#empire!ink

[nashdoestournaments]

Ink Tournament Semifinals: Poll 1

[caffeccino]

Steppe heavy cavalry but on a chicken horse 👀

She's here to conquer your heart and steal your girl~

[lionofchaeronea]

Seated Scribe, variously attributed to Gentile Bellini or Costanzo da Ferrara, 1479-81

[anayzdraw]

Wip

[lone-nyctophile]

I always think about how similar humans are to each other on a fundamental level. We all feel the same core emotions but differ tremendously in the way we respond to them.

[feralchaton]

“What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and toward the miraculous. The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to its transforming power. Art is not part of the machine. Art asks us to think differently, see differently, hear differently, and ultimately to act differently, which is why art has moral force.”

— Jeanette Winterson (Winterson, 2006)

[aofuji06]

I wanted to write various Swap/Blue once. I enjoyed it and thank you for the great design.

If I have any problems, I will delete it.

[thmadethis]

5. Binoculars

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Dirty boi.

[crooked-empire]

The Ink Remonth day 6: instrument

I have been wanting to make something related to this song so for damn long, it feels freeing to finally finish one project.

They all died, so sad :(

Old version:

[astr00-b0yy]

My little Input to @sandeewithtwoe DTIYS cuz yes

[nashdoestournaments]

CONCLUSION OF THE INK TOURNAMENT'S FIRST ROUND

Greetings all! The votes have been counted and they are in. Let's see who has advanced.. Spritz!Ink shooed Minuscule!Ink away, getting 55.6% of the votes. Minuscule!Ink gained 44.4% of the votes. 81 users voted.

Empireverse!Ink managed to defeat Cult!AU Ink, though the latter seemed to be too busy drawing chickens to actually do anything to win votes. EV!Ink defeated Cult!AU Ink 58.2% to 41.8%. 141 users voted.

FTFO!Ink won the attention and adoration from the voters, despite FGOD!Ink's determination to get by. FTFO!Ink won 59.4% to 40.6%. 219 people voted.

Similar to that of Cult!AU Ink's demeanor, TSS!Ink was too busy drawing to focus on the competition. Moonblossom!Ink gained the voter's attention with his gadgets and gizmos he brought from his shop, bribing them with free products in exchange for votes. He beat TSS!Ink 58.1% to 41.9%. 86 people voted.

The original Ink, never faulting, swept Pale!Ink, 83.5% to 16.5%. 97 users voted. Everyone loves his energy!

Vantablack's admirers never fail him, winning him a spot in the next round and leaving Scar!Ink in the dust. Rumor has it, he left some mysteriously dark paint behind. Vantablack beat Scar!Ink 62.5% to 37.5%. 72 users voted.

Gaster!Ink, with all his wit, defeated Fell!Ink 58.3% to 41.7%. 72 users voted. He was determined to set a good example.

The love many have for Fresh!Ink definitely showed when he went up against Outer!Ink. The former won 62% to 38%. 79 users voted. And with that being said, the new matchups have now been revealed!

1. Spritz!Ink [@glitchysquidd] v. Empireverse!Ink [@lunnar-chan]

2. FTFO!Ink [@im_sorry_buddy] v. Moonblossom!Ink [@moonblossom-au]

3. Ink!Sans [@comyet] v. Vantablack [@dryemiddi]

4. Gaster!Ink [@ginkgerror] v. Fresh!Ink [@comyet]

Round 2 voting will begin 5/17 at 6PM EST!

Can't wait to see you guys then!

[the-ninjago-historian]

New Article! Scrapped Season Concepts!

We've all heard of the scrapped Cowboy inspired season of Ninjago. But few know there was many more ideas that were ultimately scrapped! Today, we'll be looking at this scrapped season, along with many other abandoned concepts from Lego Ninjago artist Matt Betteker! And try to unlock some of the mystery behind them! Let's go!

