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Every year my job takes me to upstate New York for six weeks. I generally do a T-shirt which I give away on Travers day, which is often called " The Fourth Jewel Of the Triple Crown". Business has been beyond bad, and I decided not to bother. I had considered doing a raffle with the benefits going to a charity, similar to what Orange County Choppers does, but gamblers aren't exactly the types to donate big bucks for a t-shirt, so that plan was dumped before I gave it any more thought. Over the winter, I had a potential client contact me about doing a Hoodie for her daughter. She never contacted me with the details after I'd already purchased the garment, so I was going to crank out a design for the place where I eat breakfast every day for the six weeks. Yesterday my upstairs neighbors asked if I could do a monkey on a totebag for their 8 year old daughter. Not one to say no to a kid, I took on the project with the intention of getting it done quick and then moving on to the ot...
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As I said, I don't want to dwell on this for long, so I'm just improvising. The material is not at all like working on a t-shirt, the paint tends to pool rather than get absorbed.
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Because the material is so non-absorbent, my lines are not very tight, and I'm getting blobs if I pause a hair too long in one spot.
This "quickie gig" is turning out to be a pain in the butt. At least it's not taking long.
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Since the material is so unforgiving, I made a stencil with Ashley's name on it. Once I got it centered, I used a level to make sure it was even. Hit me with the "Duh stick" The knapsack wasn't exactly lined up, so even though the writing was level, the pack wasn't, leaving me with a name that's uneven. Oh well...
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Not being up on my cartoon primates, I just wing it. Since the child is going to be in grade school. I decided to have Mr.Monkey doing schoolwork.
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It ain't the Mona Lisa, but it'll hafta do. I think my next project will be to build an easel that's comfortable to work at, my back is killing me!A quick heat-set and Ashley will get her monkey-pack.
I guess that's what's called a monkey-pack guarantee!
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