I'm not a fan of the cartoon look, but that is a preference. With that said, I would work on the text. I think it is a little thin looking. http://www.dafont.com/ has a ton of cool fonts.
OUCH! Keep in mind, this is still in the rough draft stage, however, the not being center is a good catch. Thanks. The handwritten/font mix thing, you're right on that one too. I'm going to peruse dafont.com to try and find a do-able font. I'm still hashing out a background color to go with.
There's a pretty steep learning curve with both programs. I don't have Inkscape completely figured out yet, but I'm learning. Here's an example of how Inkscape can clean up your image using the "Trace Bitmap" feature. I added the text with GIMP using the font, "Hurry Up."
OK, I think I got this thing figured out, kinduf. Now for the next problem. I try and save, and I can view it properly through inkscape, but viewing it online via inkscape's site, it's bogered up. I want to repost the pic here, but something's all hinky. Is there any other way to save it, or is that it?
I need to know who is using inkscape to design their beer labels, and how to effectively print them out. When I save my picture, and try to view it via inkscape's site, the freakin' thing is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, I added some text, and It doesn't appear.
Easiest way I've found is to use the File -> Export Bitmap menu option. You can resize it in the dialog or just use your favorite image editor to scale the result.
cant you resize the bounding box to a more useable size of your image and then resize the whole image to fit the new bounding box. i believe under the picture properties you can change the size from pixels (as is default) to an actual size determinant. let me know if this helps!