Important! I tried my best to find reliable sources for Aztec/Mexica culture. One of my main sources was Coyolxauhqui, the moon goddess and the beautiful stone relief that presents her. Using her as inspiration for bells in Karss hair and the headdress. I limited my palette thats why there is no green in the drawing, a choice i made fully aware that the feathers of a quetzals bird are emerald green.
I gave Kars straight bangs to incorporate aztec hairstyles, he is holding the stone masc from jojo slightly styalized to resemble the rounded rectangular shapes used in aztec artwork. I also colored the mask, as a lot of sculptures and reliefs from anchient times were painted, and it would give the masc an even more striking look.
Behind Kars is a record (very choppily drawn sorry) which is based of real drawings but is improvised by me to present the stone masc, young Kars, the sun and Quetzalcoatl as a serpent.
You're welcome to scrutinise my work if you want, im open for constructive criticizm espechially around the cultural aspect.
i tried a new style of line art (which is basically just a sketchier pencil) and i really like how it turned out! i’ve always struggled with capturing the charm of traditional pencil sketches, so this was an experiment.
it took a REALLY long time, but i'm finally done with this!!! OTL
the goal was to impersonate the part 4 art style(my personal favourite)and overall, i'm very proud of the result!
since physical copies have gone out here is my full piece for the @pillarmenzine!!!!!!! i loved working on this and i'm so glad i got to be apart of such a fun project