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* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'': While in Chalk Zone Rudy can create anything he needs by drawing it with his magic chalk. Outside of Chalk Zone anything anyone draws with any chalk and erases becomes real inside Chalk Zone.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' games involve separate teams spraying their color of ink all over arenas, and the team with the most ink on the ground after 3 minutes is the winner. This also counts as GeoEffects, as players can swim through ink of their own color at high speeds, and are slowed down by touching enemy ink.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 games]] involve separate teams spraying their color of ink all over arenas, and the team with the most ink on the ground after 3 minutes is the winner. This also counts as GeoEffects, as players can swim through ink of their own color at high speeds, and are slowed down by touching enemy ink.

* Amaterasu, the main character of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', uses her tail as a brush to cast spells. There is also her EvilCounterpart [[{{Kitsune}} Ninetails]], who in his first form can use similarly powerful spells whenever the player tries to sketch (his brush moves slowly, so sketching faster than him is important), and Shiranui, Amaterasu's ancestor who draws extremely fast and helps the player against the Wawku Shrine DualBoss.

*** Ungalo's Stand; Bohemian Rhapsody, also gives the ability to do it. The Stand causes fictional characters over the entire earth to come to life if there's a picture of them. When a person runs into a character they like, they get the character's role and are doomed to share their fate. For example, if you really like Creator/VincentVanGogh and run into one of his self portraits, you will cut off your own ear and [[AteHisGun kill yourself]]. How is the Stand beaten? [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Weather Report has Vincent van Gogh draw a fictional character whose ability is to stop Bohemian Rhapsody]]]].

** As does Narsus in ''[[Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan Arslan: Warriors of Legend]]'', a crossover-spinoff of ''Dynasty Warriors''.

* Nibs. People who inked can tell you that at least once, when tried to master it, they've hurt themselves with them. They're like miniature swords. And if they're full of ink, [[SarcasmMode congratulations, enjoy your new tattoo!]]

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Kakyoin]] does this while he's BrainwashedAndCrazy early in the story. He attacks Jotaro by making a painting of him, then slashing the leg with red paint, causing a gash to appear on Jotaro's leg; later on, he uses a marionette to control the school nurse's body. After he's freed from DIO's mind control, it's shown that this was all unnecessary (since he then fights directly along with his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] Hierophant Green), suggesting that it was just [[EvilIsHammy theatrical flair]].
** Koichi Hirose's Stand Echoes is mostly based around the use of manga-style onomatopoeias. Its first form can make people hear a sound that he paints on their body. He uses this for a number of purposes, including torturing a con artist by writing things like 'boom' and 'crash' on him over and over again, stopping his mother from committing suicide by writing 'believe in me!', and tricking another enemy into stopping for a nonexistent train by writing 'ding ding ding'. Echoes' second form can actually cause physical effects with its onomatopoeias, like making something intensely hot by writing 'sizzle' and making something bouncy by writing 'Boing!'.
** Rohan Kishibe, from the same Part as Koichi, can turn people into books in which he can read their life story. He can also ''edit'' the text of those books, which can cause a number of effects on his enemies; his most common use of this power is writing 'Cannot attack Rohan Kishibe', which prevents the target from fighting against him, but he's also blinded people, catapulted them through the air, forced them to self-immolate, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking taught them to speak Italian]].
** The stand Bohemian Rhapsody also gives [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Ungalo]] the ability to do it. The stand causes fictional characters over the entire earth to come to life if there's a picture of them. When a person runs into a character they like, they get the character's role and are doomed to share their fate. For example, if you really like Creator/VincentVanGogh and run into one of his self portraits, you will cut off your own ear and [[AteHisGun kill yourself]]. How is the stand beaten? [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Weather Report has Vincent van Gogh draw a fictional character whose ability is to stop Bohemian Rhapsody]].]]

* The ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series features many bosses like this, mostly as {{Mook Maker}}s. The most well-known is Paint Roller in ''Kirby's Adventure''. ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' has Ado, and ''{{VideoGame/Kirby 64|TheCrystalShards}}'' features Adeleine, as a boss turned ally.

