affinity designer Ohhh My Strawberry Monkey

[Sam Neil]

Hey Allan,

Just wondering what did you use to build the website?

S

[My Strawberry Monkey]

15 hours ago, Sam Neil said:

Hey Allan,

Just wondering what did you use to build the website?

S

Hi Sam, I used Affinity Designer for all the vector work then exported as .svg to use in Adobe Muse which is now a end of life app, so looking to switch at some point to Without Code or WebFlow...

[Sam Neil]

1 hour ago, My Strawberry Monkey said:

Hi Sam, I used Affinity Designer for all the vector work then exported as .svg to use in Adobe Muse which is now a end of life app, so looking to switch at some point to Without Code or WebFlow...

1 hour ago, My Strawberry Monkey said:

Hi Sam, I used Affinity Designer for all the vector work then exported as .svg to use in Adobe Muse which is now a end of life app, so looking to switch at some point to Without Code or WebFlow...

Thanks Allan.

[My Strawberry Monkey]

With world book day happening this past Thursday and being featured in the recent Affinity Spotlight it has got me thinking about my cover for my first children's picture book, so I'm current working on a new design and a few other changes inside, hopefully I'll finish in time for the summer...

 

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[My Strawberry Monkey]

Where would Strawberry Monkey be without all the strong, successful women in his life? #internationalwomensday

When I first started this journey all but one of my characters were male, it wasn't intentional, it was just my default. It sounds odd now, but I didn't think about female characters. I remember reading an article about diversity and female characters in children’s literature and that had a massive impact on the direction of the books. There are now more female than male characters, one of whom is Dr Horse. I want young girls growing up to be inspired and show them that they can be whoever they want and this is why I started to create more female positive role models.

[My Strawberry Monkey]

Sooo, mainly during lockdown I worked away re-illustrating the characters for the website and the first book! A lot of changes have been made, I think taking a little break from it all helped me see what I wasn't happy with. Anyway the book is now live and back on Amazon! SO much happier with its new look...

[My Strawberry Monkey]

As summer approaches, make sure your kids stay safe.  Have a read of this blog post with some tips on how you get your child to wear suncream, with the help of Strawberry Monkey! 🥵

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-can-you-get-your-child-wear-suncream-mystrawberrymonkey

 

 

[My Strawberry Monkey]

Slowly starting to add more products to the website, thought these greeting cards would work well for my characters!

Go cheer up someone's day and get your My Strawberry Monkey greeting card here!

 

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[My Strawberry Monkey]

Somehow I feel like this thread is becoming my personal diary! 😂 Anyway, years ago long before Affinity came into my life I tried creating some motivational quotes wall prints, bought a printer, the whole set up. it was sooooooo stressful, mainly due to me not knowing what I was doing and having major issues with colour accuracy from Photoshop and Illustrator. Looks like I may have come back round to the idea of wall art, this time for kids though, currently testing out some prints:

 

 

[Alfred]

31 minutes ago, My Strawberry Monkey said:

Somehow I feel like this thread is becoming my personal diary! 😂

Just “becoming”, Allan? I think it’s been your personal diary all along, but it’s a great way to showcase your wonderful work.

[My Strawberry Monkey]

On 3/25/2022 at 12:28 PM, Alfred said:

Just “becoming”, Allan? I think it’s been your personal diary all along, but it’s a great way to showcase your wonderful work.

🤣 Thanks, gotta share my thoughts somewhere.

[My Strawberry Monkey]

Test prints for the wall art arrived from the printers, looking good! These will look amazing once framed. Hopefully, not too long and they'll be up on the site.

[My Strawberry Monkey]

Finally managed to get the Etsy shop up and running for the wall prints after the test prints and a few technical difficulties along the way. 13 so far, I will be creating and uploading more over the coming weeks! 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MyStrawberryMonkey

 

 

[Gee Whiz]

YO! This strawberry monkey is DOPE crazy! I love it ya'll! 

[My Strawberry Monkey]

On 6/11/2022 at 2:25 AM, Gee Whiz said:

YO! This strawberry monkey is DOPE crazy! I love it ya'll! 

Thanks @Gee Whiz 😁🍓🐵