Seed packets

I had a really hard time coming up with an idea for the seed packets.  I originally had an alice in wonderland theme, and realized that i didn't have enough to create three seeds.  So instead i had a concept for peter pan.  I went with this idea, and then on the 2nd one, we realized that mushrooms do not really have anything to do with peter pan, but more with alice in wonderland.  So from there i went into a fairytale story theme.  The concept didn't come all together until i created the third packet.  So the concept i came to was a series of Disney movie ideas.  The series of seeds is called Disney Gardens.  The three packets were; Wendy's Garden, playing off of peter pan, Ariel's Garden, from the little mermaid, and Alice's Garden, from Alice in Wonderland.

The mesh tool was the hardest thing about these packets.  I could not get it to work in my favor.  I did some practice and talked to the professor, and finally i got a good understanding of the tool and was able to use it well.

I did not do any sketches for this project i just went right into the illustrations.  Because i did not have a solid concept until i created the last packet, i didn't have much ideas written down, but i did do some research on the first concepts i had.

Wendy's garden.  I chose to go with the Tinker Bell.  The flower resembles a bell shape, and has fairy dust falling out of its petals.  The fairy dust will help you to fly when sprinkled on you, just like in the movie. I first created the big flower in the middle and that was all i had.  I then revised it and put a small bud next to it, and added the one coming in from the top right side.  I think adding these really pulled things together.

Alice's Garden, this was taking from alice and wonderland.  I decided to have mushrooms as the plant, and they are magic.  The mushrooms are found in the movie, and the movie is about the way a child looks at the world with innocence and imagination, which is exactly what these mushrooms allow you to do.  This one just happened so easily, i had the idea and i did it.  The only thing i revised is adding a little bit of the red color to the underside of the mushrooms, and the bigger ones gradually got redder.

The Final seed packet i did was Ariel's Garden, from the little mermaid.  This movie takes place under the sea, and i know when i was little i always wished i could live with ariel under the sea.  So i decided to create these orb type plants that retain oxygen in their bottom orb, and the top part of the plant sucks onto your face while you are under the water.  

This is the backside of the mushroom packet.  I chose to do the back of this packet because the mushroom one i feel is my strongest one. I included a general description about the Disney Gardens brand, and then a more in depth description about the mushrooms themselves.  

This is the final product mounted.  I chose to put it in the order that i did them in for two reasons.  1 because it was the order i did them in i wanted people to see the progression i went through.  2 because the colors got lighter and more red as they went on, and i thought that showed a good progression in color.