The story is a spin-off from the traditional Panchatantra's musical donkey. This version had an added narrative view point of the cucumbers which were rather nondescript in the original version. The illustration was conceptualised in full spreads as tapestry of events in both foreground and background. The visual style was derived from the idea of a cucumber farm in a South Indian village. The illustration was hand drawn, had carricatured characters and backgrounds with contextual details and added textural quality from textured paper. The choice of dry pastels on colored textured paper was informed from the story's predominantly night time setting which is easily recreated with pastel colours.
This project has been guided by Prof. Nina Sabnani, IDC, IIT Bombay