Character A Day, Batch 9, (Busy!) (Patreon)

Another "Character a Day" batch, this time it was something entirely made just for me. For whatever reason, I got to looking at the Busy World of Richard Scarry and the books again. I haven't seen them since I was a kid but looking at them now I thought the art and world were really fantastic. It's beloved for a reason.

I got it into my head that it'd be fun to play around with a "modern" Busy Town setting, with new kinds of jobs and careers that people have come up with. It's the sort of idea that appeals to me cause I like being clued into what people are doing, especially when those things can be confusing to me.

But after doing a week of these, I kinda think what I was doing is a little bit problematic. Like... a lot of these gig careers have a lot of issues. Kids already think these clout based internet careers are the best. And many of them form dangerous parasocial relationships with a number of these creators. Not saying that this cast of characters I drew would be bad people, but I think creating kid friendly media about social media folks can unintentionally glamorize a problematic lifestyle.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun. But I'm wary of the issues surrounding it.

Flavor text as follows:  1: A Busy worm is calling to make sure everyone's got all their pay this week and is scheduling days off without interrupting the channel's content.

2: A Busy Fox is a little confused by the special instructions the customer left on the order...

3: A Busy Cat didn't notice all the messages from the courier. He added a 100% tip for the trouble.

4: A Busy Pig was confused by the colored lights online tutorials.

5: A Busy Bear just noticed that they didn't hit record when they started the react video...