#wishspirit

Inktobertale - challenge 2021 #2 “Price”

I present: the Japanese wish spirit, Ink.

I didn’t quite know what to do about “price” at first, until I remembered the well-known phrase “all magic comes with a price” from “once upon a time”. At first I wanted to paint Ink as a normal Gini, but since he is inspired by the Japanese, I adapted his design accordingly:

- Old rice hat with a seal, on which the Japanese kanji for “spirit” is written.
- As clothing a whole kimono (multilayered top)
- Instead of color test tubes, small old Japanese sake bottles
- Otherwise, small bells and actually a bit of makeup (which I forgot)

Story: Ink’s greatest wish was to change his monotonous life. One day he expressed this wish to a ghost, who then transformed Ink into a wishing spirit himself. The price was his soul. –> That’s why I drew his kimono open at the top. Maybe it’s part of the deal that he can’t hide his soullessness.

Ink!Sans by: @comyet