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Published: 2008-05-06 06:30:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 29411; Favourites: 820; Downloads: 616
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Yeeeeah, okay, my titles for these are kinda lame. Moving on!The second half of the Aztec-themed antagonist/potagonist assignment. She's meant to represent absorption of culture, the gift of museums, that sort of thing- thus the codex folding behind her. Had a blast designing this one.
-C
(ballpoint & Photoshop)
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Kinda looks like a combination of "The Road to El Dorado" and "Atlantis"...
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More Aztec themed drawings, you're making me drool puddles here! I love all the symbolism and patterns. Very clever design, I can see you put a lot of research into it and that you're knowledgeable of the culture, really quite awesome
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Thanks so much- and I'll happily entertain that suggestion, I'd love to do more of it myself.
-C
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Oh, my!... This is so... absolutely beautiful!
Did you use Adobe Illustrator? That's simply wonderful, congrats!
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i love the design, and spin offs of actual elements! the codex in the back is an awesome concept!!!
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"absorption of culture, the gift of museums"--
brriiiiillliant idea. Looks fantastic.
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Ahhh she looks VERY fascinating and epic-awesome
Curious..when she jumps around (if she jumps around?) do the codexes unfold and make a really long trail behind her?
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Hi I'm Mexican, thanks for taking the aztec culture to create a character, as you surely know the mayan culture is also very interesting, there is story about a mayan princess that maybe you would like is princess sacnicte 
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Thanks for the heads up! i'll go check that out.
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woaaaaaaaaw !! very great illustration, nice draws and beatyfull colors !!
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AZTEC! wow m mexican , and i hae to say that this desiggn is very nice, and it looks like the codices a lot
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freaking cool. I love this one. I'm a big fan of aztec art. love the designs and your color palette. and from reading your last comment, you did your research which is a HUGE plus. Great job!
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Your characters are all so fascinating. I was wondering though, with the face paint and costumes, do you make a lot of it up as you go along, or does it have some sort of real-life meaning as well? I'm definitely adding this one to my favs!
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Everything tends to have some thought behind it, yes. Spirals are symbols fo Quetzalcoatl, who was known as a bringer of culture to the Aztecs, and I wanted her to be the embodiment of culture and learning. Thus the codices of information draping behind her, thus the round mandalas emphasizing the head (mind) and the ears (learning), along with the jade colour accents drawing the eye there. Then there's the explosion of upwards feathers, implying the resultant thought coming from culture, each textured, long and complex.
So yes- there's some meaning.
-C
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Well, the meaning you explained is very interesting.
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I just love your work. It's just obvious that you have a very strong knowledge base in life drawing. Just, beautifully done.
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SO beautiful! Love the... what's it called. Symmetry?
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Such a clean, fun, easy to "read" design. I love all the earthy colors, especially the emerald green in the feathers.
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Oh man, this is really cool! Totally love the design 8)
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your pro and antagonists are really cool...
i like ur drawing style....
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I'm really loving all of these Amazonian character designs... are these just personal work, or is this for something professional?
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the amazon region is a bit far from the aztecs land in mexico, about 3000 km more or less...
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done for a character design class.
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Awesome! Where do you go to school? Just out of curiosity.
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Rhode Island School of Design.
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Now THAT is gorgeous. It's great to see someone embracing the themes of a culture and making something wonderful from it, rather than just borrowing the "cool" elements and making some sort of lackluster derivative.
EXCELLENT work. The codex is a wonderful effect.
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So angular... it's really very appealing to the eye. That... thing on the back... kinda like a curtain, is really nice. All the clothes here are nice actually... You draw them well.
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