InkBlot Art

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👀 Community Owned & Funded space for creatives around the world since May 2020. 🎨Create & Discover Limitlessly . 🌟 Currently in Open Beta @ http://inkblot.art . ✨ Certified 501(c)(3) non-profit.

A picture of the newest newsletter, on the left is text that reads, "January Newsletter: Monthly Financial Report, and 2.0 Launches - TODAY!" On the right is our mascot Bo with a party hat and confetti.
Sorry for the late update everyone! The holidays and personal life caught up with us this past week, but we want to make sure we do update you. As of the 25th, our Dev added our post blur to the site. Adding our CW tags was giving him some technical difficulties, but he should have that added shortly. Our support team will then be testing both of these, to make sure they work properly, and that the CW tags are easy to use and understand. Once this is underway, we’ll have a better idea if anything needs to be changed or fixed before launching these tools, and the site! We apologize for the delays, but would also like to thank you for your patience.
Newsletter announcement with Bo drinking a cup of hot chocolate with a thought bubble of a heart floating above him. Behind him are orange autumn leaves.
A picture of Bo, a black cat mascot, holding a pencil as big as himself is on the right of the image. On the left the text reads, "2.0 Update, Content Guidelines & Censorship Get an update on the latest development, an upcoming content guidelines revision and how to help fight Censorship"
This is just a very quick update on the current state of the InkBlot site! We have seen the comments about the grey screen, and this wasn’t planned or expected while we migrated to 2.0. We will speak more on this in a couple of days, but wanted a message out now while we work on an early newsletter. For now the original InkBlot site reroutes to the newsletter while 2.0 is being finished up, tested and getting ready to launch for our current users.
A volunteers wanted flyer for InkBlot Art's "Summer Sprint 2025" fundraiser. The flyer is designed like a postcard, with scrapbook paper and memorabilia framing the postcard. The text reads: Greetings From Inkblot! SUMMER SPRINT 2025. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30TH
An image with an overview of the June InkBlot Newsletter. To the left is text that reads "June Newsletter: 2.0 Update, May Financial Report, Summer Zine Event, and Drive Thank you! Check inside for some news on 2.0, the usual Financial Report, information about a new CE Team..." To the right is a beach background, with Bo - the black cat Mascot of InkBlot, floating on a blue floaty and drinking a coconut. Tai - the red butterfly mascot of InkBlot, floats next to him.
A screenshot of Megan the Director of Finances making an announcement about the InkBlot 2.0 launch in the InkBlot Discord. The photo reads: "Site Transfer Update First and foremost, just in case you didn't see, but at the top of your InkBlot homepage once you're logged in - there's a place to see the current status of the site ! The Dev hard at work on the transfer ran into an unforeseen technical issue which will unfortunately delay the launch of 2.0. He's hard at work getting us back on track and Jay should have a video update for you all on it in the next couple of days. We apologize about another delay, but please understand this one was out of our hands! (For once Bo wasn't let into the server room to chew on cords /j) We appreciate your excitement and your patience so far, and look forward to sharing more information with you in Jay's video in the coming days."
A digital drawing of InkBlot's mascot, Bo (a black cat with a red butterfly on their neck) in the style of the 1982 poster for "The Thing".
A small, cartoon black cat in an alien cap is floating outside of a spaceship window on the right side of the image. On the left side, photos of stars decorate the top of the plain black background. At the bottom left are large pieces of gold, star-shaped glitter. The text from top to bottom on the left side reads: InkBlot. ART SHARE. NO AI. like + share for visibility.
An overview image of the InkBlot May newsletter. On the right side are the mascots of InkBlot. Tai, a little red simple butterfly inside a tiny spaceship. To the right of Tai is Bo, a black cat in an astronaut suit. They are floating in space. To the left of this image is text that reads "May Newsletter: 2025 Drive and 2.0 Update, April Financial Report The 2025 Drive is in full swing - learn how we're doing! Update on the Beta launch of InkBlot 2.0 and you can also take a look at the April Financial Report!"
The InkBlot 2025 membership drive tracker. It's the planets, slowly floating on the milky way galaxy on a space background. Each one has a different money goal above it, starting at $1k, $1.1k, $1.2k, $1.3k, $1.4k, $1.5k, $1.6k and $1.7k. Bo and Tai are in the bottom right corner floating a little.
