Thank you everyone for your kind comments! I wasn't expecting as many people to read this comic as did, but I really appreciate them all. ❤️

I'm glad people like the new designs, I have a lot of fun with drawing them! Tgood, thank you for the critique, I'll try some different techniques for the next round and see if I can change something. :)

Nice hook for your entry! The new designs are fun and Yamato is cute as always. I hope they find Rickter (mostly cuz I wanna see what the full design for him is lol) Good luck getting in!

Absolutely glorious comic. Loved the panel structure and the greyscale. Very satisfying to look at. You crushed it again Snowy!

This looks so slick and polished, Snowy, great job!!

I'm a big fan of these designs as well, good luck getting into the oct

The cleanliness of your lines and production value is always impressing me!

if you don't mind I have a small opinion critique. You seemed to put a lot of care and effort in drawing the environment and FX with intricate detail and a range of values, which is not a bad thing they look amazing! But in comparison it made the characters who were drawn more loosely and with little to no rendering seem a bit flat and less interesting. I found myself constantly staring at the foliage and water and lightning rather than the characters who I think should be the star of the show, especially with their cool new redesigns!

To be clear though it still looks great overall its just my nitpick.

I wish you best of luck with the audition!

Good to see your art again, Snowy!! ❤️

You had some really fun action shots here, and everyone's new designs are so cute and charming! I'm in love with the panel composition you have on the last page

I love this so much!!! I love the cat forms!!! I wanna see Rickters form so much!!!

your inks and grayscale are always impressive.

Gorgeous inking Snowy! I love what you did with the paneling in page 2 and 5 specially. Dairyu and Yamato being on a quest to find Rickter & Gus is so bittersweet, I do hope they find him! Yamato being a little shit is so cute I love it LMAO

Feels different than your usual stuff and I dig it! (To specify, I don’t dig it BECAUSE it’s different, I just dig it!) Your colors are usually great but your black and white work is very professional looking here. And your choice of panels are superb. That last page “montage” composition was a really good idea.

good luck in the OCT!

my dumb brain was asking: Why cats?? then I read it's for an OCT with AU versions XDDD

Very nice entry! Bet you'll get accepted

Your strongest work yet. The reflections of light in the water and the way you drew the rocky terrain and crags in the final page really stood out to me.