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TZINTILIZTLI means "beginning" in the nahuatl language.

This is an illustration which I've worked on to serve as the cover of the introductory chapter of my latest comic book/graphic novel, "The Legend of the Five Suns ", which is a not so loose adaptation of the eponymous pre-hispanic Mexica (or Nahua) myth, telling the origin of the world, the creation and destruction or metamorphoses of four different suns/sun-gods, their worlds and its' inhabitants, as well the creation of the fifth world, ours, and the rise of a new sun and a new creation. This also includes other traditional nahua (Central Mexican) folk tales, such as the creation of Octli (a.k.a Pulque, an alcoholic beverage made with the Maguey or Agave plant), the legend of the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, the discovery of maize, and also explores some elements from the nahua, especially Mexica cosmology: the three vital energies (Tonalli, Teyolia and Ihíyotl), the four corners of the world (Tlahuiztlampa - East, Mictlampa - North, Cihuatlampa - West and Huitztlampa - South), the underworld (Mictlán) and its regions, as well the birth of Huitzilopochtli and other concepts related to daily pre-hispanic nahua life.
This comic book/graphic novel is 140 pages long, and is the main subject of my completion of course/graduation work in Graphic Design by UTFPR in Curitiba, Brazil. Currently, I have printed only one sample, in Brazilian Portuguese language, but I'm still studying the possibility to get it published (I would need some financial support if I were to do that), and translated into spanish and english (what I can do by myself).

This introductory chapter deals with the creation of the Four Tezcatlipocas, the creation of the world after the capture of CIPACTLI, the primordial waters' crocodile. So Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl are here, too. Since I was a kid, I really enjoyed studying and drawing things about pre-hispanic Mesoamerican history and cosmology, so this project means a lot to me. I'd be glad if you like it as much as me.

So, I hope you like it as much as I did producing it!

And don't forget to follow and share my work at:

Behance | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Trivia: This drawing/illustration was based on another one , which I made four years back.

Description

TZINTILIZTLI means "beginning" in the nahuatl language.

This is an illustration which I've worked on to serve as the cover of the introductory chapter of my latest comic book/graphic novel, "The Legend of the Five Suns ", which is a not so loose adaptation of the eponymous pre-hispanic Mexica (or Nahua) myth, telling the origin of the world, the creation and destruction or metamorphoses of four different suns/sun-gods, their worlds and its' inhabitants, as well the creation of the fifth world, ours, and the rise of a new sun and a new creation. This also includes other traditional nahua (Central Mexican) folk tales, such as the creation of Octli (a.k.a Pulque, an alcoholic beverage made with the Maguey or Agave plant), the legend of the volcanoes Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl, the discovery of maize, and also explores some elements from the nahua, especially Mexica cosmology: the three vital energies (Tonalli, Teyolia and Ihíyotl), the four corners of the world (Tlahuiztlampa - East, Mictlampa - North, Cihuatlampa - West and Huitztlampa - South), the underworld (Mictlán) and its regions, as well the birth of Huitzilopochtli and other concepts related to daily pre-hispanic nahua life.
This comic book/graphic novel is 140 pages long, and is the main subject of my completion of course/graduation work in Graphic Design by UTFPR in Curitiba, Brazil. Currently, I have printed only one sample, in Brazilian Portuguese language, but I'm still studying the possibility to get it published (I would need some financial support if I were to do that), and translated into spanish and english (what I can do by myself).

This introductory chapter deals with the creation of the Four Tezcatlipocas, the creation of the world after the capture of CIPACTLI, the primordial waters' crocodile. So Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl are here, too. Since I was a kid, I really enjoyed studying and drawing things about pre-hispanic Mesoamerican history and cosmology, so this project means a lot to me. I'd be glad if you like it as much as me.

So, I hope you like it as much as I did producing it!

And don't forget to follow and share my work at:

Behance | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

Trivia: This drawing/illustration was based on another one , which I made four years back.