Saturday, April 14, 2007

Ukulele Monkey!

After my post "Ukulele Pup", Howlin' Hobbit asked if I drew monkeys, too. So, I got to doodling....
I was thinking about putting these guys out on Café Press.


Been playing around with Illustrator recently (downloaded a 30-day free trial). It's confusing at first, but I'm starting to get the hang of it. But I don't think I'll come close to mastering it, or even getting anywhere close to where I'd like to be with it in the next couple of weeks. And I'm not looking forward to shelling out the bucks to actually purchase a real copy.

7 comments:

Howlin' Hobbit said...

Terrific! (I got a bit of a monkey jones.)

I take it these were drawn with "Illustrator"?

Tim said...

I drew them in pen & ink, then scanned my drawings and colored them in Illustrator.
Still a bit of an Illustrator novice to actually draw totally in the program.
Glad you like 'em!

Anonymous said...

I wish you put your other dogs/ukes on your cafe press too! I could wear 'em to the dog park! ( I like the "my dog has fleas" on it too) Cool...

Tim said...

Actually, the Happy Tales Humane Animal Shelter will be selling them as a fundraiser. I don't want to under cut them.
I will follow up with more info when I get it.

Thom said...

Hey Tim, you could try inkscape if you don't want to shell out the big bucks for Illustrator. It may do what you need. It's been adequate for my occasional vector file needs. It's free. www.inkscape.org

P.S. Love the monkeys and the dogs

Virgil said...

I...
wanna....
see...
an ukulele caterpillar...
now that's a challenge! ey?

Anonymous said...

Tim:
You don't have to fork out retail for Illustrator. There are ways (legally!) to get a real deal on it! Contact me and I'll explain . (Incidentally, I am not selling anything, I am, like you, an artist. I just have some good info.) I'll send you email with mine so you can respond.

Mark