Zodiac Spirit: Timeless Cycle | Prologue by OnyxGalaria on Newgrounds

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Zodiac Spirit: Timeless Cycle | Prologue

[This comic is read right to left, top to bottom; just like traditional manga!]

"The island of Jiwaktus' flow of time is at stake; the evil spirit known as Fate has frozen over time as part of his plan to erase time itself.

Because of this foul plan, Ryujimi, the Dragon Zodiac and the other Zodiacs are separated and scattered across the land.

Will they manage to find their way back and stop Fates' plans before it's too late?"

Oh boy, this was my first long project that I took seriously!

I had this idea for a long while now and being able to bring it to life is very rewarding!

From the character designs to writing up the plot, this is one of my favourite works ever!

HUGE shoutout to vector layers, custom brushes and auto-actions for keeping me sane during the process.

Fun fact: The dialouge was all made up on the spot!

Have a colored version of the cover; as a treat!

[Edit: Forgot to add some borders around the panels, oops. I've also been fixing errors from time to time, but everything should be polished now!]

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Chubgp

2024-02-27 11:08:58

Cool concept and the plot is intriguing.

Some of the text box is kinda hard to follow (example: on the 4th/5th? page when the lightning hit the tree I read downward instead of the left box because of the dark tone of the leaves making me think the 2 panels are connected this is very much a nitpick so don't worry!!).

Character designs are very cute but had I not read the description I would've thought Ryujimi was the Ox (mostly because of the horns and her big fluffy ears being obscured by her bangs in the comic).

These criticisms are not that big of a deal and I enjoyed the comic which is the important thing. No doubt you will only improve your comic making skills as long as you keep developing this world and this story or create new ones I don't know...

Maybe I'm being too hard on this prologue sorry I am very tired while writing this review. I'm talking out my ass sorry this is coming from a dude who reads like 10 mangas...

OnyxGalaria responds:

No need to apologize, I am very much open to constructive critisism! It helps me learn and grow as an artist!

I do agree that with how I laid out the comic, it's a bit hard to read; probably because I made a right-to-left comic in English which is a cardinal sin in the comic world. If I do go through with making this series, I'll 100% make it left-to-right.

For the character designs, they aren't final for the most part as I'll go through and tweak any designs I'm not too happy with; for example, the Horse and Ox. By the way, Ryujimi is a guy! :3

PoultrygeistGame

2023-10-16 15:33:19

great work

OnyxGalaria responds:

Thank you!
Spent a lot of time on it! :3

Prismisho

2023-10-13 19:08:50

I am shitting myself from how good this is! (I am serious please send toilet paper)

OnyxGalaria responds:

TYSM LOL!
i will personally mail you some toilet paper and sign it lol /j