I got the idea by thinking I wanted to paint something that was really cool so I got the idea to draw trippy alien stuff. I got the idea from asking other people.i used a large paint brush and a few small ones to add detail. The artwork doesn't have any symbolism just coolness. The most difficult thing for me to do was to figure out what colors I wanted where I was gonna put them. If I were to start over I'd make it cooler with different trippy stuff.