Ferdinand - Distant countryside treatment

Early attempts at stylizing the BG elements. I had just one tree to work with, as that had been identified pretty early on as to the simplicity the AD was looking for in all the BG elements.  That tree was a great example of the large-small-tiny design mantra, (it was not my design), but it really helped me get to the style quicker.
The factories amidst the regimented Olive trees was an earlier idea, one that was supposed to show Ferdinand's transition (on his transport to the ranch) from the rounder, saturated and friendly landscape he was used to, to a de-saturated, angular threatening area where he was headed.
Started to play with cloud/smoke shapes through these as well.