In the lower right section of the leftmost panel, Bosch has painted numerous hybrid animals, all of which gather around a pond. For my collage, I chose to create a hybrid of my own to represent the falsities of man. My creature is composed of three identifiable animals: a sheep, lion, and goat. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to create an animal that combined two polar opposites, which in this case is the lion and sheep. The lion comes from George Stubbs’ A Lion Attacking a Stag, while the sheep is from James Ward’s Ryelands Sheep, the King's Ram, the King's Ewe and Lord Somerville's Wether. 
Whereas the sheep is prey – and socially is used to refer to a person that cannot think for themselves – the lion is a cunning hunter. Having the lion’s head atop the sheep’s body communicates that while people may appear to be powerful, they actually are not. In this case, just because you initially encounter a “lion” does not mean that person actually embodies what that animal is. Upon closer examination, the sheep’s body reveals the true nature of that person, thus exposing the false personality. The lion’s face is a mask to cover the sheep beneath. 
The horns atop the lion’s head are not merely goat horns. They are taken from The Witches’ Sabbat, painted by Goya between 1746 and 1828. The painting portrays a black goat with a wreath around his horns, gesturing to the women around him. Dark weather sets the ominous, sinister tone of the painting, as the goat is a symbol, perhaps even an incarnation, of the devil. I added these devilish horns to the lion/sheep creature to reference the conflict of sins and good deeds within man. Regardless of the facade of presenting oneself as “better” than you actually are, we humans can never have complete insight into the minds and feelings of others. We can only hope to guess whether their intentions are good or malicious, and thus the horns symbolize this delicate balance of unknowing. As all of the animals featured in Bosch’s paintings are meant to represent something – such as rabbits to symbolize fertility – this new creature serves as a metaphor for the illusions of mankind. The way in which we present ourselves, as we have often discussed during this class in relation to social media, is curated. We only present the image of ourselves we
wish for others to see, and rarely the truth. This creature is the same: a lion’s head atop a sheep’s body, with devil horns to signify hidden malice.