[Nurse-vember!] Day #18: "Flirt" (Patreon)

"She's like this at work too, so what if it's just good customer service?"

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Ah, the ever-mystical dating game - truly one of life's most complex and dangerous rituals. A bit of will-they, wont-they? Should-you, could-you? Maybe I'll just stay where it's safe and sip my Moscato in peace. It's just like in that old movie where the supercomputer says, "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play". I mean, he was technically talking about global war or something, but eh, close enough.

Definitely feeling a bit more relaxed in the wrist after these last two comics. Maybe uhhh I can dip into a 10-panel comic again? Hmmmm? I know time is also a big limiting factor here - I DO want to actually complete the month, so I guess we'll see!

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One of things I'm definitely noticing this month is that my ideas have been MUCH easier to use than they normally are, and it's because of Panel Restrictions. My usual comics are 6-panel pages, which means that any joke/story I'm telling HAS to be setup and concluded in a rather short amount of time. Some artists resolve this by cramming their panels with textboxes of exposition, other artists sacrifice portions of the setup so they can rush the punchline, etc - but for me, whenever I'd get an idea that I couldn't fit into 6-panels, I'd usually just shelve it for another time. But since these doodle comics are standalone panels, I can pretty much draw as many as I need! It's a bit liberating to build up the joke without any real limit in mind, but I also know if I tried to do with with my regular comics (proper linework, shading, rendering, backgrounds, etc), it would take an eternity to get anything done lol

In any case, after this month is over, whipping up an occasional doodle comic for fun wouldn't be such a bad idea - especially if I come up with a really dumb joke that I'd like to share with you guys. See you tomorrow!