Gradient

Art made by AskComboClub

### Eye color

Yellow scleras with red pupils; their right one being bigger and having a black cross in it.

## Battle Information

### ACTs

Check, Fight, Act, Mercy

**Gradient is a non-canonical ‘ship child’ of Ink!Sans and Error!Sans, and were made by** **AskComboClub** **on Tumblr.**

While he may be considered as an offspring of Error and Ink, he was not biologically made from them. Due to this, it is inaccurate to say he is an actual offspring.

## Profile

### Personality

Gradient is an ambivert. When he’s around strangers/new people, he can close up and become somewhat shy and awkward at first. However, once he gets to know you, he will open up, and isn’t afraid to talk about what’s on his mind. He’s a quite perceptive, intelligent, and curious person, with a passion for discovering new things and experiencing as much of the world as he can. Theoretic concepts and thought-provoking conversation and ideas are things that he enjoys thoroughly. Like his dad (Ink), he keeps an AU log. He likes to learn about the different AUs before his other father (Error) destroys them.

He also has the unique ability that whenever he becomes extremely flustered/embarrassed, his form will start to bubble (much like a lava lamp) as his body starts to change from a solid to a liquid.

Gradient can’t help but create, both physical objects and pieces of artwork (Digital scenery, architecture, and pixel art).

However, he is a perfectionist and pays a lot of attention to detail, which in turn means everything he makes is never good enough or it looks terrible to him. Once he deems one of his creations as ‘hideous’, he would then try to delete his creation. He also tends to be jealous of other artists’ creations (PJ, most often) and tries to ‘out-art’ them.

On occasion, when Gradient is working on a project and he just can’t seem to get anything right, he ends up ‘glitching out’ out of frustration and destroys the creation. Often when he is alone, he busies himself by attempting to create something new to pass the time.

### Appearance

Gradient looks very similar to Error!Sans, with only a few key differences separating them in terms of physical attributes; these being different eye/teeth/marking colors, and the fact that said markings are different in shape and placement from Error’s. Otherwise, Gradi is his father’s spitting image- other people often confuse him for being Error.

He wears a black jacket that he almost never wears without the hood on. It has a blue squared-like design which runs around the hood and down the middle (where the zipper would be if it had one). There are lines on both sleeves of a similar colour, which run from the shoulder all the way down to the cuff. The inner part of his jacket is red, as well as the scarf tied around his waist, which bears yellow patterns. He wears a tan-coloured shirt underneath that has a high collar. The sleeves cut off halfway down his arm.

The other articles of his clothing are much simpler, being a pair of long pants and black tennis shoes with decorative yellow lines.

Born from an Ink!Sans that uses polar ink, Gradient is not affected by temperature like Paperjam is. He also has much more Error!Sans in him; his form is more solid, though still not entirely, and thus he cannot change how he looks, like his sibling.

Gradient always wears his scarf tied around his waist, which he uses to carry his art tablet and stylus. Like his father, Error, Gradient has poor eyesight, so he needs glasses to be able to see. Unlike PJ, the plus symbol in his left eye does not change shape.

## Gallery

Gradient creating Digital Art. Art by Paper SU.Gradient. Art by Paper SU.Gradient Fanart by @kurua16 on twitterFanart of Gradient by Sunny @sFbA12 on TwitterPost of Gradient (made by Paper SU)Gradient and his parents, Error and Ink. Art by @errinkgarbagedump on tumblr.Gradient and his brother, Paperjam.Human GradientGradient enjoying a cup of tea (made by Paper SU)
## Trivia

* According to his creator, she never thought of how many tongues he should have. Many people wanted to know so she did a dice roll and it landed on the number 4. Gradient now has four tongues.
* Gradient has the habit of creating beautiful art, and then destroying it. He doesn't know why, but he feels as if it was the right thing to do.
* Gradient tends to only do digital art, his art is usually realistic, and and he loves to make cute comics that show his inner emotion and thoughts on things.
* When Gradient was little, he used to take bugs outside instead of killing them.
* Gradient likes to stay up late to draw, he finds the night most peaceful. He usually keeps his window open to feel the cool breeze when he does so.
* If he is not drawing, he is usually reading books, whether that be comic books or ones with chapters.
* Gradient doesn’t necessarily need to sleep because he was born in the Anti-Void, but on certain occasions he will (being physically/emotionally exhausted, stressed, etc.). Otherwise he rarely sleeps. When he does sleep, he has nightmares or ‘sleep terrors’ pretty much every time.
* When Gradient is tired, he tends to ramble, A lot. (At least more than he usually does)
* He’s very much a morning person.
* Gradient doesn’t need to eat; he does mostly as a societal norm.
* If Gradient were to receive a gift, he would likely be somewhat selfish and not want to share. He would fear that it would be taken away and he would never get it back. (Linking this to how Error hated him and Ink was never around when he was a kid. He doesn’t want something precious, gift or anything else, to slip through his fingers again.)
* Gradient loves astronomy and music.
* He knows the feeling of loneliness very well.
* He also is somewhat naive at times. He’s not too familiar with human things or anywhere outside of the Anti-Void, but he’s working on it.
* Gradient is a pacifist. He does not like to fight. However, if the situation absolutely demands it, and if he is pushed over the edge just enough, he won’t hesitate to protect what he cares about.
* Even to this day, Gradient longs for Error to accept him as his son. He doesn’t hate him and he won’t ever be able to since that is his dad.
* He’s definitely not as okay as he seems on the surface.
* Though, he is pretty unaware of exactly HOW affected by the trauma caused by Error he actually is.
* Gradient doesn’t think that anyone would love him, because he believes that he has so many problems that he just doesn’t see himself as a desirable catch. (His glitching, his eating habits, his anxiety, how he destroys his creations so willy-nilly, etc.)
* Gradient gets jealous of other people’s artwork, and it may come to the point where he wishes to destroy their work. Sometimes he acts on that wish, and regrets it pretty strongly afterwards.

## References

1. ↑ https://askcomboclub.tumblr.com/post/156643566751/nickname-gradient-or-gray-for-short-combo-of-ink
2. ↑ https://aminoapps.com/c/undertale/page/item/gradient/22vc\_wIm2p6x44WnLGxEDvwzq36zBBJ
3. ↑ https://askgradient.tumblr.com/AboutGradient