For this CAP design, the combination of Grass/Fairy, along with sun and sand weather, led me to think about a mythical creature from a desert region combined with plants associated with deserts, or alternatively semi-tropical climates such as beaches. Naturally, my first pick was a creature inspired by Egyptian mythology; specifically, "Sir Loin of Goat" here, as I like to call him, is based on a
Criosphinx, a variant of the mythical sphinx with the body of a lion and the head of a ram. Traditionally, the criosphinx has curved horns associated with the god Amun, which the creature symbolizes, but to connect the design with the sunny weather theme, I gave it a more goat-like appearance, with a beard and headdress/ears similar to depictions of Egyptian pharaohs, as well as horns framing a magnificent solar disk. Combining this with the sandy, desertic theme associated with ancient Egypt lent well to the abuse of both sunlight and sandstorm weather conditions.
A lot of other people chose succulents or other desert plants for the concept of a sun- and sand-abusing Grass/Fairy type, but in keeping with the mystical aspects of Sir Loin of Goat, I gave it more of an herbal theme. As noted
here, herbs were a major part in ancient Egyptian medicine, which is connected to the god Heka, the son of the ram-headed Khnum and in at least one myth, the lion-headed Menhit. The herbs used in ancient Egyptian medicine included garlic, onions, coriander, cumin, willow, sycamore, and acacia; the leafy mane does not resemble any of them specifically, but
coriander is probably the closest in appearance to it, with the leaves growing from many stems in the soil, somewhat like tufts of hair. The petals on the legs and tail, meanwhile, resemble those of the lotus flower, which was held with high esteem in Egyptian culture and is still the country's national flower today. The Egyptian lotus is traditionally white in color, but I gave the petals and accents a red-orange tint to make it look more interesting and connect it to the Drought ability; plus, orange-ish lotus flowers
really do exist in real life.