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Tlayoualo color sketch
Exploring the Aztec aspects my fursona hails from, with him doning a decorated maxtlatl (loincloth), hip cloth, caxtli (sandals), gold jewelry and a feathered headdress accompanying his top knot; while may seem flashy he's no commoner being a tlacuilo, the Mexica equivalent to a scribe, who also made rich illustration work loaded in symbolism. That besides being an skilled craftsman ... and of course being secretly a night sorcerer, a nahual
10x12cm prismacolor premier pencil colors on 120g ledger paper
10x12cm prismacolor premier pencil colors on 120g ledger paper
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Wolf
Size 1117 x 1280px
File Size 270.6 kB
Listed in Folders
Yeaaah... I would try to avoid the "tribal" tag, because it holds unfortunate implications and doesn't do justice to each culture's own aesthetics and fashion sense. Besides, the Mexica didn't live in tribes, the closest thing to that were the calpultin or neighborhoods, as even if they had a wider shared identity as citizens (of the Tenochtitlan/Tlacopan/Tlatelolco city-states) they formed these tighter-knit communities of neighbors.
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