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ReyTonatiuh @reytonatiuh.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

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.

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An illustration I made depicting the legend of how Quetzalcoatl and his precious twin Xolotl pilfer the bones of humanity from the Lord of the Dead in Mictlan, to bring humanity back to life.

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ReyTonatiuh @reytonatiuh.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

An illustration of the Sun, Tonatiuh and his Cihuateteo, standing over the defeated Tzitzimime - ominous, powerful goddesses who seek to attack the Sun and cause cosmic instability.

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Zotz @zotz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

www.patreon.com/posts/117716... A new addition to the Aztec teteo series I have been doing. Got a few more up my sleeve. To see this and more support me on patreon!

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Michael Tripoli @triloboii.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Hey everyone, I'm Mike and I'm a graphic designer and illustrator interested in paleoart! Follow for obscure Paleogene ungulates and ~vibes~

Volaticotherium, a small gliding mammal from the Jurassic, clings tightly to a tree branch.

Vector illustration of Rodhocetus, an early protocetid whale, swimming through the water

A digital painting of a pair of Hexaprotodon hippos in late Pleistocene Sri Lanka strolling across the bottom of a mangrove forest under murky water, followed by a small school of masheer. On their way they disturb a pair of softshell turtles and an asian water monitor

Digital illustration of Numidotherium, a very strange dome headed elephant relative, staring awkwardly at the viewer

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Sketch of Mississippian warriors during a siege.

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Wilhelm @wilhelmhistory.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Powhatan village in Virgnia. Commission piece.

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Nencatacoa The Muisca god of festivities, drunkenness, and dance, protector of the mantle makers and artists. See artworks like this one month early! www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory

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Mourning watery woman. Based on a funeral scene of the Maya Maize deity from the early classic period. She is wearing a beaded belt and apron. Curiously this is among the last depictions I have seen of aprons worn by Maya women.

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The Maya deity "God L" tying a bracelet to a woman in his palace. The various women in the scene are proposed to be either his daughters or his wives. Based on the Princeton vase painting which also depicts the Hero Twins in the same scene.

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Maya woman seated with a cushion. Based on late classic vase paintings.

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Huitzilopochtli, Mexica patron deity based on several codices.

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Coatlicue, earth goddess and mother of Huitzilopochtli. Based on the florentine codex.

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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 06/12/2024

Coyolxauhqui, sister of Huitzilopochtli who became the Moon. The stars behind her reference her brothers, the 400 brothers who became the stars. Based on her stone monolith.

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Happy Krampusnacht! Don't go out into the woods tonight.

A sepia picture of a forest. Among the trees lurks a lumbering hairy figure, with four goat-like horns.

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sierra bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Gruß vom Krampus! had to do a little drawing of the big guy on his day, usually I do Perchten but we can have Krampus as a treat

a sketch of Krampus, the Germanic Christmas demon, carrying his trademark switch, iron shackles, and basket for evil children.

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Zotz @zotz.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hoipu Kulele of the Coast Miwok of the North Bay (Sonoma and Marin counties), California. Being the wife of the chief she wears an elegant feather cape made of canada goose, snow goose and mallard duck feathers. Behind her is an acorn granary, redwood bark house and shell mound.

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One of my very old illustrations of a Maya boxer with conch knuckle dusters.

Maya boxer wearing a helmet with plumes and conch knuckledusters. He wears black bodypaint with hand shaped designs.

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Zotz @zotz.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A couple years ago I made a more historically accurate edit (on the right) of Chel from Road to El Dorado for fun. Looking at the late postclassic Maya. And yes, I am aware that the legend may have been inspired by the Muisca, but the culture in the film was clearly modeled after the Maya.

A screencap of Chel from the animated film, the Road to El Dorado is seen on the left. On the right, is the same screencap but edited to make her character design more historically accurate. Replacing the loincloth (a male garment) with a skirt as seen in the codices. And removing the tube top which did not exist. Her head shape was changed to show cranial modification, and she was given a headband. In addition, red paint is added on her lips and arms. A beaded jade necklace was also added to her to match her bracelets.

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Zotz @zotz.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Lady K'abel, queen of Waka (El Peru), descended from the Calakmul snake dynasty she married into Waka royalty and eventually took on military titles there. Hence why she appears with a shield and K'awiil baton.

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Another old one, some court ladies based on late classic Maya vessels. These were concepts for a short comic (40 pages) set in Tikal around the reign of Yik'in Chan K'awiil. Alas it never materialized but one day, perhaps I can revisit it. It also would have been my longest comic all in full color.

Color sketches of Maya court ladies. The first has red hair and a backpiece, she also wears jade jewelry and a sheer decorated yellow huipil with a skirt underneath. The one in the back has her hair loose and holds a macaw feather fan. The third wears a large blue huipil with a low neckline. All of them have red and white face paint.

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Zotz @zotz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

P'urepecha Zoo of the Cazonci, with his family and animal trainer.

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Another old one, observing the hairstyles and headwear of Preclassic El Salvador's site of Bolinas. I did this one prior to my studies of the Olmec and it is interesting how the central figure is often seen in among them. Which makes sense given that they were contemporaries.

7 studies of hairstyles and headwear worn by the people of ancient western El Salvador. Over 2000 years old, these studies were based on figurines and show various braids around the head with frontal knots, frontal ponytails, and partially shaved heads.

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Early classic Nayarit woman with body paint. Based on figurines from the West Mexican Shaft Tomb cultures.

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Mexica woman wearing a huipil holding a fan sketch.

Mexica woman with a colored striped huipil holding a fan.

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Cuervo Ambulante 👁️ @cuervoambulante.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Fireflies as seen in the Maya vases. Fireflies were associated with the underworld, hence the skeletal faces and their light was drawn coming from the cigars they had. Their wings have the glyph for darkness.

Four anthropomorphic fireflies with skeletal faces and lit up cigars in the darkness.

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#historiademexicoconpinups No. 5! The Mayas (There´s no consensus about the meaning of the name, more details bellow)

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