A couple of years ago Dakota, the daughter of the Author Andrean Jacobs, lost her Granny. Dakota was very young at the time and didn't understand the concept of death, and kept asking her mom when Granny was going to come back from Heaven. This book is the result of one of those conversations.
"Granny Come Back Down Here!" was written by Andrean Jacobs, and I was brought on as illustrator after another artist quoted her a number that was far out of her price range. Andrean saw my cartoon art style and thought that it would be prefect for her book, and asked if I would take on the project. There were some problems along the way, mainly at my end, but I eventually got the art done.
When the art was finished we placed a request on www.kickstarter.com to request funds to help get the book published. It took two tries, but we were able to raise the funds needed to get the book off the ground. A special thanks goes out to my father Doug Haywood and the many, many wonderful people who went above and beyond to make this book a reality.
At the publishing level I learned some new things that will be useful in future publishing projects. Things liked the difficulties in having color to the edge of the page, and lining up pictures that cover two pages. Not so fun stuff that everyone who does this thing has to learn. Fortunately it was something I learned as we went rather than having a huge glaring mistake in the book.
If you would like a copy of the book, Andrean is selling them for $10 each (plus shipping). Contact me and I will forward along her information or set up the sale myself.
And now I'll leave you with several images from the book.
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