Research
Alebrije's are brightly coloured Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical creatures.
The first alebrijes, along with use of the term, came form the figurine maker Pedro Linares. In the 1930s, Linares fell very ill and while he was in bed, unconscious, Linares dreamt of a strange place resembling a forest with all kinds of creatures, having similar resemblance to greek mythology creatures and mixed species hybrids.
All these creatures had bright patterns and colours on their complicated bodies, all different types of design and variation.
Featured texture and patterns for the creative design on these creatures:
Dreaming of the creatures, Mexico's indigenous and European past. In pre-Hispanic art, the brightly coloured images were often fantastic and associated with death or the concept of death, in elation to the next life or a different world.
Ideas:
At first I was sold on the Coyote to use as my creature. But then I found that the creature could be any type not just indigenous to South America/Mexico, and these Lions look great and very intriguing to design for my character design submission.
The reason being is because a lion would prove to be more rewarding, loose and appeal more towards the flashy aesthetic that the style of Alebrije's, with my style and approach in drawing:
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