A sketch of a cartoon black cat with pink cheeks, looking through a telescope. A red butterfly is hovering in front of the telescope, and the background is a dark yellow sky with multiple yellow starts. The text in the top left reads: "InkBlot Art 2025 Membership Drive".
A space-themed poster, advertising a Twitch stream. A drawing of a cartoon cat (Bo) in a red UFO is in the middle of the poster, underneath the words: InkBlot 2025 Membership Drive KICKOFF STREAM. Underneath are two blocks of text, advertising the games being played and the date and time.
A preview of the April InkBlot Newsletter. The text reads "April Newsletter: Upcoming 2025 Drive and 2.0 Launch, March Financial Report The 2025 Drive is almost here, along with the Beta launch of InkBlot 2.0 and you can also take a look at the MArch Financials report!" To the right of the text is in an image of Bo, a very simple black cat with a red butterfly on his neck. He has a yellow, pink and teal birthday hat on his right ear and he is throwing matching colored confetti in to the air in celebration.
An advertisement poster for volunteers. The title text says WANTED: VOLUNTEERS in block font, with "INKBLOT ART" above it. Beneath it is a small subtitle that says "ANNUAL DRIVE 2025." To the left, a box reads: "OPEN POSITIONS: POD LEADS, ARTISTS, NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. DEADLINE: MARCH 7TH." The poster design is meant to mimic a sci-fi computer screen, scanning a drawing of Bo (InkBlot's black cat mascot) with an alien hat/hood on. Text to the left of the drawing says: BO ART: BOAR.
InkBlot February Newsletter is out. Bo and Tai in the bottom right corner say Don't miss it! A InkBlot megaphone with yellow confetti yells "Important Information!"
Call for volunteers in Art Lead and Artist Role. Banner depicts a Bo looking through a telescope alongside Tai the butterfly.
Bo (black cat) and Tai (red butterfly on Bo) with a cone party hat stands in front of golden fireworks and ribbons.
Film, red circles, and yellow sparkles frame the corners. Text in the middle reads: InkBlot's Multi-animator project. "The Call" - Starring Bo and Friends. Production begins Spring 2025. Coming out Winter 2025.
InkBlot Winter Gala December 18th to Jan 8th. Design or dress your OC in an outfit that matches the theme of our event: Winter Wonderland. Reply to this thread or post on inkblot with the tag #WinterGala2024. Bo and Tai depicted with winter breeze in bottom right corner. Background is decorated with snowflakes.
Bo in a top hat and sparkly blue cape gestures to a text box that reads: December Newsletter: Town Hall Recap, Financial Report, and Community Art Challenge. Read up to see what you missed from our latest Town Hall, our newest financial report, and what..
Gold line art frames the text "InkBlot Community Town Hall. Saturday, November 23rd," ovular boxes with text "NPO/Board Announcement. InkBlot/Instar Update. Live Q&A session," and smaller text that reads "Tune in at 11 AM to 1 PM MST on:" with two icons for Discord and Twitch.
A screenshot of the adopt raffle winner: TheKamki
Character sheet freebies
InkBlot Halloween Adopt Raffle. Fill out the form for a chance to win. Image depicts a lime green anthro character with large claws.
Happy Halloween floats above Bo dressed up as a fairy with golden wings, pink and gold flowers, leafy suit, and green glow sticks. In one hand, Bo is holding a pumpkin full of candy. The bottom right has the InkBlot logo. The background is orange with ghosts, candies, bats, sparkles, candles, and jack-o-lanterns.
A preview of a purple space themed unicorn adopt called Night Mare.
Collage of purple and blue cosmic images and unicorns
Skeleton dino adopt for $30
New Freebies every week on Wednesday. This week is digital planner stickers
collage of dinosaur themed images. Three of the images is black silk, a skull face, and a bird eye.
Turkey themed adopt for 25$
New freebies every week on Wednesday. Above the text is a series of little drawings of Bo from InkBlot. The image is labeled InkBlot's Digital Sticker Sheet #1
Moodboard consists of field mazes, bats, and pumpkins.
Calendar for October mentions Freebies on wednesdays, adopt reveals on fridays, dress up game on the 28th, and an adopt raffle on the 31st
Frightful October now on InkBlot. Gold and pink webs frame the image. At the bottom from left to right: a ghost like shadow, Tai with 4 eyes, lit wax candles, and bo in spider costume.
September Newsletter covers InkBlot's financial report, National Hispanic Heritage Month and more. On the right is a circle design with the text "Hispanic Heritage Month" in gold and red. The bottom reads "September 15th to October 15th". The design is decorated with two red butterflies.
