Tagged “reality-inspired” because I thought this, but opted not to say it during my interview – knowing my boss a little better now, I think he would have laughed.
In honor of Inktober, tried something different in this comic! I thought about limiting myself to black ink only, but allowed myself one shade of gray for this one, since I’m used to using about 4 (plus black, plus an accent color). Like most cartoonists, I think, Calvin and Hobbes was a huge part of my childhood – I think it’d be a personal triumph to get a strip or two drawn with the kind of depth and charm that Watterson was able to achieve with only black ink on a white page.
…I got the job.
Tagged “reality-inspired” because I thought this, but opted not to say it during my interview – knowing my boss a little better now, I think he would have laughed.
In honor of Inktober, tried something different in this comic! I thought about limiting myself to black ink only, but allowed myself one shade of gray for this one, since I’m used to using about 4 (plus black, plus an accent color). Like most cartoonists, I think, Calvin and Hobbes was a huge part of my childhood – I think it’d be a personal triumph to get a strip or two drawn with the kind of depth and charm that Watterson was able to achieve with only black ink on a white page.