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Published: 2005-12-04 04:09:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 23854; Favourites: 632; Downloads: 765
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Mixing the Mayan style of art with my own into the feathered serpent deity of Mesoamerican myth.Penciled and inked by hand, colors in Photoshop.
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Thanks for adding the Feathered Serpent to "The-Gods-Themselves".
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This is really an amazing design! 
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awesome interpretation of Quetzalcoatl-- his mask is awesome
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I love the vibrant colors that bring out this god
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This has to be the best rendition of Quetzalcoatl I have ever seen. Beautiful.
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This is sort of a...belated comment, but the Mayan style you used is made of win. ^^
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I've always loved Quetzalcoatl.
He's my favorite of Aztec/Mayan art.
(also love the goddess Mertseger of Egypt.)
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Gorgeous colours and design; can't believe I only just discovered this piece! Great work.
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awesomeness! P.S: nice pokeballs for decoration.
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Very interesting design. Bright, rusted colors. Very creative and beautiful.
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the eye things sorta look like pokeballs, which i thought was hillarious.
by the way, this is competely amazing. i think i'm faving it
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esta bien loco, se ve chido, felicidades jeje
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Holy cow, that is awesome! I love the style, it's like ancient Aztec art modernized. Very cool.
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Whoa! It like it came right out from the rurals or something
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Thats sick. Thats a really good picture dude. AWESOME work
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I've been itching to try stuff like this, too. I'm having trouble finding books/sites witha lot of ancient/folk/tribal art, though.
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Wonderful job. The long fingernails particularly were an interesting touch (lords during the period would let their fingernails grow long as a symbol of their status, ie that they didn't have to work). However, if I may be so bold to criticize this, that doesn't really look Mayan. Rather you drew him in the style of Central Mexico (which makes more sense anyway, as that's where this god was worshipped). Most of the costumeelements have parallels with the art canons of the Mixtecs and Aztecs (the spondyllus shell on his waist, the shell medallions on his garments, the fan ornament on his back, the stars [half-closed eye symbols], etc.). And the head of course is a dead giveaway to the tenoned heads from the Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan...
I'm sorry, I'm probably giving you a headache. It's just that Mesoamerican art and history's a hobby of mine (and I can be kinda anal about accuracy).
Regardless, Quetzalcoatl looks great.
Xbalanque
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Yah I'm no major in the histroy of this sort of stuff, I just interpret it. lol
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LOL Yeah, I've found that most people can't differentiate between the diverse cultures and art styles of Mesoamerica.
Actually, what most people don't know was that apart from his better known aspect as the Plumed Serpent, in the Post-Classic Period (the centuries immediately before the Spanish Conquest) Quetzalcoatl was more frequently shown in a humanoid guise, usually as an old, bearded man with a buccal mouth mask ([link] he's the one on the right). To your credit, you got his characteristic shell pendant right ([link] ).
Xbalanque
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I've always like Quetzalcoatl. This is awesome
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Awesome work, you've adapted the style so well! The color fits perfectly, I like the orange outlines. Not too many people I watch utilize different outline colors often... it's a shame because I think they look so nice! It really brings the picture together. I 
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Looks like its for a school project or something.
Overall its great!
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That's a great merging of styles, there. Very nicely done!
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nice outfit design, the line art and coloring look crisp and neat. you pulled the style off well.
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nice outfit design, the line art and coloring look crisp and neat. you pulled the style off well.
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when i saw the title "Quetzalcoatl",I trought first it was the electric-bird-thingie Aeon from FF8
Cool pic :3
looks like a cute dragon ^^
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I like that style. Looks great like that. Nice costume on the character.
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Nice to see you proven your true skills by branching out your style.
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