The Artifitincturling is a dye-based lifeform. It resembles an equine, mostly a unicorn. It has white fur all around save for the mane, beard, and the underbelly. Silky and soft to the touch, the Borderling's fur leaves no residue. A single, colorful horn spirals up between its eyes.
After transformation, horns of many colors jut out from the Artifitincturling's back, eyes, and face. They always spiral upwards from the Borderling's body. Their tips are incredibly sharp and can pierce through soft tissue. There is a narrow, fleshy tube inside each horn. Inside each delicate tube are differently colored dyes. The substances are similar in molecular structure to that of Earth's synthetic dyes. A light-pink goo erupts from the small openings between the Artifitincturling's skin and its horns. It is thick in consistency and drips to the ground in smooth globs. Some Artifitincturlings grow geometric shapes on their backs and heads in a similar fashion to a Plastic Borderling infection.
The Artifitincturling levitates 6ft off the ground. It can ascend and descend at will but doesn't go beyond 2ft and 7ft.
Inside the Artifitincturling's body is the same pink ooze that dribbles from its body. Its consistency is less similar to wet paste and more like fluid. When exposed to oxygen, the substance coagulates within seconds.
In its dormant form, the Artifitincturling speech's consists of neighs and grunts. However, the Borderling loses the ability to speak after transforming.
The Borderling has a strong odor similar to modeling clay. It is salty and musty with a hint of an acrid scent.
An impure Artifitincturling is more desaturated than their healthier counterparts. Some of the corrupted Borderlings display little to no color. Its joints are weak in some places. Its hooves and bottom jaw are seen hanging on fleshy membranes.
The Artifitincturling appears in or around places that produce artificial dyes. Factories and shops will have a chance of having an Artifitincturling visiting them.
It travels to and from our dimension leaking out of synthetically dyed objects. Food, clothing, and toys will generate fluids from their surfaces. Each stream has a different color. The fluids snake into one spot and form a puddle that's 7ft in diameter.
The puddle begins to congeal soon afterward, forming a beautiful unicorn lying on the ground. It gains its footing and begins to explore its surroundings. Shortly afterward, it will suddenly act differently. The Borderling will go limp and levitates off the ground. Horns will violently erupt out of its head and body. This transmutation forces dye to splatter in random locations, infecting anything they touch.
The Artifitincturling exits our world after finding another store or factory that has dye. It begins to break down and melt, reversing the process of manifestation. Its hooves and legs will droop and fall apart. Its head will disfigure, jaw becoming unhinged soon after. Its torso will collapse, spilling gallons of dye on the ground below. Lastly, the spikes and spine fall into the pool below. Minutes after the gruesome sight, the puddle shrinks in radius into there's nothing left.