** ''Trap Team'' gives us Short Cut (a tailor armed with traptanium shears whose needle work immobilizes enemies) and Wolfgang (a [[NinjaZombiePirateRobot werewolf rock star]] whose guitar--in addition to being a literal [[{{Pun}} axe]]--emits destructive notes).

* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', Bowser Jr.'s [[LimitBreak Final Smash]] is him turning into [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine Shadow Mario]] and obscuring most of the screen with an orange painted X, which damages opponents who make contact with it.

* This is the entire premise of ''VebVideo/RebelTaxi'' driver Pan-Pizza's webcomic ''Loki IRL''. Artists can bring their creations into the real world and those creations, their "IRL", can fight alongside their creator.

* This is the entire premise of [[VebVideo/RebelTaxi Pan-Pizza's]] webcomic ''Loki IRL''. Artists can bring their creations into the real world and those creations, "IRLs", can fight alongside their creator.

** Mr. 3, who uses wax sculptures, and Miss Goldenweek, who uses color to paint on StandardStatusEffects or other powers. They are paired together due to their art theme.

* Ash from ''VideoGame/ConcreteGenie'' to an extent. Able to make vibrant paintings of light on walls, he can later on use his brush to attack and weaken monsters later on using the Genies' various abilities.

* The minor ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villain Pyx has the power to bring her [[AnimatedTattoo tattoos (body art) to life]].

* The minor ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villain Pyx has the power to bring her [[LivingTattoo tattoos (body art) to life]].

** The two villains who have used the alias the Tattooed Man have the power to bring their [[LivingTattoo tattoos (body art) to life]]. The second one underwent a HeelFaceTurn and became an AntiHero.

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* Amaterasu, the main character of ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', uses her tail as a brush to cast spells. There is also her EvilCounterpart [[{{Kitsune}} Ninetails]], who in his first form can use similarly powerful spells whenever the player tries to sketch (his brush moves slowly, so sketching faster than him is important), and Shiranui, Amaterasu's ancestor who draws extremely fast and helps the player against the Wawku Shrine DualBoss.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 games]] involve separate teams spraying their color of ink all over arenas, and the team with the most ink on the ground after 3 minutes is the winner. This also counts as GeoEffects, as players can swim through ink of their own color at high speeds, and are slowed down by touching enemy ink.

* Zeri of ''VideoGame/{{Dawngate}}'' is an Art Attacker. When she's not lobbing blobs of paint at enemies, she even has one technique where she "desaturates" the opponent, removing some of their colour temporarily and stopping their ability to cast spells.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'':
** ''Trap Team'' gives us Short Cut (a tailor armed with traptanium shears whose needle work immobilizes enemies) and Wolfgang (a [[NinjaZombiePirateRobot werewolf rock star]] whose guitar--in addition to being a literal [[{{Pun}} axe]]--emits destructive notes).
** ''Superchargers'' gives us Splat (a satyr whose bo staff/double-ended paintbrush lays down damaging paint and summons paint constructs to aid her) and Fiesta (a ghostly mariachi player whose weapon is a trumpet and is backed up by [[AssistCharacter his band]]).
* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' features two artistic superpowers. "Neon" has various attacks that are accompanied by vibrant colors and one character can use them to pain glowing art wherever they want. The "Video" power set summons videogame angels and demons as minions to do various things, like carry away enemies.
* Valerie Rose from ''VideoGame/FantasyStrike'' fights with an oversized paintbrush that creates damaging trails of paint in the air.
* In ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', the player can encounter three Nailmasters, but one of them, Sheo, has hung up his nail and taken up painting. If the Knight insists on learning his nail art, he will demonstrate it with his paintbrush, leaving a wide splash across his canvas. [[spoiler:When he is encountered again in Godhome, his entire fight is done with the paintbrush, leaving the arena splattered with paint.]]
* The Foreigner-class Servant Katsushika Hokusai in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' goes about with this as part of her attacks, attacking with her paintbrushes, various painted images, and even extends into her Noble Phantasm, where she paints one of her most distinctive paintings, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa#/media/File:Tsunami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg The Great Wave Off Kanagawa]], damaging enemies.
* Eve in ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' is a variation of this, as she tries to kill you using her own ''pieces of abstract art''.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', an artist's pencil fell into Bikini Bottom, which could bring to life a disgruntled duplicate of [=SpongeBob=]. The pencil and eraser were both used to attack and defend.

