Something sharing an external resemblance. A chameleon came to mind. As a bit of whimsy, I decided to make it an unsuccessful mimic, perhaps showing the opposite colors to its background. Once I’d settled on a particular image of a chameleon and a leaf pattern, I played with colors, but eventually came to prefer keeping the background leaf pattern black and white so that I could extend leaves in color up from the background to match those that covered the chameleon’s body. Keeping in mind the idea of an unsuccessful mimic, I had it catch something inappropriate, like a balsa wood glider plane. I created one from sheet metal, mimicking one I found in a hardware store, but changing some of the decals. The tongue was the hardest problem to solve. I retrieved a piece of dried vine I’d found and, once painted, it looked very close to the real thing.