Competition: Visualizing a Holo-Guide

The archives of the Shadow Academy hold countless secrets, yet navigating them can prove overwhelming for an unprepared Initiate. To instruct our new students and reduce the repetitive inquiries directed at the faculty, we are forging a new guide imbued with the accumulated wisdom of the Academy.

Rest assured, this is a traditional construct and not an artificial intelligence (we have learned our lesson, promise).

We require your creative minds to shape its form, its identity, and its temperament before it is officially unleashed awakened to serve the student body.

Objective

Help bring the Shadow Academy's "virtual" assistant to life. This character may feature in course materials, official reports, and tutorial broadcasts.

Create a visual concept for the assistant. You have creative freedom to interpret how this entity manifests: physically, holographically, or whatever else you can conceive of.

Prompt

Design the Shadow Academy's equivalent of "Clippy". Your concept should depict a construct that aids students in their studies. Consider the following elements for your design:

• What form does it take? (e.g., a hovering pyramidal holocron, a glowing projection, a small mechanical construct)
• How does it express itself? (e.g., glowing eyes, shifting geometry, expressive mechanical parts)
• Does it fit the aesthetic of the Brotherhood and the Shadow Academy?

Rules

• Traditional (drawing, painting) and digital submissions are allowed.
• Your site entries must be submitted in one of the following formats: jpg, png, or gif.
• Note the difficulty is set to regular, so stick drawings and low-effort entries will be disqualified.
• Any resources used that are not original must be cited in the submission box.
• Reminder: AI-generated entries are NOT allowed.

Grading

All entries will be graded using the DB’s Graphics Grading Rubric.