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Cipher Academy Welcomes All!!

Cipher Academy Welcomes All!!

Cipher Academy is a secret school/organization entrusted by the government with the task to teach, train and guide teens with supernatural abilities. To the general public, this school is nothing more than a boarding school, but inside they're helping the next generation of shadow helpers to grow strong! Cipher Academy: - Beginner students are the ones who've been in the school for up to 3 years. They are heavily monitored and require a mandatory student buddy (an advanced student who'll help them) - Intermediate students have been in the school from 4 to 6 years. They have more freedom to use their abilities and no longer need a student buddy - Advanced students have been in the school from 7 to 9 years. They start training to work in the outside world with other shadow helpers (superhumans who secretly work to help and save others). They are responsible for a beginner student as means to help them become more responsible (You can visit my Cipher Academy Collection for more info) Rules of the Challenge: - Create a new OC to enter Cipher Academy - Your OC needs a supernatural ability, such as super strength, mind reading, talk to animals, etc. - Check the post "Why Your OC Might Need Adjustments" in my "Cipher Info" collection before submiting your OC 🙇‍♀️ There I explain the 3 main points a Cipher OC needs to check to be accepted. As a resume: human, power, drawbacks. - Before creating your OC pls check to see if no one has a similar power yet. If there's a lot of entries by the time you join (like more than 20) I can accept similar powers but pls try to be unique 💕 - Your OC's power needs a drawback, like "power can only work if they say a magic word", "power can only work if both hands are free" or "power can only work if they're always hot", etc. - Your OC can be female, male or non-binary. The uniform is the same for everyone (in case you can't see it clearly, those are pants) and you can mix and match longer and shorter options; also you can give them different shoes, but they need to be as comfy and resistant as these bc they'll be using them to train - Accessories like gloves, earings, bags, etc. are allowed and your OC can wear them with the uniform, so long as it's nothing that changes the appearence of the actual clothes - There's no deadline but if a bunch of people seem interested in this I'll create new challenges for you to draw you Cipher OC in!! ✨😎🌈🎶🍓🌸 (Correction: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LUV!! There's more Cipher challenges on the way!!) - Check my "Cipher Info" collection for any in-world doubts you might have! I compiled a bunch of FAQ there for everyone Have fun, everyone!! 🎶🌼😎🎨🍓✨🤗🌸🍀💐🌸🍀 I've been really into superhero books recently so I hope someone'll find this as fun as I do skdbsmdm IMPORTANT: I'll need to check your OC before you can post stuff for other Cipher challenges. That's because your OC might not fit the lore in some aspect so I need to review everyone's entries first, ok? 🍀🙇‍♀️🍓

Challenge creator
cherrytwelve
“His name is Byron, and he tames the shadows.”Hopefully im not too late to the party heh..
There’s a lot to read here, you have been warned oooh~
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Byron Morn. 3 years into the academy and still going. This quiet, kinda grumpy, lil dude has been lurking in the shadows (hah) and taking the backseat with zeal. Preferring his shadow puppet animals over real people, Byron has built a bond with each creature he summons, but this has left a bit of a gap in his (people) social skills.

Byron’s power is Umbra Animalis, which uses the combination of:

🤚Hand Shapes:
-Hand shapes will determine which creature is summoned from its shadow. Byron is still adding to his mental library of shadow puppets, and can create quite a few animals at this point (his favourite are the double dogs).
-Byron must be accurate with his depictions, or deformed summons will follow.

💡Lighting:
-The size of the light will determine the size of the creature; larger size, larger animal.
-The brightness of the light will determine the strength of the creature; more light means more power.

The sun at high noon would be the apex of his ability, being able to increase the Umbra Animalis’ size, strength, and longevity. He carries a torch around for a quick, on-the-go source of light. This will still summon a shadow creature, but just not as powerful.

🚫Drawbacks:
-Byron must use his hands to create the creatures
-Byron’s bond with each creature determines his control over them. “Untamed” shadows will be more unruly in nature, especially if they haven’t been summoned before. It is ultimately up to the creature to trust him.
-The longer the Umbra Animalis stays in another shadow, they’ll weaken and be consumed by the natural shadow around them (They can heal by being pulled back into his hand and left to rest for a while, but cannot use his ability during)
-But if fully dissolved, the creature dies, and can never be summoned again. This has left Byron to be extremely careful and attached to his creatures.

Bonus fact: He has named each of his shadow creatures. Every single one. Even the ones he hasn’t summoned yet
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If you’ve read this far, Thank you very much (also very sorry ;-;) Can’t wait to see where this world goes 👀 It’s very cool @cherrytwelve!
Jul 12, 2022
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#characterart
#characterdesign
#cipheracademy
#animals
Comments
I'm so so so so so so so sorry for the super late analysis 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ Been trying to reach both the older and newer entries at the same time and it's chaos 😅💃✨ But less about me and more about Byron!! 🌻🌸🌺🌼🍀💕💐
First of all, I FREAKING LOVE HIS VIBE!! 🥺💕💕🌻✨ Despite lacking social skills one can really see how much he adores his shadow animal friends here, with all the expressions full of emotion and this really cool feeling of deep trust you managed to portray 🌸🌺🌸🌺🌸🌺🌸🌺 It's super cute and makes Byron look so lovabled I really wanna hug him 😭💐🍀🌼 (also the way you designed the shadow animals is so cool??!? 💕💕)
Byron's power is also amazing and I really appreciate the fact that you gave him such a could-be OP power but immediately cut that route's course by having Byron need to know how to control each shadow individually and mostly keep to the ones he already knows, which makes a lot of sense 👀✨✨✨ Also the fact that a shadow creature can die and that means it can't be summoned again is another great drawback 👍✨✨✨ + the fact that they must originate from real shadows, instead of just showing up, thus making Byron having to carry a light with him!! You honestly thought about everything, I see 👀⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Once again, I'm really sorry for the late reply, but WELCOME TO CIPHER ACADEMY!! 🎉🎉🎉
Was scrolling through the CA tag, and stumbled on this guy! Such an awesome character design and power, it's super creative! The fact that he has to tame the creatures and take extra care of them is a really cool concept! ^^
(the important question, however, is whether the creatures can be pet 👀💚)
Nice character design
Ahh so cool!
This is so cool, such a creative power!
The concept is so cool???? And the design!!!!!🙌🙌🙌
HE'S AWESOME
Dude this is so cool whattt
Notes on the side:
I actually thought of his power a while back and had used it on an old oc >->
Also different style for this one, and done digitally!! (Kinda was like “ I have no idea what I’m doing but heyy” ;D )
I might post some detail shots later if they don’t appear well in the full one