Daniel
cinaclov.bsky.social
Daniel
@cinaclov.bsky.social
Bristol (UK) based Pokémon VGC player. Interested in creative things.
2016 Pokémon videogame worlds competitor.
It's spooky Giratina time!

For whatever reason it looks much more striking in person, but the photos still look cool.

Making good use of all my little artistic discoveries about ink, bleach, highlighters, watercolours and how they interact

#Giratina #Pokémon #Halloween #illustration
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Spooky forest Pokémon!

I love the watercolour trees and forest part on the left and it's good to know I can use highlighter on bleached parts.

#pokémon #Halloween #inkdrawing #haunter #duskull #pokemonillustration
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Haven't had time to finish anything recently so here's some pyrography I did a few years ago!
Loved doing this, drawing with fire is so cool, but equally difficult to find the space to actually do it at home.
On account of the "writing with fire" part 😅

#pyrographyartwork #Pokémon #pokemonfanart
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I found blue ink! This was a really quick experiment to see how blue ink and bleach interacted (featuring Megas!)

And fyi, when your art paper runs out, don't skimp on the GSM of the replacement. Especially if you paint with bleach! 😅

#pokemonart #pokemoncommunity #pokemon #MegaPokemon
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Mewtwo - Ink, bleach, watercolour, highlighter pens.

#mewtwo #pokemonart #pokemon #illustration #drawing #artgallery #pokemonfanart
October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Lugia, ink, bleach and watercolour.

This is mostly just ink. The bleach and watercolour are just extra texture - I've included images from before as well to compare

#lugia #pokemon #illustration
#painting #inkdrawing
September 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Ho-oh, watercolour, ink, bleach.

I've been busy moving house so haven't had much time or space to do painting recently.

I've found that watercolour pencil isn't good at large areas like a sky. Still turned out okay though.

#pokemon #pokemonfanart #hoohpokemon #illustration #watercolor
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just a happy little pyromaniac 🥰

I did this the opposite way around to normal, inking and shading before colouring and bleaching the combination. Not sure it'd always work but did here.

#charmander #charmander🔥 #pokemonart #pokemonillustrator #pokemon #inkart #inkdrawing #watercolour #watercolor
August 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
What if I said nothing about this picture is what I intended at the start, and that's why it's turned out so well? Art, right?

#bulbasaur #bulbasaurart #pokemonart #pokemonillustrator #pokemoncommunity #watercolour #watercolor
August 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
August 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The paintress...?
I was trying a more subtle, wavery effect. The legs turned out well, but the top half was quite ink heavy. It's given me some other ideas though.

#expedition33 #maelle #clairobscur #clairobscurexpedition33 #inkart #inkdrawing
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
An experiment to see if I can paint ink on top of ink that's already been bleached.

Answer is yes, but it runs and I can't do lighter layers as easily.

It looks cool though. I like the moon effect.

#batman #batmanfanart #illustration #inkdrawing
August 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Sing like no one is listening 🎶

I didn't plan a pithy quote, I just messed the music notes 😅. The idea came from Sirene in Expedition 33, I just felt like drawing a dancing Pikachu 😂

#pikachu #pikachu⚡ #pokemonart #pokemonillustrator #illustration #inkdrawing
August 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Ink, bleach, watercolour and pencil

Busy couple of weeks, so naturally I chose a complex image that meant I spent ages on just one painting 😅. Loving Expedition 33 so much and the ink/bleach fits it's look so well.

#clairobscur #expedition33 #inkart #illustration
August 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I've been busy at a wedding this week, so here's a throwback to 2017, where I got second place in the art competition at the Pokémon European Championships (they still have drawing, but sadly no longer allowed to be a competition).

#pokemonart #pokemonillustrator #pokemon #mimikyu #illustration
July 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Eevee!

I thought the work in progress looked really cool as well, have a look at those.

Eevee, Pokémon - ink, bleach and watercolour.

#eevee #eeveelutions #eeveeart #pokemonart #pokemoncommunity #illustration
July 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Just had someone stop me to compliment how well ironed my shirt is, then startedexplaining how tumble dryers work.

Stay weird Bristol 😂
July 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I started drawing and wasn't in the mood for my usual pieces - this was fueled by listening to Visions of Atlantis

Ink and bleach. Not sure about the composition (the ship is too high up?), but I like how the ocean turned out.

#illustration #inkdrawing #inkart #visionsofatlantis #pirates #ship
July 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Leafeon, Pokémon
Watercolour, ink and bleach.

#leafeon #pokemon #pokemonart #pokemonillustrator #leafeonart
July 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Mimikyu, Pokémon
Ink, bleach and highlighter

This was on a whim. I like it though.

#pokemon #PokemonArt #mimikyu #MimikyuArt
July 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Glaceon, Pokémon, watercolour and ink.

After seeing how much more effective Espeon looked with black ink outlines I wanted to try the same for Glaceon. I really like how those lines look like Legends Arceus.

#pokemon #pokemonart #glaceon #glaceonart #pokemonillustrator
July 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Sylveon, Pokémon; watercolour, highlighters, ink

Something a bit different! Sylveon seems like they belong in their own little pastel world - I've used highlighters around the edges to create that.

But also 🏳️‍🌈!!

#sylveon #pokemonart #pokemon #sylveonart #sylveonpokemon #pride #pridemonth
July 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Umbreon, Pokémon
Ink and bleach, with watercolour (and red highlighter).

I was trying to mirror the Espeon I previously did - not literally (maybe I should?) but with elements like the light across the piece and the contrasting light/dark tones.

#umbreon #UmbreonArt #pokemon #PokemonArt
July 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Espeon, Pokémon
Watercolour, with ink and bleach

Espeon is my favourite Eeveelution ☺️

The light beam in the background is a spread of ink that's been bleached out, but I think pure watercolour may have been better?

Something to note for next time.

#espeon #EspeonArt #pokemon #pokemonart
June 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Vaporeon, Pokémon.
Ink, bleach and watercolour

I wanted this to feel lighter compared to the previous two, so went with more of a minimal style.

I think I've overworked this? Nevermind, lesson learned!

#pokemon #pokemonart #Vaporeon #vaporeonart
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM