illustrated by mel: termination book part 2

Here are my final results from the Termination Book!

To do a quick review (not sure if everyone will have the chance to look at the last post), I created this book for my individual client at my internship site. It just so happened that there are no such books to educate toddlers about saying goodbye (most are about attachment to objects or death), and my supervisor suggested creating a picture book for him. I tried to describe the sessions and the overall experiences in the images through the client's favorite things, which are motor vehicles (cars especially). I was inspired by a character design (Thanks, Putt-Putt! Please don't sue me, Humongous Entertainment), and I added my own twist to my design of a expressive vehicle.

Concept: Music Therapy truck makes sense, since we often have to carry and pack up huge bags of instruments for every sessions :P The little car was colored black-blue because his teachers reported his favorite color being black. For the use of fonts...pfft. I'm still learning! I used other fonts just to play around with the type of senses for the client to see.

I wish the book was made better, but with limited sources and time, I had to do what could be done. Perhaps I'll just print through Blurb next time for future copies. I'm not even sure why I put myself through these approaches...maybe authentic handmade-ness?

Medium: Derwent Inktense Colored Pencils with water
Edited with Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.