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BalamTzibtah — Mictlan
Published: 2013-10-18 03:10:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 8775; Favourites: 145; Downloads: 87
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This is how I see the entrance to Mictlan, the underworld, also known as Xibalaba by the mayans.This is the path we're all gonna have to walk one day, and it's the same one our beloved dead walk back every day on november the 1st and 2nd.
As I always do, I advice not to mistake the word "underworld" with "hell". Yes, it is down below, and yes, it is filled with fire, caves and all kinda tests; but it's not a bad place... it's simply the day it is.
Speed Painting, about 1 and a half hours, PS CS6.
... y hermanos mexicanos! Si quieren festejar el Halloween está bien... solo no olviden sus raíces y tradiciones, recuerden que son celebraciones distintas!!
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Striking artwork, despite its quick completion! You've got a deft style and a great hand at colourwork. Most suggestive.
Please pardon me asking, but would you by any chance be interested in helping out the volunteer project known as the Ninth Age (T9A for short: www.the-ninth-age.com/ )? It is the spiritual successor of Warhammer Fantasy, run by 300+ volunteer contributors all tinkering in their spare time, and it aims to go even further than Warhammer did along the paths of historically based dark fantasy smörgåsbord setting: i.imgur.com/dlmQkB6.jpg
T9A is all about cultural fantasy races, and even after Saurian Ancients (WHFB Lizardmen: whfb.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/i… from Lustria's jungles: i.imgur.com/GwuOpjx.jpg ) have claimed the Mayan and Aztec styles for themselves, there are a lot of mileage left for fantasy peoples based on Pre-Columbian American cultures.
In the Ninth Age's historically based fantasy setting, the equivalent of South America (Virentia) sport its Andes (Wrathful Mountains), all unclaimed as of present. We're currently brainstorming about a new concept, namely Andean fantasy Dwarves. We'd love to see as many Pre-Columbian-interested artists' very own interpretations of this fantasy concept as possible, and your distinct artworks would be great to have onboard!
If you would like join up for some artistic brainstorming, then the relevant upload places are both the gallery ( www.the-ninth-age.com/gallery/ ) and the Incan Dwarf thread ( www.the-ninth-age.com/index.ph… ). Otherwise I can just act the middleman and upload any donated concept artworks of yours over on the Ninth Age, naturally with credit and linking to you being duly given.
If you would by any chance be interested in donating artworks of yours for concepts, then here is a quick guide for T9A gallery upload of art contributions: i.imgur.com/ORLCncV.jpg
At any rate, nice artworks! Evocative to boot, and well detailed. Have a nice day.
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Me recordo a la pelicula de "Macario!
excelnte trabajo!!!!
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Orales! Esa no la he visto... supongo que es mexicana no? jeje
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sip, es una peli en blanco y nego, la protagoniza Ignacio Lopez traso
es de una familia que era muy pobre, un dia la señora le hace un guajolote a su marido
y se lo da para que se lo coma el solo, el se adentra al bosque y ahi se encuentra a la muerte, quien le pide comida D:
hya una escena donde el vaal inframundo y el lugar me recordo mucho a tu dibujo! jejejejee
esta en YT te dejo el link nwn por si te interesa verla
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHQgis…
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worales!!! no pos deja me la chuto 
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wowoowow amo mictlan!!! este dibujo es sensacional!! n.n
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Bueno, creo que los ahogados se van a una especie de balenario. Y los que se mueren en la guerra o el primer parto tampoco. Pero se entiende el punto.
Me gusta esta visión.
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hay varios niveles del inframundo y efectivamente, lo importante era la forma de morir -no la forma de vivir. Pero por lo que tengo entendido de la leyenda, todos tenían que pasar por esta entrada para pasar por una serie de pruebas antes de llegar a donde debían.
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Eso sip y suena muy razonable tu opinión. Luego hay gente nacionaliza que se escandaliza porque el 100% de la población celebra el Halloween.
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No se puede pedir que no lo celebren... pero sí que respeten las tradiciones ancestrales. No hay nada que me haga enojar más que ver una máscara de Halloween en una ofrenda!!!!
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Indeed. Let's hope is later, and for it to awesome.
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