September Newsletter covers NPO updates, Summer Sprint results, Board updates, and what's coming in September. Bo and Tai celebrate the Summer Sprint reaching 101% of their goal.
Last chance to donate to the Summer Sprint for a sketch reward or buy an adopt. 5 adopt capsules of various shapes and colors are pointed to. Buy the capsule, reveal the design.
Image depicts a underwater themed billboard with a black tip reef shark poking out. The billboard sits in front of a city like background. The text reads: 4 Days Left. InkBlot's Summer Sprint. Ends the 31st.
Image depicts a blue gradient background with gold sparkles spread out. The corners have various blue lines in a wave pattern. The text at the top reads: "Running out! PWYW Adopts available now." A red butter fly sits at the top of the text. 3 circles below contain images of purple oyster shells with pearls in side and a crystal with a bug like silhouette inside. The text at the bottom reads: 5 Capsules Left! Ko-Fi.com/Inkblotapp
An advertisement banner. The text on the left says "Available Now! pwyw adopts! on Ko-fi". There are three capsules on the right, each in front of a pale yellow-orange circle: A deep purple clam shell, open to show a dark blue pearl, sitting on top of an aquarium tank; a rock-type mollusc, with an orange and purple appendage peeking out of the shell; A deep diving canister that is pale blue with blue accents, and a robot-like blue and white face peeking out from the central window. The background of the advertisement is designed to look like an ocean wave, with beach waves on the top right and bottom left corners.
Image depicts a capsule, a shell like object, and a polaroid of Bo at a touch pool splashing upward by an ocean wave. The polaroid reads: Bo art by UmbraBorealis. The text on the left reads: August Newsletter Pt 2: Summer Sprint Updates, Drive Stream, and More. Read up on what's going on with the inkBlot Summer Sprint, our upcoming stream, and open positions. Inkblotart.substack.com
Image depicts capsule like objects, a polaroid of Bo at a touch tank, and a shell like object lodged in the sand as water from the ocean frames the bottom. The top bubble reads: "What's this?"
Image depicts old MS Paint with Bo drawing in it with a pencil. The text reads: "InkBlot Art MS Paint Together Stream. August 18th. 5:30 PM MST. https://twitch.tv/inkblot_art. Bo art by mumusmarket. The background and frame is of the old Windows '97 OS
Image depicts a screenshot of an excerpt from the newsletter linked in the post
Image depicts a bill board with purple jellyfish floating on the side. The Board reads: "Swim Along. Summer Sprint '24 is here... Grab a Sketch Today! InkBlot"
Text reads: August newsletter. Meet the board, summer sprint, financial report, and more. The board search is over! Read up on the folks who be InkBlot's very first Board of Directors. Check our our financial report, disability pride interview, and... The images on the right are silhouettes of animal like characters. A question mark is centered in each silhouette. Behind them is a stripe of orange and gold sparkles.
Text on both sides read: "Disability Pride with Inksters." The image on the left is of a dino chicken nugget surrounded by flowers and sparkles. A sprout leaf sits on top of the nugget's head. The badges on the nugget are of the InkBlot logo, bisexual flag, and genderfluid flag. On the right is a bosona with blue hair, gold piercings, gold headphones, and a moon on it's forehead. The text below the left image reads: "Avi Inkster Staff." and the text on the right reads: "Xen Inkster Staff." Behind both sides is the Disability Pride Flag. Red butterflies float on both sides of the image.
Middle text reads: "InkBlot's Summer Sprint Art Drive". Bottom of the image displays coral and seaweed with sea creatures. On the bottom left corner is a leafy seadragon. The center bottom is a leaf sheep and seabunny crawling on coral. The bottom right corner is a flapjack octopus. On the top right corner is a black tip shark and on the top left is a spotted bat ray.
A postcard style advertisement; the top left says "InkBlot Art Drive: Summer Sprint" in a yellow-to-red gradient in wavy, white letters. "Looking for Volunteer Artists & Mods" is in the same front on the bottom left. The postcard is a picture of a black cat, Bo, wearing sunglasses, blue arm floats, and a blue flotation ring. He has a red butterfly (Tai) on his chest. The cat is standing on a red-striped beach blanket on a beach, next to a striped umbrella, and in front of the ocean.
Text reads: July Mid-month Newsletter: Aquarium Stamp Rally Begins, Summer Sprint Applications, and Bonus Stream.