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Cipher Academy - Let's talk about fears 👻

Cipher Academy - Let's talk about fears 👻

(I'm posting this at 2am, so it's already monday, so it's not the weekend, so I failed you all 😭😭😭 I'm so sorry for being late again, frens, but I didn't know I'd be out all of sunday so this happened 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️) New Cipher challenge!! Ye!! This time with a very important but delicate topic/question: - What is your Cipher OC's biggest fear? Is there anything that would make them flat out reject a mission because of said fear? Rules: ✨ Draw your Cipher OC's biggest fear ✨ When I say "fear" I mean it as in "phobia", an irrational fear, something that leaves them trembling. This isn't about emotional fears, like "fear of losing everyone they love", but you can turn it into "fear of being alone" (there's a name for that, but I can't remember) ✨ REALLY think about this one, which fear would fit your character's personality and story best, or a fear that balances their power in a nice way. This challenge seems out of the blue but, I promise, This Is Important Information. ✨ Still the fear can be as serious or as silly as you wish, going from "I'm having a meltdown bc I'd rather die than face that" to "No freaking way and if you insist I'm gonna bite your face off" ✨ You can draw your OC talking about their fear, or them acting really freaking scared because of it; it can be a single illustration, or a mini comic, etc. ✨ Remember that some depictions of fears may trigger people so use a filter if you think it's needed 👍 ✨ There's no deadline on this one (and even tho it'll be important for the story it won't be needed right this moment, so don't worry) I hope you find new stuff about your OC you didn't know about!! ✨🌸🌻 NOTE: This is a Cipher Academy only challenge. If you'd like to join our community check my "My Challenges" collection and enter the original Cipher challenge first 🙇‍♀️🍀🌺🌈⭐

Challenge creator
cherrytwelve
Ornithophobia, the fear of birdsGreat snakes!

Originally, I didn't want William's power to be too op (like BOOM, WINGS, and I just fly off into the sunset!), so I gave him the fear of birds to make it a little more balanced.
But then, I realised this fear actually made sense since they are natural predators to snakes!
When William first awakened his power with Quiro (His hog nosed snake), he permanently kept some of her abilities.
His previously black hair and blue eyes both turned brown, he's extremely flexible, has bad eye sight, basically, permanently imitating a snake's characteristics. And this of course, also includes its natural instincts, such as the fear of predators!

This was my first serious try at doing a background. While not very happy with it, I learned plenty from it, and look forward to bettering my backgrounds!
Jan 8, 2023
#birds
#fear
#forest
#sadboy
Comments
GOSH LOOK AT HOW DYNAMIC ALL THE BIRDS ARE!!!
And the way the background desaturates as it gets farther away works so nicely, the entire piece gives me ‘messed up fairytale storybook’ energy
And poor Will :(( the position you drew him in looks so vulnerable :(((