1: The Dawn Of The Devourers, Lloyd vs Pancho, The Race, and Adventure

Clearly inspired by Western movies, this epic adventure seems it would have pitted the Ninjas against a Great Devourer riding band of outlaws, (One of which is named, Pancho) in search of perhaps some sort of treasure! This concept is extremely interesting, since it shows the existence of multiple Great Devourers! One of which looks a bit like Wojira! This season also seems to take inspiration from Incan civilizations, going by the jungle tomb-like building in the concept Adventure, and the Incan style Pyramids in the background of Lloyd Vs Pancho. Overall, this seems like it would have been an epic season. I can only imagine what the concept titled, The Race would have looked like animated. I honestly wonder why it was scrapped.

(I love the little detail of Cole manning the guns and Wu driving the wagon. Good father and son teamwork. Lol.😂)

2: The Lightning Temple and ThunderTown

What are these concepts for? Who's to say. It could be a very early version of Prime Empire. Going by the circuitry style painting on the temple in the concept called Temple Of Lightning, and the overall lightning themed atmosphere. OR, it could be an early design for the Island of the Keepers. Whose to say? But either way, it's a really cool concept and I'd love if they could reuse it some day.

3: Clockwork, The Ancient Ones Return, The Gold Army Meets Fibo, and The Gold Collector

This concept looked like Crystalized, Master Of The Mountain, and Hands Of Time all rolled into one!!! The gold and white color palette seems incredibly similar to Shintaro's. Meanwhile, clockwork patterns and style are reminiscent to Hands Of Time! And last but not least, the floating island looks almost like the Crystal Kings from Crystalized! This season would have had all sorts of crazy stuff! The main villain, (Known as The Gold Collector,) seems to have been very interested in two things. Gold, and Clockwork stuff. And it seems he or she would have been collecting gold to perhaps bring back the Golden Army shown in the artwork The Gold Army Meets Fibo. Who is this mysterious Fibo? A time traveler perhaps? Look at the flowing swirls of clock styled energy surrounding him. Very intriguing.🤔

If Ninjago had a steampunk inspired season like this, I would have been thrilled! It's to bad this concept was abandoned. But I would love to see what fans do with it!

4: Hunt For The Lava Hammer, and Cole Lava Blade

An early version of Master Of The Mountain, or something else? Going by the mining style machines and side characters in the backgrounds of both these pieces, this could have been a mining themed season centered around Cole. Even Cole's outfit is designed to look like a mining or construction outfit. Almost reminiscent to Lego City's Volcano Explorers line.

5: The Dragons Tribe, and Hunt For The Elemental Shurikens

There isn't much to say about this one. As we can't really take many clues from it. But going by Lloyd's outfit, and the lush green plant life, I believe this could be an early version of The Island. What really interests me is these Elemental Shurikens. What are they? Unfortunately, it doesn't say. But I'm sure they would have been interesting! Also, look at that dragon guarding her nest. The patterns on her are beautiful!

6: The Journey of Lloyd

All these piece were under one title. The Journey Of Lloyd. How mysterious.👀 So what is this collection of concepts? Just by looking, you can tell this was no ordinary season. The muted color palette and the more mature atmosphere all seem to point to something bigger. Was this perhaps a scrapped version of the Ninjago Movie? Or something else? Perhaps a Lloyd centric story, in which he goes an epic adventure all his own! Whatever's is was, it looks amazing. The love how much more mature and darker it feels. Surely a concept worthy of a nail biting, heart racing, action movie!

7: The Dragon Mask

A single concept amongst the others caught my eye. It didn't seem to fit with any of the other concept seasons. What is this dragon mask? It could be an early version of the Dragon Forms seen in Crystalized. But whose to say? Still, a very striking design! Feel free to comment your theories about it!

Want to look at the artwork straight from Matt Betteker himself? Here's his Art Station account with the exact art pieces we went over today.

Thanks for reading everyone!

[webweabings]

EVERYTHING ENDS, poem by Max

The Course of Empire series by Thomas Cole (1833 - 1836): The Savage State; The Arcadian; The Consummation of Empire; Destruction; Desolation.

[eddcoola]

my roman empire

[wren-alchemy]

King Joel from Empires Season 1!

The Seven Holy Nights of Jeremy day 1: Throwback.