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I certainly will try. There isn't much to go on, but I do have some information.

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Maya goddess seen from the waist up emerging out of a frangipani flower. Illustration is based on a figure.

Maya goddess emerging from a flower. Based on a whistle figure.

It's a passion project. Though it is in part pushed by personal ancestry too. My mom's side of the family is Lenca and my grandparents being educators I often bonded with them having conversations of topics I read about as a kid. Mainly animals and history.

Preclassic, early classic, early postclassic Maya; Huastec, Mixtec, Zapotec (classic and postclassic), Preclassic Michoacan, Early classic West Mexico, Yope, Tlatilco and Cuicuilco, Otomi, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Borgia Codex group, Tamasha and Cotzumalhuapa, Ulua valley, Chorotega and more.

I plan to update a bit a few of these. And there's some which have I have been sitting with notes collected to make.

Infographic of Purepecha clothing.

Infographic of Olmec clothing.

Infographic of Aztec clothing.

Infographic of Aztec ceremonial attire for the Atamalcualiztli.

Infographic of Aztec hairstyles and headwear.

Infographic of Tlaxcaltec clothing.

Infographic of classic period maya clothing.

Infographic of late postclassic lowland Maya clothing.

Infographic of Postclassic Maya clothing from Guatemala.

Classic period Maya women hairstyles and headwear.

With my ongoing projects happening, there is another I have had to put a pause with for the time. But I intend to return to at some point next year. That is my mesoamerican historical fashion studies. My goal is to eventually make a book. I will make a thread here of the ones I have done thus far.

I have heard nothing but bad stuff from people running Win 11. I still have 10 but I know soon I will have to make the make the change.

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Necahual Three young girls are chosen to protect their people, but are they ready for the challenges to come?

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Illustration of the Eagle Lady, wife of the Sun, according to Nahua myths of Mexico. She is an aspect of Itzpapalotl and is seen here based on a depiction of said goddess with eagle wings. Further, her image is based on a possible depiction of a goddess with gold hair and yellow paint seen married to the sun under a cloak shaped like eagle wings and tail as seen here. She represents the time of the day when the moon is still visible during sunlight. Albert Pinot's painting, "bat woman" was an inspiration for the pose and atmosphere as well.

Historical portrait illustration of the Maya queen, K'abel of the Waka kingdom in the late classic period. Here, she is shown inside a palace interior wearing a red huipil and red skirt based on a figurine depicting her found in a burial. The headdress, shield and face paint are also based on the same figurine. She also holds a baton of the lightning deity K'awiil, who was also a symbol of rulership.

Illustration commission of a precolonial Powhatan village in Virginia. The scene shows three characters, a woman wearing a deer skin apron collecting oysters by the river behind some reeds. Walking behind the reeds is a man with wearing front and back deerskin aprons and carrying a bow and arrow. The other woman smiling at the other collecting oysters previously mentioned is carrying a basket full of dogwood flowers. Behind them all is a village scene showing some men grilling some fish, a grandmother preparing something with her granddaughter observing and some women dancing.

Scene from my sci-fi Mesoamerican comic, Dream Rider currently in production. The top shows a futuristic city inspired by the West Mexican shaft tomb cultures in preclassic Teuchitlan, Jalisco. The bottom shows a man arriving on a monocycle at the entrance of a bustling market.

A day late, but posting anyway for #portfolioday

I mainly do mesoamerican related art, but also sometimes draw other cultures and myths from history. I also do historical fashion studies of mesoamerica and comics. You can support me on patreon or commission me. And look out for my comic this year!

Scooby Doo gang redesigned as characters in the classic period of the Maya.

Redesigned the Scooby Doo gang as Maya characters in the late classic period (c. 600-900).

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The nahua deity Tezcatlipoca standing with cape and raised arm.

Tezcatlipoca. Based on Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, Codex Borgia, Codex Tudela and Duran's illustrations. #aztec #mexica #nahua #mesoamerica #smokingmirror

12 cropped images of drawings I made over the year with one illustrations representing each month.

So as 2024 is ending or ended depending where you are, a review of some of my illustrations I made. Some illustrations and sketches are missing and of course, my comic Dream Rider, which took up most of my time lol. Here's hoping for another successful year in art. 🥂 Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy New Year 2025!
It is the year of the snake (乙巳年). Wish you all the best in the coming year!

Balhae clothing, early 8th century

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Painting of La Femme Chauve-Souris by Albert Joseph Penot, shows a nude woman with bat wings in a cloudy night sky with the moon peaking behind.

And of course I was inspired by the Bat Woman painting of Albert Pénot.

Itzpapalotl from the Codex Borbonicus with eagle wings and tail, possibly shown in the aspect as the wife of the Eagle.

A golden haired and yellow painted goddess with Tonatiuh under sheets that appear similar to an eagles wings and tail. A possible depiction of the Eagle Lady seen in the Codex Borgia.

The codex borbonicus depicts Itzpapalotl with eagle wings and apparently the Eagle Lady was an aspect of this goddess. Meanwhile, I strongly believe she appears in the codex borgia married to the sun.

A depiction of the Eagle Lady goddess of nahua myth who is shown at twilight rising in the sky with cape-wings, gold hair and colorful knife-tipped skirt with a full moon visible in the background.

The Eagle Lady, who is the wife of the Sun (Tonatiuh). She is known by various names, including: Cuauhtli Izohuauh, Quilaztli (also referred to as the witch), Coacihuatl, Cuaucihuatl, Yaocihuatl, and Tzitziminicihuatl. This depiction is based on both the Codex Borbonicus and Codex Borgia.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

If it doesn't look like this, I'm not interested. Art by Peter Connolly.

It may be similar to the Nahuas who associated the yellow with the maize plant and its pollen. Also, fertility since it was applied for the wedding and the goddesses who wore it being progenitors of maize. And since it was a cosmetic the elites had access to, it was valued. Also, nice work here!

The Three Princes

Three brothers of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina who fought against the Chalca, 1464

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Coloured pencil illustration. A Mixtec teenager sits on a large cushion. It is covered with jaguar fur. The girl wears a jaguar fur shawl over layers of green and gold on her torso, a red skirt with gold fringe, and red and white sandals. Her hair is tied with colourful cloth into braids twisted around the top of her head. She wears a necklace of turquoise, gold, and spondylus shells, and earrings and bracelets made of turquoise and gold. Her skin is painted an unnatural shade of yellow. A chihuahua is curled up at her side as she raises a glass of foaming chocolate to her lips. She is sitting in a room with a woven mat over a red floor. There are murals of royal figures on the wall behind her. To her right is a red doorframe hung with a white curtain, overlooking green mountains in the distance. In the light of the doorway stands a large ceramic vessel full of steaming, bubbling chocolate, with two ceramic cups next to it.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14

Iyadzehe Sicuaa Dzico Ñaña (Dec 2023)

Lady 10 Deer Jaguar Quechquemitl was a Mixtec princess & later queen. I put a chihuahua in this pic in honour of my dog Hazel. The work of @zotz.bsky.social was helpful for me in reconstructing a Mixtec noblewoman.

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Cihuateotl descending from the sky at night. They were said to prey upon children. Originally meant to post around Halloween but I was severely ill at the time. Based on stone sculptures and florentine codex.