What a great freebie and challenge! Totally diggin' those animal styles!!!!

The original photo shows a tan-colored lion against light grey bricks. I created a background filled with artsy bits from from Nicole's artANDJournal kit. Then I used a variety of layers and blending modes to create the different colorings in each brickalong with a few filters. I love playing around with cool elements and blending modes/filters.

Thanks for looking!