Steve shows up much less than some of the other characters I do. I really haven't come up with much for him to do. But he is the only one of my characters with a discernible job, so I thought about what other comics do with jobs and Dilbert came to mind. Which may be partially the inspiration for this one. I also thought back to my days making calls for surveys for inspiration on this one. I thought it would be good to have a series of Steve thinking aloud to himself how he should call in sick which I thought about doing numerous times as I walked to the call center. But somehow I always wound up there, and I worked a full shift and earned the money they were
paying me.
It was fun as I really didn't plan this one out beyond there would be different scenes of him finding some reason to call in sick and then just put down what came to me as a I went. I may do more with the coloring on this one. I had planned to but when I had finished the colored squares I thought it actually didn't look too bad. I may change my mind though and do more coloring. I saved the working file just in case.
*Update*
I went in and did more with the coloring than I did originally. For some reason I liked the loose monochrome frames when I first laid them down, but with each passing day I liked them less and less. So I finally decided that it was time to finish up the coloring on this one. The frames are now clearly defined and more colorful in general.
I may also have an internship at KRQE which is very exciting. I am incredibly excited to be working there. There is still some paperwork I need to do so to get started there, and I have to wait on the school for part of that. But I think it will go through. EXCITING! I will be working at a TV Station!
