Planter - inspired by Mike's pottery

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Inspired by Mike's pottery I decided to try something along those lines in Blender. I used the sapling add on and found it useful for much more than trees. With a little help from my favourite vector program and this tutorial I found on BlenderNerd, I created a leaf which I was able to texture on to my plant.

I played around with the materials settings and came up with what I think looks pretty close to the look of a terracotta clay pot.