#cuetzpalin

Revisiting an old OC! I love them dearly, don't draw them enough

My first drawing for 2017′s INKtober! Following the official prompt, the theme is “swift”. The CUETZPALIN PAYNALTZIN (”fast lizard” in nahuatl, the name of my original story’s protagonist) makes a swift move to evade DARK BRAIN’s attack.

The next #Cuetzpalin (from the nahuatl #lizard ) is the #iguana like Macoel, who has been a warrior in #Mexico for a time of war on its southernmost borders during the 15th Century, before resigning from the army to become a guardian of some #Taino people in the Caribbean. A friend of Moctezuma before he was a king, after the fall of Tenochtitlán to the spanish invaders, Macoel became a defender and liberator of natives & indigenous peoples, either humans or the now endangered Cuetzpalin, even those who called him a traitor decades ago. He's deeply motivated by freedom and the defense of life's simple things. A major character from my original story the In Lak'Ech Mythos and its direct prequel AZTLÁN Nahui Ollin. #follow me or catch up with my previous posts for more. #aztec #characterdesign #concept #design #illustration #digitalart #photoshop #drawing #desenho #dibujo #dessin #doodle #art #artwork #arte #kunst #painting #digitalpainting #artist #instaart #artistsofinstagram #искусство #рисование

Had enough of the #Cuetzpalin ? I've worked on these #lizard guys last week so now is the time to publish them. This is "Ichtaca", a #thornydevil like Cuetzpalin warrior who claims to have fought in the decisive battle for Tenochtitlán (nowadays #Mexico city), but who may be an even older, 10th century #Toltec military leader. If you want to know more about AZTLÁN and the In Lak'Ech Mythos, look at my latest posts or #follow me. #characterdesign #concept #design #illustration #digitalart #photoshop #drawing #desenho #dibujo #zeichne #dessin #art #artwork #arte #kunst #painting #digitalpainting #digitalillustration #conceptart #doodle #aztec #искусство #рисование #artist

Yellow eyed, undead looking and centaur conquistadors definitely aren't the only fantasy elements I'm putting into the story if AZTLÁN: Nahui Ollin. This is Tetlepanquetzal, Tlatoani (from the nahuatl "speaker", it's technically the ruler of an "altepetl" - city-state) of the city of Tlacopan, one of the three that composed the Triple Alliance/Confederation of Mexico (from the nahuatl "Excan Tlahtoloyan", a.k.a the ruling political corpus of the Mexica/"aztec" civilization) by the time the spanish invaders arrived. Like the other Tlatoani and many more characters in this story, Tetlepanquetzal has a #Cuetzpalin (from the nahuatl #lizard it's a species that coexisted with humans for some time in pre-columbian Mesoamerica) form. His own is particularly designed after a #ceratosaurus #follow me to stay tuned and find out the next Tlatoani! #dinosaur #aztec #warrior #mexico #characterdesign #concept #design #drawing #desenho #dibujo #zeichne #art #artwork #arte #kunst #digitalart #painting #illustration #ilustração #instaart #artist #artistsofinstagram #искусство #рисование

Macoel, Moctezuma & Ichtaca are three pre-columbian #Cuetzpalin (from the nahuatl #lizard ) who have become Tonalcoatl (a snake-like state of life reached by the Cuetzpalin in a late age) and after many years, in the modern era (2008 and 2009) have been found by humans who became their hosts - thus have been granted not only the power to transform into Cuetzpalin themselves, but to telepathically communicate with the ancient ones that gave them this power. This #sketch features the ancient and new (the "Tonalcoatl" forms are shown above the Cuetzpalin) forms of main characters from my current #original #story project titled the In Lak'Ech Mythos. #follow me for more information. #reptile #characterdesign #concept #design #drawing #desenho #dibujo #zeichne #dessin #doodle #ink #arte #kunst #art #artwork #manga #comics #искусство #рисование #artist #instaart #artistsofinstagram #aztec #linework