I spent a few more hours working on the Bonsai poster map with some welcoming additions: funny creatures and vibrant colors. I redrew the sea/mountain diorama layout with the different tree styles, added pot styles and small pot icons for each tree style, and included pot shape references in the bottom right corner.

For quite some time, I’ve been eager to refine the headline to better capture the essence and authenticity of its Japanese roots. My aim was to infuse a more original Japanese aesthetic into the font style, and to incorporate the native pictogram for the word “Bonsai” in the poster’s title. The previous design felt overtly…