Illustration and Layout, Oh My!

In 2020, Isaiah Shalwitz decided to write a book. Leyda Febus was the one he reached out to illustrate and lay out the entire thing. Coming in Fall 2021 on Kickstarter (link soon), “How to Calm the F*ck Down” is Isiah’s dream to try and get people to relax after a tough year. Leyda’s illustrations cover the range of the human experience after a tumultuous year at home in a simple, funny, and evocative illustration style. 

The project covers planning and illustrating all 30 images, laying out Isaiah’s prose in a book, and designing the advertising for the Kickstarter campaign. While Leyda did reach out to peers for feedback, the project was done alone, similarly to Isiah through 2020 into 2021. 

Scope

• Creative Direction

• Illustration

• Design

• Printed Book Layout

• Advertising