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Black Ink
Explore Black Ink, a GPU-based painting app redefining creativity. Move beyond traditional tools, customize brushes, and let your imagination soar. Node-based system offers limitless control. Create in high-definition without performance loss.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“A very solid drawing program only requiring a one time, relatively cheap purchase. I've been using it as my Photoshop alternative for a while now and while it absolutely has some limitations and lacks MANY features in Photoshop, for purely illustration purposes it feels great to…”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“Love the program ,I hope the developers would keep develop this software , even it's not much popular but I am really love the program.”
— a player, Steam review · 257 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Black Ink - Symmetry Radial tutorial
We just released a new tutorial on SymmetryRadial operator !
Black Ink 2023.6
Summer update including Symmetry Radial operator. What's New Watch the update video here: The major highlight of this update is the Symmetry Radial operator , which has been one of the most requested
Black Ink - Domain wrap operator tutorial
We just released a new tutorial on DomainWrap operator !
Black Ink - Symmetry
This tutorial is specifically for the layer editor, where you'll be using the symmetry operator I hope this will help you in your future creations!
Black Ink 2023.5
Nice Update Including Symmetry and DomainWrap Operators What's New Watch the update video here: New Features and Improvements Symmetry Operator: One of the most requested features is now available. Cr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Animation & Modeling, Design & Illustration, Photo Editing, Utilities, Game Development |
| Player tags | Design & Illustration · Utilities · Photo Editing · Animation & Modeling · Software · Game Development · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Hand-drawn · Web Publishing · Building · Cartoony (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://blackink.bleank.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows XP (SP3) Processor: Single Core Processor at 1.6 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Graphic card with support of pixel shader 3.0 and 512 Mo of VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 50 MB available space