I spent a long time trying to decide how the story should end, but I didn't think that a victory for the Lion was interesting and triumphant an ending as it could be. So I decided that the Lion would beat the Unicorn to a near pulp, and just as the killing blow can be struck, aliens arrive and attack the Lion. Seeing his enemy overwhelmed, the Unicorn helps him, and they team up against these invaders. Given the fact that the main characters represent England and Scotland, and also considering recent events such as the Paris attacks in November 2015, I will need to take extreme care not make any allusions to terrorism, so as not to offend anyone. However, considering the rivalry between the two countries, the moral could also be that the world should overcome it's differences and stand together for the common good.
This meant that I had to design a race of aliens, which meant a lot more freedom as there are millions of ways they could be depicted. I started by looking at existing aliens in fiction, such as Star Wars, Starcraft 2, and Destiny.
I wanted to make them seem more like an invading army than a mere swarm, so I experimented with different body types and costumes.
This second one shows more of a brutish design, which could match with the Lion's strength level, and the thinner character could be more of a leader. Note the insectoid features on him.
More of an insectoid design here. I had in mind an invading swarm that the leaders could send in to overwhelm the Lion.
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