blot x Rudie Inkshell, Inkfossil for Blot x Shelly Inkshrimp, Grayscale Shrimp, Gray Shrimp for Blot x Shrimpo Inkcup, Inktea for Blot x Teagan Inkclean, Inkmop, Never-Ending Cleaning for Blot x Tisha Inkbox for Blot x Boxten InkCookie for Blot x Ginger Inkbunny for Blot x Cocoa Inkbasket for Bassie x Blot Inkmoon for Astro x Blot Inkflower, Inkbloom, Inkblossom, Rainbow Ink for Blot x Dandy Inkberry for Blot x Sprout Inkhugs, Inkyhugs, Inkfluff, Fluffyink for Blot x Goob Inkcat, Inkpaper for Blot x Scraps Inktears, Inktragedy for Blot x Dazzle Inksmile, Inkcomedy for Blot x Razzle Inkparty, Inkcandy for Blot x Yatta Inkclown, Inkfunny for Blot x Looey

oo heloo I like InkShade (how have I not thought of using the word Shade for Brightney shipss!), SpuidInk, PerfectMime, InkBubble, InkPop, Never-Ending Cleaning (I would like to hea r the meaning of this one!/nf), SilentMime, InkFlower, RainbowInk, InkBerry and InkTears !!

[inventors-fair]

Artist Spotlight Entries!

@bergdg — Seraph of Light and Shadow @bread-into-toast — Sink or Swim @corporalotherbear — False Hope @cthulhusaurusrex —Overcome by Avarice @curiooftheheart — Inkshell Oyster @dabudder — Clam Up @deg99 — Prophetic Hyppocamp @dimestoretajic — Abandon the Beast @fluffycattens — Corpse Drifter @harunakonomi — Mourner-o'-War @helloijustreadyourpost — Compleation Pod @hypexion — Demonic Negotiation @i-am-the-one-who-wololoes — Funerary Urn-bomb @isitaristocrats — Effervescent Kelpie @izzet-always-r-versus-u — Converter Clam @j2miner — Scyphozoa Rebirth @melancholia-ennui — Mimicking Man-o'-War @misterstingyjack — Seaborne Stampede @nine-effing-hells — Ulvenwald Ambush @piccadilly-blue — Ashling's Defeat @reaperfromtheabyss — Blazing Deathrattle @stareyedesper — Ichorbog Gash @wildcardgamez — Zagothan Invocation @xenobladexfan — Convergent Evolution

Thank you all for your entries!

[conchologyeorzea]

Field notes on: The Pitch Pickle Location: The Ruby Sea ocean fishing voyage Locale: Deep sea

The Pitch Pickle - as the name may suggest - is perhaps most well known for the deep black pigment stored in its body. I am unsure why it was not adoped as a new source of our precious Inkshell ink in the past, but I shall not dwell on the matter. What is more interesting about this specimen, is its place in history. I have referred to many a history tome from Hingashi on the matter, where this little mollusc had a central role in the dyeing of teeth among Hingan nobles.

This was common practice in generations past - and given the large population still dwelling beneath the Ruby waves still holding strong - I understand why it was such a popular choice. Full glad am I to not favor such fashion today, yet I cannot help but be curious to once try this custom. I only pray to Thaliak that a vile taste does not accompany its pigmented flesh.

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quick mw posting before I go back to the trenches (ppt)

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thinking abt my alien toxic yaoi… ^_^

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why do i feel like this is shrike and luz..

ermmm b/c it is !!!

luz used to hate him with a burning passion and shrike just thought she was joking !

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I FINISHED IT JUST IN TIME BEFORE MIDNIGHT YES !!!! (4 me at least)

ANYWAYS TW SUGGESTIVE !!!

Anyways these three make me sick /pos

Without text btw ^_^ ⏬

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Chat I WILL draw turtle wrench 👍

[inventors-fair]

Showcase: Artist spotlight runners-up!

Our runners-up this week are @curiooftheheart, @i-am-the-one-who-wololoes and @izzet-always-r-versus-u!

