The book - finished
Just made it in time - the book was finished a couple of days before I needed it for Sam's 3rd birthday. The idea was that it would be partly for now and partly as a memory to look back on in the future. Luckily he enjoyed it now :>) , recognised the farmer, cat, his mum, his grandads legs, beaches, himself etc - and keeps looking back and forward between pages. He absolutely loves books and stories. It's a mix of sketches I'd done in the area with added extra images of him and his activities - all scanned into Photoshop. I used a vivid sea coloured painting he did on the beach, in my sketchbook, lightening it, and using it as a background for the text, linking the text and images through the book; changing the colour of it in Photoshop to match sand or city scenes as necessary. The pages were put together in Publisher using a simple sans serif font, so that when he learns to read in a year or two, it will be straightforward for him to read for himself. I decided
