A few years ago I was doing an news piece with illustrations about a particular Australian native group. It was very difficult for me to find reference images for the subject I was trying to reproduce. Then an editor told me that I had to remove everything because for these people, depicting their dead and even some of their objects in an illustration was disrespectful. 😬
Luckily in this space things are conceptual with far less impact, even so I hope not to hurt any sensibilities.
This mythical creature who’s name, accordingly to Wiky, originates in the Wergaia language of the Aboriginal people of Victoria, in South-Eastern Australia: The Bunyip, a mythical creature from the billabong.
It’s shape seems to be not quite well agreed, some say it looks like a mountrous dog, or a manatee, or a crocodile… I even found a kids show Aussies use to do about the Bunyip. Any way, here’s a personal interpretation of how the Bunyip look in my head, along with a cool group of Australian dancers.
Maybe the can become the next sensation in breakdancing like “Raygun” Gunn did at the Olympics?
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…and don’t forget to comeback next Sunday for another mythical creature!
Sunday Sketchbook 