Splatoon blog of FlowingChiaki!

FlowingChiaki's Splatoon blog! Here I will post more Splatoon stuff that I don't want to spam followers on my main art blog, including wips and sketches of my OCs, and reblog other Splatoon content!

[splatoonloreink]

Introducing splatoonlore.ink!

splatoonlore.ink is a website containing all the info on Splatoon's lore there is, from the in-game Sunken Scrolls to obscure info hidden in barely accessible media, after more than two years of development the website is finally launching!

You can check it out right now: splatoonlore.ink

This website is being developed by @ardnin

[rassicas]

I've been watching ardnin work on this for the past 2 years and it's finally here. Possibly all the splatoon lore you could ever need to know, in a clean and accessible format. It's hard to express just how inkredible of a resource this is, check it out!

[sploondaily]

He's never gonna hear the end of it.

[3drod]

- Hope That Didn't Bug You Too Much -

An animated short to celebrate Splatoon's 10th anniversary!

Anim by 3DROD! Music by Beat_Shobon

You can watch the full video on Newgrounds and Youtube

[playableoctolingsnow]

Peaktoon

[3drod]

"Hope That Didn't Bug You Too Much" Comes out May 27! Next week!

[rassicas]

Thoughts on axolotls in the Splatoon world

On page 253 of the BancalaWalker artbook, we have confirmation of ancient Inklings and Octolings having used axolotls as livestock.

now, I'm thrilled about this because this is the very first mention in Splatoon canon of some water living creature evolving to be livestock animals! We really don't get a whole lot of mention of water dwelling creatures that have evolved to be like land animals in the Splatoon world. But then the wording implies that they don't use axolotls as livestock anymore...? the relationship. changed. huh. My first thought is that the relationship changed because axolotls became sentient...? but that would imply slavery... I think even for Splatoon, that is needlessly dark and probably not what they're going for at all. the best theory I heard (from @tangle-bottom in my discord server) is that maybe axolotls are akin to guinea pigs. Now a days, guinea pigs are primarily known as pets, but for thousands of years were originally cultivated in the Andes (and still are in that region) for their meat as livestock. So axolotls, like guinea pigs, may be now known more as pets to the Inklings rather than a food source...and maybe there's still some groups of people out in the world that still farm axolotls for meat on a small scale.

In this depiction, the inklings seems to be kneeling, and the axolotl seems to be the height of a medium dog. In real life, axolotls rarely exceed more than 30cm in length. I think this also opens the door for other amphibians to have evolved to be larger and to be a potential food source in the Splatoon world. i know frogs are edible, and frogs exist in splatoon (can be heard at brinewater springs)...I wonder if there's really big frogs they eat?

incidentally, sheldon has a merit badge with an axolotl on his apron in splatoon 2. this is the only other mention of axolotls in canon.

[rassicas]

if you've wanted to see basically every single inkling and octoling hairstyle from concept art and such that didn't make it to our player characters, @dogtoling and I put together a google drive folder compiling it all. excluded are finalized in-game hairstyles for the player characters and the idols. threw in band members because why not. i hope this can be useful for inspiration for OCs and such!

[rassicas]

Went and updated the drive with images from Bancala Walker and other promo arts that have come out in the past year and a half! have a looky

[magicalgirlfia]

At long last: BancalaWalker Splatoon 3 Band Information Translations

Translation: @3600frames, @rassicas, and myself

Typesetting: @/Octoplus (Bluesky)

Scans: @shellsfm

NOTE: Several characters are referred to with they/them. This is due to how Japanese is written, it's easy for pronouns and gendered terms to be omitted. This does not mean these characters are "canonically nonbinary.” The exceptions to this are Orion and Acht, who both use they/them pronouns in English.

[rassicas]

In which Cress encounters some unwanted visitors.

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this is a comic idea that has been tormenting me since march, but in august I finally started to make it real. very self indulgent, i'd been wanting to have cress forced to Kill as a part of his story for many years now though. hehe

The events of this story take place before Big Runs have started. Cress has never worked at Grizzco. Why is he being targeted by Salmonids...? That is the mystery... lots of worldbuilding thought went into this btw. i am open to questions. *folds hands together*

credit to my pal @roachgore for helping out with: - layouts on a couple pages/panels that i Struggled to envision (this is one of the hardest parts of comics for me) - grayscaling on pages 7-9 - sfx text on 7 and 8 - all the blood. he wanted to do it of course

[playableoctolingsnow]

~THE GRANDFEST RESULTS ARE IN~

[playableoctolingsnow]

In case you wanna read the idols talk about the results

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[ariss-octa]

Well, I awoke to some interesting news that has the entire Splatfandom buzzing like a kicked beehive.

Nintendo really be pulling all the stops into this Grandfest.

A BigRun, heading directly for the same location the Grandfest is taking place?!

We who know enough about the lore and theorized this could happen from hints hear and there. For one the Seven Rings Prophecy, @rassicas has covered a bit on that and another dude on Twitter Senpai, pretty much guessed 100% correctly kudos to them!

I think this Grandfest and Bigrun might be deciding the ultimate fate of the Salmonids. Think about it...the Seven Rings Prophesy been building up since Splatoon 2. 5 years, time skipped counting ingame two years = 7 years. Funny number right? I think all idols, Grizzco and whoever else is in charge got wind of this incoming disaster, and planned for the Grandfest to act as some kind of subtle version of a city wide evacuation! The Grandfest itself is acting like some kind of cover and a way to increase all the participating Infish Resonance Hype Factor. Examples: how the Idols music seems to effect the agent's at just the right moment. All of this to help defeat a Prophecy from long ago.

Don't forget that one glimpse we saw that golden boat in the beginning of the trailer...Noah's Ark anybody?!

Senpai from Twitter certainly had a clearer idea or insight then I did!

*Raises Eyebrow* We also only started to get BigRuns in Splatoon 3...introducing us to King Salmonids. My gut is telling me this feels like the ending crescendo of a song that's been slowly building to its Climax. And it's all gonna end with clashing a cacophony of tremendous proportions.

And we the Players are the participating Audience.

[playableoctolingsnow]

Half the Inkfish's favorite time:

Theory Time

[rassicas]

Forgot to post this here, but I made a fun video where I do an in depth exploration of Lemuria Hub and hunt down all the real life references I can. in real life. go watch it <3

[squiddingchiaki]

some recent commission work! this one was very fun to work on!

[gomigomipomi]

Quick doodle of the latest Squid Sisters to get it out of my system a bit.

[seainspanish]

splatoon idol hair practice 🐙🦑

[seainspanish]

extra thing i also did big man 🥺

[imjustjon]

Thank You, Splatoon

I just now realized how INSANE it is that I never posted this Here...

I loved this game. It connected me to so many people, made me a better artist, storyteller, and much more...

I dedicate this to @alandria7, my lovely wife, a beacon of happiness in my life. I met her because of this game... I cannot thank this franchise enough.

[yougottobesquiddingme]

Thank you for the memories Splatoon 1. Stay Fresh

[gomigomipomi]

When I played the first global testfire, I never would have imagine myself to love this multiplayer shooter so much. Goodbye Splatoon 1 and thanks for all the irreplaceable memories.