@curiooftheheart — Inkshell Oyster

Is it because of the eyes? ... Or am I thinking of scallops. Either way, perhaps this thing is a nightmare indeed, but it's one of two clams up in here, up in here, and I'm really happy with the simplicity of this design. The oceanic self-mill sensation is a fantastic uncommon, not just because you can personally optimize around how best to mill everyone, but because it can find you the perfect finisher in a control deck and/or late-game answer in the midrange deck quite elegantly. Depending on the greatest power you might only be milling everyone three cards, and that's sometimes enough, isn't it? The dream, of course, is to have a massive creature that's enough to get back another mill card for yourself and finish off your opponent, but that's my limited side talking.

Even in general self-mill or mill-themed casual decks, I think this card can find some great answers. I used to run a mill deck way back in the day, and that was ridiculously fun... Things have changed a lot, though. Before I get nostalgic, I will say that the size of this thing reflected in the power/toughness was really big in a lot of these submissions, bigger than I expected. Perhaps it is indeed a giant clam (or oyster) and my sense of scale is a little off here. Still, it's a fairly formidable body when you land it, and I think that getting a good spell means that this card's a cool fit for a lot of decks, and I'm pleased as punch with how you designed this. (I'd say happy as a clam, but this one seems rather upset at something.)

@i-am-the-one-who-wololoes — Funerary Urn-bomb

In terms of mechanics, the wording is slightly different than how it should be, see cards like Grim Return; it would be "Exile target creature card from your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn." Yeah, it's not super intuitive, but that's how the game tracks these things. Additionally, the name of the card would be "this artifact" instead. Now, as far as the rest of it goes, this card's an awesome colorless boardwipe and that's commendable. I'm a massive fan of cards like Perilous Vault or Nevinyrral's Disk and so I'm naturally biased towards these effects. What that means is that the ability to really clear out a board is pretty difficult to cost right, and you absolutely nailed it here.

The fact that it has to be a creature that died on your turn means that, well, it's kinda easy to see it when you think about a creature that died during combat on your turn, but that still means that you can make some riskier attacks if need be. Get in, let something die, and then you can boardwipe as is. If you have any kind of sacrificial effect then you're in a really good place! Honestly, regardless of the limited implications, I like how in Commander you could sacrifice your general through some means, then exile that card and put it back in the command zone to boardwipe with itself. Like, just having to tap, no mana cost, is pristine. So yeah! Surprisingly flexible, neat art interpretation, cool flavor text, and a tight package. ... I hate to say it as a final note, but the name feels like a playtest placeholder. Might be too much on the nose. Still an awesome card.

@izzet-always-r-versus-u — Converted Clam

Man, this clam really had a lot of fans this week. There were quite a few as far as I can recall... Was this the only Phyrexian card? I could've sworn there was another, with the urn art... but I'm running really late this morning and it's irrelevant to this particular card in question which is definitively a good Phyrexian card and we're sticking with it. I really struggled with the second ability trying to think if there was a more concise way to word it, but no, you really got those details down, and I'm impressed with how you've made something that's a pseudo build-around but also just a good straight body-maker as it is. If you've got even three mana, you're adding an early Incubator to the board and stunning an aggro creature, and the more you got it, the more bodies you got later turn after turn for a really aggravating control shell. Heh, shell.

Sincerely, though, getting a 2/2 (essentially) on your opponent's upkeep for X turns is a wild ride and I love how the more that X goes on for, the more likely it is that you were in a part of the game where you can flip those incubators willy-nilly and have a blast doing it. Compleated clams aren't anything I want to see in the ocean, either, but damn if you didn't make it look like it makes sense in this environment. Maybe this can find a home even in some counter-themed Commander decks, but this really does feel like a limited pull-off that would go underappreciated in its time, and I'd love to run with it in something like MOM, if only to stun those stupid giant creatures in that format.

Thank you all for these entries! Commentary slowly but surely. @abelzumi

[i-am-the-one-who-wololoes]

Inkshell Oyster: Huh, I also imagined this clam as being big enough XD Usually mill creatures do not have a lot of power, so this won't easily mill for a lot (but, as you said, 3 is enough.) And mixing high powered creatures, so a combat wincon and a mill wincon is not the best idea because the two do not interact at all. Except for that legendary creature (iirc) that actually mills for the damage dealt, that helps.

Funerary Urn-bomb: YAY! Ah dammit, the wording. 1) yeah, i forget that these times "this card" is the current wording and CARDNAME is a really useful command that helps me forget. 2) Ups, because I didn't check the died/was put [...] wording. Thanks for the kind words! About the name... dammit. The first name was "Ash Bomb" but it felt not entirely appropriate and I searched for the correct term (Funerary urn). Sigh, I was proud enough of that. Oh well, it happens.

