The Perfect Diva

Lord have mercy!  I have been one busy, Busy, BUSY little guy. 

Wow.

Where do I start?

Actually, I'll start with one of my most important endeavors . . . learning Adobe Illustrator.

O . . . 

my . . . 

Gah!!!

No.  Seriously.  You have no idea.  

I'm a traditional pen and paper kind of artist.  All my divas are essentially free hand.  However, computer graphic product mock-ups is the industry standard.  

So I'm learning the basics of Adobe Illustrator.  The process has been slow and painful . . . but rewarding.

Check out the before and after Rainbow Diva:

Before 

 After

Manufacturers and myself prefer the after.  Everything is uniform, consistent and crisp.  In fact, my plan is to stop production of all the 'before' Doodle Diva heads and roll out the new versions.

Stay tuned for more updates.  Rumor has it a local coffee shop's baristas might be sporting Coffee Diva!

Find your diva at my stores:  

Etsy and CafePress

Home-Schooled

So in the business of licensing art, it turns out sketches just don't cut it with a lot of manufacturers.  I mean, it's practically 2013.  Folks expect a certain type of professionalism.

Terms like mock-ups, prototypes, vector files, rasterize . . . they're being bounced around more and more the deeper I get into this whole licensing arena.  I tried to stick to free hand and a stylus.  Photoshop just puzzles me.  Layers alone confuse me to no end.

Too bad so sad.  The day has come.  I must learn the basics of AI (Illustrator).  Aaargh!

I just completed my first tutorial:

Isn't it exciting?! . . . NOT.

Sorry.  Another frustration is everything Doodle Divas has to be kept under wraps.  But I'm going to keep at it and update some Doodle Divas images.  

Stay tuned for before and after images.  Meanwhile, this student is taking a break!