Heres what I started with for the Giant Hogweed. I tried to replicate the layered 'look' of the gouache I'd used - but I couldn't quite get the opacities right, so It didn't create the intended effect. I also didn't like how wonky the stems looked, so I tried a few times re-pen tooling it to get it closer to how I wanted it to look.
I tried to approach this the same way that i'd approached the Knotweed - simplifying the silhouette of the flowers by making them circles. I also added a bit more detail to the stems, and darkened the leaves to give them a bit more contrast. The colour scheme for his was heavily inspired by the test sheets i'd done earlier, because I really like the green and white against the purple background:
Like the black on the knotweed - I gave the hogweed flowers little dots of green in the centre to give them a bit more definition - I also added a little bit of a gradient to the stem to give it a bit more of a shadow against the flowers on top of it.
Here's what it looks like mocked up and in pattern/tag form:
I like this one too - I think this one and the Knotweed one are a little bit more faithful to the look I wanted these to have. I like the way they look against the colourful backgrounds - The only problem with the hogweed is that it's a very odd shape, so it was a bit awkward to make it work in pattern and tag format, but i'm satisfied with how it turned out.
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