Converter Clam: Oh no, it's an evil clam! But a neat design, too.

Congratulations!

Showcase: Artist spotlight runners-up!

Our runners-up this week are @curiooftheheart, @i-am-the-one-who-wololoes and @izzet-always-r-versus-u!

@curiooftheheart — Inkshell Oyster

Is it because of the eyes? ... Or am I thinking of scallops. Either way, perhaps this thing is a nightmare indeed, but it's one of two clams up in here, up in here, and I'm really happy with the simplicity of this design. The oceanic self-mill sensation is a fantastic uncommon, not just because you can personally optimize around how best to mill everyone, but because it can find you the perfect finisher in a control deck and/or late-game answer in the midrange deck quite elegantly. Depending on the greatest power you might only be milling everyone three cards, and that's sometimes enough, isn't it? The dream, of course, is to have a massive creature that's enough to get back another mill card for yourself and finish off your opponent, but that's my limited side talking.

Even in general self-mill or mill-themed casual decks, I think this card can find some great answers. I used to run a mill deck way back in the day, and that was ridiculously fun... Things have changed a lot, though. Before I get nostalgic, I will say that the size of this thing reflected in the power/toughness was really big in a lot of these submissions, bigger than I expected. Perhaps it is indeed a giant clam (or oyster) and my sense of scale is a little off here. Still, it's a fairly formidable body when you land it, and I think that getting a good spell means that this card's a cool fit for a lot of decks, and I'm pleased as punch with how you designed this. (I'd say happy as a clam, but this one seems rather upset at something.)

@i-am-the-one-who-wololoes — Funerary Urn-bomb

In terms of mechanics, the wording is slightly different than how it should be, see cards like Grim Return; it would be "Exile target creature card from your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn." Yeah, it's not super intuitive, but that's how the game tracks these things. Additionally, the name of the card would be "this artifact" instead. Now, as far as the rest of it goes, this card's an awesome colorless boardwipe and that's commendable. I'm a massive fan of cards like Perilous Vault or Nevinyrral's Disk and so I'm naturally biased towards these effects. What that means is that the ability to really clear out a board is pretty difficult to cost right, and you absolutely nailed it here.

The fact that it has to be a creature that died on your turn means that, well, it's kinda easy to see it when you think about a creature that died during combat on your turn, but that still means that you can make some riskier attacks if need be. Get in, let something die, and then you can boardwipe as is. If you have any kind of sacrificial effect then you're in a really good place! Honestly, regardless of the limited implications, I like how in Commander you could sacrifice your general through some means, then exile that card and put it back in the command zone to boardwipe with itself. Like, just having to tap, no mana cost, is pristine. So yeah! Surprisingly flexible, neat art interpretation, cool flavor text, and a tight package. ... I hate to say it as a final note, but the name feels like a playtest placeholder. Might be too much on the nose. Still an awesome card.

@izzet-always-r-versus-u — Converted Clam

Man, this clam really had a lot of fans this week. There were quite a few as far as I can recall... Was this the only Phyrexian card? I could've sworn there was another, with the urn art... but I'm running really late this morning and it's irrelevant to this particular card in question which is definitively a good Phyrexian card and we're sticking with it. I really struggled with the second ability trying to think if there was a more concise way to word it, but no, you really got those details down, and I'm impressed with how you've made something that's a pseudo build-around but also just a good straight body-maker as it is. If you've got even three mana, you're adding an early Incubator to the board and stunning an aggro creature, and the more you got it, the more bodies you got later turn after turn for a really aggravating control shell. Heh, shell.

Sincerely, though, getting a 2/2 (essentially) on your opponent's upkeep for X turns is a wild ride and I love how the more that X goes on for, the more likely it is that you were in a part of the game where you can flip those incubators willy-nilly and have a blast doing it. Compleated clams aren't anything I want to see in the ocean, either, but damn if you didn't make it look like it makes sense in this environment. Maybe this can find a home even in some counter-themed Commander decks, but this really does feel like a limited pull-off that would go underappreciated in its time, and I'd love to run with it in something like MOM, if only to stun those stupid giant creatures in that format.

Thank you all for these entries! Commentary slowly but surely. @abelzumi