The Design

These are the designs for Bert and Brian's seed packets.
I used Sage for the cover of Bert's packet as this features in his podcast.
For Brian I chose an Oriental Poppy and placed some bees around, as he talks about creating a miniature ecosystem on his plot by using plants and flowers to attract friendly insects such as bees.
For the background I created a rough paper effect to give it more depth and texture. I did this by scanning in a brown envelope and playing around with the brightness and contrast, as well as the colours to bring out the textures in the paper.