I did this a few years ago (still hand-lettered…), as an exercise in repetition. The motif of the staircase accounts for 50% of all the panels, but the way the reader feels about the image ought to change as the strip progresses, if I’ve done my job right.

I never got round to colouring the final panel. Given that it’s about the shakiness of the narrator’s memories slipping away, I’ve decided to leave it like that.