Weijian, and the colorful metal roof tops of Taipei, a careful study of the views from above, looking down from the rooftop of the Shangrila Hotel...

Another peek at the wonderful colorful strangeness of the Alebrijes creatures in Mexico City

The colors and fantasies of the Alebrijes in Mexico City

Alebrijes are the brightly colored Mexican sculptures of fantastical creatures. The first alebrijes were created by an artist, Pedro Linares. Back in the 1930s, Linares was ill with a high fever and while he was in bed, unconscious, he dreamt of a strange place resembling a magic forest. There, he saw trees, animals, rocks, clouds that suddenly turned into strange  kinds of animals.  

https://www.mexican-folk-art-guide.com/alebrijes.html#.W90V9RpuifA

Here is my sketch in color of one of the Alebrijes in view during the Day of the Dead festival ...