* Brushogun's ink is used to create minions for the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''.

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a sizable stable of art weapon users. Sasori, Kankuro and Chiyo are trained puppetmasters, Deidara uses explosive clay, and Sai can bring his paintings to life. Sasori and Deidara, like the ''Manga/OnePiece'' example, were partnered, but constantly argued over whose definition of art was superior (Sasori argued that art should be eternal and sought to make indestructible puppets, while Deidara believed true art was ephemeral and thus explosions were the ultimate expression of art).
** [[spoiler:The meeting of all of the above but Chiyo was the very first battle of the Fourth Ninja War arc. Chiyo got there later, after Sasori [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath "left."]]]]
** There's also Konan and her origami.

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Kakyoin]] does this while he's BrainwashedAndCrazy early in the story. He attacks Jotaro by making a painting of him, then slashing the leg with red paint, causing a gash to appear on Jotaro's leg; later on, he uses a marionette to control the school nurse's body. After he's freed from DIO's mind control, it's shown that this was all unnecessary (since he then fights directly along with his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] Hierophant Green), suggesting that it was just [[EvilIsHammy theatrical flair]].
** Koichi Hirose's Stand Echoes is mostly based around the use of manga-style onomatopoeias. Its first form can make people hear a sound that he paints on their body. He uses this for a number of purposes, including torturing a con artist by writing things like 'boom' and 'crash' on him over and over again, stopping his mother from committing suicide by writing 'believe in me!', and tricking another enemy into stopping for a nonexistent train by writing 'ding ding ding'. Echoes' second form can actually cause physical effects with its onomatopoeias, like making something intensely hot by writing 'sizzle' and making something bouncy by writing 'Boing!'.
** Rohan Kishibe, from the same Part as Koichi, can turn people into books in which he can read their life story. He can also ''edit'' the text of those books, which can cause a number of effects on his enemies; his most common use of this power is writing 'Cannot attack Rohan Kishibe', which prevents the target from fighting against him, but he's also blinded people, catapulted them through the air, forced them to self-immolate, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking taught them to speak Italian]].
** The stand Bohemian Rhapsody also gives [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Ungalo]] the ability to do it. The stand causes fictional characters over the entire earth to come to life if there's a picture of them. When a person runs into a character they like, they get the character's role and are doomed to share their fate. For example, if you really like Creator/VincentVanGogh and run into one of his self portraits, you will cut off your own ear and [[AteHisGun kill yourself]]. How is the stand beaten? [[spoiler:[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Weather Report has Vincent van Gogh draw a fictional character whose ability is to stop Bohemian Rhapsody]].]]
* ''Manga/MedakaBox'': The last episode of Medaka Box abnormal introduces an painter by the name of Fude Ezumachi. His color of beauty allows him to control colors and their associations. For example, his brittle grey paint makes objects brittle and fall apart. His blue paint covers the opponent with "bruises" and the body registers the pain as real. He'd be a fearsome character if he weren't just a one shot filler character.
* ''Manga/BlackClover'' has the captain of the Azure Deer, Rill Boismortier. Despite behaving like an energetic and excitable kid, he is an extremely formidable Magic Knight due to his Picture Magic creating anything that he paints. [[spoiler:By proxy, the elf Lira possessing his body borrows his magic and uses it in forced blind hatred against the Clover Kingdom.]]

* The Franchise/GreenLantern foe the Tattooed Man and Franchise/{{Batman}} villain Pyx from Franchise/TheDCU have the power to bring their tattoos (body art) to life.

