I really need to get on with doing my book, so I asked my mum to give me things for each one of these subheadings that I could draw in my big illustration. I wanted a mixture of things/people that you will probably know already (like Frida Kahlo) and stuff that people wouldn't have a clue about, especially with the food I wanted food that's still really popular in Mexico but isn't the obvious tacos and guacamole. I also wanted to try and make some of the topics link together so it would be easier for me to interlink my illustrations, because this is something I'm really worried about and really need to be able to pull off. I think that I should have enough things to draw that there will be lots to look at and be informed by.
I also want to include some really specific things from my family in my big illustration that only we would be able to pick out just to add a personal touch to it.
Artists:
>Frida & Diego
>J.G Posada - into politics - Zapatistas
>Remedios Varo
>Siqueiros
Music:
>Chavela Vargas (Link to La Llorna legend)
>Carlos Santana
>Pedro Infante (Link to Nostotros los pobres)
Film:
>Pans Labyrinth
>Y tu mama tambien
>Nostotros los pobres (Links to Pedro Infante)
>Amores Perros
>Santo Y Blue Demon (1970s) (Links to Blue Demon)
Sport:
>Football - Tigres
>Lucha Libre - Blue Demon (Links to Santo Y Blue Demon)
Food:
>Tamales
>Pozole
>Atole
>Horchata
>Corn on the cob
>Molcajete (pestle and mortar)
Legends:
>La Llorna - woman who lost her children and cries while looking for them in the river. If you see her then it will cause misfortune. - used to scare children
>Chupacabra
Festivals:
>Day of the dead
>Independence day - 16th Sept
Animals:
>Coyote
>Jaguar
>Iguana
>Chihuahua
Aztecs:
>Cacao beans
>Gods
>Temple
Everything else:
>Green taxis
>Mountains
>Flag
>Marigolds
>Hibiscus flower
>Dahila Pinnata (flower)
>Nopal Cactus (cactus shown on flag)
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