#leaf-nosed bat

“Potters occasionally applied red pigments to vessels after firing to create a more dramatic visual effect. Iron-based ochres were common, but sometimes potters used cinnabar, a mercury-rich mineral, to create bright reds. Cinnabar was imported to the North Coast from Huancavelica, a highland region some five hundred miles south of where these vessels were allegedly found.”

Image 2 by nachobarragan, CC-BY-NC, cropped from original

An Artfight collab with @protoporphyria of @h0ly-cr0w's gorgeous characters, Melmoth and Violet.

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Common Vampire Bats, via batconservationinternational

Photographed by Alexa Sadier

Credit: Brock Fenton

Monstober Day 31: For Halloween, the last one from the Monstober Art list, Camazotz, a Mayan bat god. Associated with death, Camazotz is described as an anthropomorphic leaf-nosed bat. The head is based off a vampire bat, the adornments based off a one of the depictions, and what I felt looked best. The wing shapes are a little off, but mostly ok. Copic Multiliner brushpen and Sharpie fine line marker on Canson mixed media.