%% * Artie from ''FanFic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''.

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* ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'': Not only can MadArtist Dorian Wilde's seven cursed paintings corrupt those in their presence, and leave them open to possession by Wilde, they can also attack people directly. When Douglas Winter attempts to blast the Wrath painting with a shotgun, the painting [[PortalPainting sucks the shotgun into itself]]. The now-painted shotgun barrel then emerges from the painting and blasts Douglas.

* Rithmatists from ''Literature/TheRithmatist''. They can use chalk to create barriers, wards against Rithmatic attacks, and animated drawings. With a special glyph, these drawings can be allowed to interact with the real world, often by ripping people into tiny pieces.

* ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' has a court wizard who places spells on people by drawing them, using their likeness for SympatheticMagic.

* In ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Catching Fire]]'' Peeta uses his solo session with the game makers to paint an image of Rue covered in flowers to hold them responsible for her death.
* The titular character in the Oriental tale of ''The Boy Who Drew Cats''.

* ''Literature/BattleIsAnArt''
** The MC, Herah, has the ability to manifest any art she creates into reality, once using this particular ability to create exploding hand tattoos.

* In ''VideoGame/ComixZone'', the artist ([[MeaningfulName named Sketch, natch]]) and BigBad of a comic series switch places, where the hero is in the series, and the BigBad is in the real world. To make the switch more permanent, the BigBad draws enemies into the comic to kill off the hero.

* Relm from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has the "Sketch" ability which lets her use the target monster's special abilities.
* Brauner from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin''. When you fight him, he paints on an easel with blood, making a pattern on the screen that damages you when you touch it. He also uses ArtInitiatesLife to summon monsters by painting them.
* The ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series features many bosses like this, mostly as {{Mook Maker}}s. The most well-known is Paint Roller in ''Kirby's Adventure''. ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' has Ado, and ''{{VideoGame/Kirby 64|TheCrystalShards}}'' features Adeleine, as a boss turned ally.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' allows Kirby himself to take on this trope with the creation of the Artist ability, which allows him to attack his foes with paint and sculptures, as well as allowing him to create food from his paint.
* The main protagonist of ''VideoGame/GraffitiKingdom'' has a magic brush that turns himself into different creatures using cards. Some are hidden, some are dropped from enemies which turn you into that enemy and give you their powers. You can even acquire cards allowing you to turn into miniature versions of bosses.

* The various rudies from the ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' series attack using graffiti.
* In ''VideoGame/RFCKEndlessWar'',spray paint cans, paint rollers, and paintbrushes are tools used for tagging and capturing districts for your gang. Alternatively, they can be used as emergency weapons.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' involves separate teams spraying their color of paint all over arenas. The team with the most paint spread wins. This also results in GeoEffects: players move faster on paint of their color.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Pun}} The art of war]].]]

** And, [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps John Stewart]] was an architect, and all of his ring [[StealthPun constructs]] have blueprint like attention to detail.

* ComicBook/TheJoker in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'' describes himself as such to Vicki Vale in the quote at the top.

* A season 2 episode of ''Series/{{Eagleheart}}'' has a variant of this when Monsanto becomes a hot new artist with blood spatters from the people he shoots as his pieces. At one point a woman in line for a club asks him to do her dress so he shoots the guy in front of her, covering her outfit in blood as she she shrieks with excitement over "wearing a MONSANTO!"

* One group of interest for the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' is the art group "Are We Cool Yet?", who is specialized on producing artwork with anomalous properties - sometimes with deadly results.

Unlike a StarvingArtist (who is dying ''for'' their art), an Art Attacker has someone else dying ''from'' their art. The attacker can be, but is not necessarily, a MadArtist or a CulturedBadass. Their WeaponOfChoice might be an InstrumentOfMurder, ThePenIsMightier, a WeaponizedCamera or something else. And if they run a WaxMuseumMorgue, then their victims are very, very screwed.