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My Strawberry Monkey

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  1. Have you ever seen a Giraffe driving a tractor? Betty, Strawberry Monkey and Langston are helping out down on the farm today!
  2. Thank you! It was amazing to receive this. Onwards and upwards...
  3. So here it is, the official picture of me meeting Theo to collect my award for my children's picture books and preschool website mystrawberrymonkey.com All the characters, both books and website were all created in Affinity Designer! It's been an exciting journey so far. This just goes to show that with an idea, a little dreaming and a lot of determination can take you to amazing places.
  4. Strawberry Monkey took a little trip to the ICC in Birmingham yesterday to meet Theo Paphitis and collect our award that we won. Super excited.... Stay tuned for the official pics...
  5. Loving Affinity Designer. I’ve been working away on updating the website: mystrawberrymonkey.com and currently working on some ideas for new business cards...
  6. Thanks, it takes time... Not sure what happened with the link, but it's fixed now. BTW I've not uploaded a new tutorial for a long time...
  7. Super excited, my 'Coup De Tête' project created in Affinity Photo for iPad has just been featured! Blog post below... photographize.co/coupdetête
  8. Say hello to Bertie! A new character I’ve been working on for the My Strawberry Monkey series. I’m now up to 16 characters, he’s really cute and definitely one of my favourites! Wanna find out more then head over to the website for more info mystrawberrymonkey.com
  9. This is what happens when Strawberry Monkey goes to visit Betty and her family! Enjoying the progress of this project so far, to find out more head over to mystrawberrymonkey.com
  10. Throwback to the time Strawberry Monkey gatecrashed the billboard music awards.
  11. I've made a few changes to the original image and I've started to work on a few more of these in the The Coup De Tête project. The Coup De Tête project (French for headshot, is a project based on human behaviour and the mind, a project where I explore and try to understand human beings, how we're perceived and the battles we face. Allan created in Affinity Photo on iPad Pro.
  12. Thanks, this was one of the first in this project, so I was testing out a few ideas. I have made some changes since...
  13. Hi all! I've recently started work on a new project using Affinity Photo on iPad Pro called Coup de tête. This is the second in the series so far, I always like to get people thinking about my work and create that emotional connection. What do you see?
  14. Hi Andy, Looking good so far on my 11", thanks for the fix, upgraded on launch day...Is there a way to have the home indicator, the thin grey line at the bottom of the screen auto fade away like it does in photos when watching a video?
  15. Ohhh My! Looks like our little family has grown. 15 Characters and counting...
  16. ...and then there were eleven! It's been an amazing 7 months so far this year. I've finally released the first two children's picture books and the characters continue to grow. Ohhh yeah and I've won two awards, a king of pre-school educational content and a small business award from Theo Paphitis! Yep, Strawberry Monkey will get to meet him. The website has been redesigned with loads of new content as well. To find out what it's all about head over to mystrawberrymonkey.com It's been an exciting journey so far! And it all started with Affinity Designer!
  17. It's always so encouraging when the reviews start coming in. Check out this amazing review from Small House Big Trips. http://www.smallhousebigtrips.co.uk/ohhh-my-strawberry-monkey/ Allan Thompson
  18. Here they are, the whole family, so far. If you haven't already, don't forget to check out the home of the cutest monkey around mystrawberrymonkey.com. Loads of free educational content and activities on there. Naturally, this is aimed at pre-schoolers, so if you have kids, nieces, nephews etc then spread the word, there's a new monkey in town and his cute and pink... The website, the two books so far, iMessage stickers all designed in Affinity Designer... Allan
  19. Super excited. After much work and many changes, the 2nd book in the 'Ohhh My Strawberry Monkey' series is now available on Amazon. Really happy with the feedback and progress of the first book so far, some amazing reviews coming in from mums on social media. Now to get working on the third! (hurry up publisher) If you have kids or grandkids, nieces, nephews go grab a copy here! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1999708032
  20. Thought I'd share this as well... A great blog post for parents on why it's important to let children make mistakes...FT Strawberry Monkey. https://senresourcesblog.com/2018/03/13/why-children-need-to-make-mistakes/ Allan Thompson
  21. Thank you Hokusai, Yes, I agree we all have our own little passions, I cut down my hours at work and just studied, read, researched and put in a lot of hard work, along with passion, determination and the desire anyone can achieve their dreams. The font is one I downloaded, can't remember, at some point I may create my own. Allan
  22. Thanks Peter, don't forget instagram! Netmums is coming! The revolution has begun!
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