"Mujer besando un perrito" – clay figurine from the Tlatilco culture (Middle Pre-Classical period, c. 1250–800 BC) – National Museum of Anthropology (MNA), Mexico.

I neither confirm nor deny that I created a sort of Pokémon, because there was simply no way to make a little dog that would look right. If you follow the ‘making of’ series, you can see all the attempts I actually made until this finally came together. As soon as I saw the sculpture on Google Images, I was truly fascinated by the features of her face and knew I had to create an illustration of it.