xilonen redesign
natlan is officially here, and so is xilonen's drip marketing! and so is my redesign of her.... cuz jesus christ hoyoverse's racism is REALLY coming through this one ππ it's truly unfortunate, but in an attempt of giving indigenous [in this case aztec] culture some respect and justice, i decided to make her more culturally accurate. information; xilonen, or her non-latinized name, chicomecΕΔtl, it the god of agriculture/nourishment and is most often illustrated and related to maize. [yellows of the corn] in this redesign, i chose one of the main characteristics in her representations, which are paper and feather headdress/amacalli [usually along with ears of maize], water/foam accessories and clothing pattern, spiral sun motif [like earrings], a 'sun' flower shield and a nose piercing [sunrays shaped] that resemble social status and religious importance/rituals :] i decided to keep some of genshin's design elements because artistic liberty is allowed! and pushed more into them. the leopard ears looked unnecessary so i gave her some more traits [pattern, teeth, gradiented hands] it's so sad seeing such creative and beautiful and unique culture be watered down and quite literally erased by a company with a game that MILLIONS play and instead of educating the players and showing them something different, they completely ignore it for their own agenda π
