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Published: 2009-08-31 00:26:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 10370; Favourites: 307; Downloads: 0
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My concept of Xolo - a dog who is accompanying the dead in their journey into eternity.Loyal to every soul and fearless when facing dangers in the world of Death.
P.S. it's completely blind
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Hey ya! Dread Knight allowed me to use this concept for a 3D character.
Have a look at the results if you're interested:
-here: [link]
-here: [link]
-and here: [link]
Have a nice day! Thank you!
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sorry for the late reply.
this looks so cool! amazing job, I love it
was this concept difficult to model?
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Well it gave me some headaches around the head but I managed to get it done. Despite that, I loved the shape of the creature and the fact that it has no eyes, those was the main reasons why I had chosen go for the 3D model. Thanx!
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Ooh wow, fantastic creature concept with an interesting story 
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It's not actually a concept with an interesting story. It is a twisted (and very well done!) form of a real dog who is, according to the history of the peoples of Mexico and South America, who is said to accompany the dead through the underworld. The xoloitzcuintli is a hairless dog native to Central and South America that has been around for over 3000 years. When a person died a xolo was sacrificed and buried with them because, in order to cross the underworld, they needed the xolo guide.
There is a river (or rivers, I can't remember) that must be crossed and it is said to remove the sin from one's body. Butterfly xolos (the ones with the round white spots on their legs and bellies) are said to be the xolos who chose to come back to earth and those spots are from where the sin was washed from their bodies from the river.
With all that said, it is easy to see where the inspiration for this piece came from. It is weird and creepy and looks nothing like the beautiful xoloitzcuintli but it definitely has something xolo-ish about it and it is a great piece of art!
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Wow, I love myths and legends like that so thanks for this!
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You're welcome 
I come back to look at this piece often because, while an original concept, there is definitely something obviously xolo about it. It's wonderful
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I like his profile, gesture and zig-zag lines.
I wish i could make so beautiful concept-art before make it 3D. Unfortunately I am a noob in a drawing
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ha ha, I wish I could do 3d models for my concepts ;D
you know, if you want to do a collaboration some day, let me know
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I am pretty new in 3D (2 years as whole and almost one - as sculptor). But who knows, maybe in the future I will create something based on your concept and that will blow peoples mind
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Awesome! I want to be able to do conceptual art like this. (Like game artists do with the landscapes and characters etc..)
I get a good idea in my head but when I draw it, I just can't do it
Also how do/did you practice, like did you use references and then just used your own ideas with the body shape etc..?
And how did you learn to shade/colour like that? 
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ha ha, actually i feel like there's still a lot to learn for me, I'm surprised when people want to reach such skills as mine
Well, I finished art academy, but when it comes to such conceptual art, I learned everything on my own. Used a lot of references (and still am in most cases). I use references for some parts of my drawings, like muscle references, or for some objects that I don't know how to draw.
I guess I learned how to shade way before I started doing concept art. Back then I drew portraits of people and animals, using only pencils, so that helped me a lot to get the idea how shading works. And about coloring, I'm still learning that. Reference photos help here a lot as well
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How do you do such awesome backgrounds??
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textured brushes and smooth blending when painting
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Thats suppose to help you? XD
it looks something you'd run away from the moment you see it!
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THIS IS AWESOME! you really depicted xolotl extremely well in this picture
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Love it! Looks like Alien's only natural enemy!
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thank you! 
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I love it! I love it!! I wrote a story about it, but it's in czech XD
I love your art! : )
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Wow. Beautiful colours
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For some reason, I think this reminds me of a furry frog. Very well painted and thought out.
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your concept of lighting is very powerful, i love this~
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the concept is really interesting and the realisation is beautiful with a nice choice of colors perfectly fitting the creature. I really like the anatomy and the fact it's supposed to be a "dog", it's very original.
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wow that thing help you to pass to the underworld?look scarry...but real like you make it in a 3D program^_^
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That thing freaks me out but this is very well done! Wonderful job.
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Great design. I love how fluid looking the body is.
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wow what a great and unique monster I love the claws especially great job on this!
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I like the design.
It scares me!
Nice coloring and good job with the musculature, I really like his head :3
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Super cool! I love creatures like these. They remind me of Cloverfield and then it makes me wana watch the movie lol
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