My references included both real and stylized watermelons and environments. When I initially saw the image, the giant bite marks reminded me of the giant watermelon tunnel from A Bug’s Land. For the realistic environments, I reached out to Zackery, who explained the origin of the painting and sent me the original photo that inspired the concept. I then gathered images of the area in the photo from the internet and spent a significant amount of time researching the types of plants native to the location to ensure environmental accuracy in my scene.