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Published: 2019-01-06 21:41:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 6601; Favourites: 178; Downloads: 0
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Description It was about time for me to post some antagonists for Codex Black, deadly masqueraders whom cute and innocent Donaji & Itzcacalotl will have to face. 

Their names are zapotec, though in Naga’chi and Ziuula’s case they may be rather just words and never used as proper names by actual zapotecs.

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Seanhawk23 [2024-09-04 18:26:44 +0000 UTC]

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manati20 [2020-12-16 21:25:10 +0000 UTC]

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YoungCavalier [2020-11-17 07:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Love your style, very unique.

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Shi-Gu In reply to YoungCavalier [2020-12-17 12:49:47 +0000 UTC]

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SaxtorphArt [2019-04-06 17:42:41 +0000 UTC]

I love these so much you have no idea. Amazing work

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Shi-Gu In reply to SaxtorphArt [2019-04-08 20:44:03 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much! I'm flattered!

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SaxtorphArt In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-04-08 21:16:24 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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Robin-Heilschild [2019-01-07 17:04:53 +0000 UTC]

La de en medio parece como vampiro (y tiene "murciélago" y "mariposa" en su nombre). xD

Me gustan sus máscaras. Son muy geniales.

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Shi-Gu In reply to Robin-Heilschild [2019-01-11 18:25:25 +0000 UTC]

Gracias!
La palabra de "murciélago" está compuesta con la palabra de "mariposa"?
Donde investigué decía que Guidiribeela era "murciélago" literalmente, ¿no es  así? :0

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Robin-Heilschild In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-11 20:06:07 +0000 UTC]

De nada. xD

En zapoteco del centro: 
Berguiidi (acento grave, tono alto en la segunda sílaba): Mariposa. xD
Beél (tono alto): Carne. xD

Pero en zapoteco del centro:
Beguidibeela: Murciélago (mariposa de carne). xD

En zapoteco del centro:
Yatzin (acento en la "A"): Murciélago (probable prestado de otro idioma). xD

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Shi-Gu In reply to Robin-Heilschild [2019-01-11 20:57:03 +0000 UTC]

Ah! alguna vez había leído que el murciélago es considerado una especie de "mariposa de carne" en muchas culturas mesoamericanas. Yo lo encontré en un diccionario de zapoteco del istmo, según el cual Guidiribeela es literalmente murciélago, por eso la diferencia supongo.

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Robin-Heilschild In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-11 23:08:37 +0000 UTC]

Así es.
Sí.

Aunque pareciera, en realidad no. El zapoteco del centro y el zapoteco del Istmo son dos idiomas diferentes.

Lo decía porque tus personajes me recordaron vampiros. xD

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Shi-Gu In reply to Robin-Heilschild [2019-01-11 23:35:38 +0000 UTC]

Jajaja, sí quería darle un poco la apariencia de vampiro a Guidiribeela, pero es lo opuesto a un vampiro, ya que en vez de chupar la sangre de otros, usa la suya para matar. Es una hechicera Tepanmizoni, que significa "que sangra sobre la gente", eran hechiceros que destruían y mataban por medio de su sangre.
Y su máscara está inspirada en esculturas de Piquete Ziña.

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Robin-Heilschild In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-12 16:38:22 +0000 UTC]

Ya veo.
Todo muy interesante.

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Sketchman147 [2019-01-07 03:39:42 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! They're really showing a nasty vibe here.

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Shi-Gu In reply to Sketchman147 [2019-01-11 18:25:50 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, the ordeal will be intense for the protagonists!

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Sketchman147 In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-11 18:28:59 +0000 UTC]

What's cool is that you really went all out and have these characters really reflect the mayans and their traditions.

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Shi-Gu In reply to Sketchman147 [2019-01-11 20:07:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
Though none of all the characters I've drawn so far are maya to be honest
Many are aztec, zapotec, otomi, or even from fictional cultures, but I haven't drawn a maya character so far since I know too little about them. Not sure if a maya character may have an important role since the protagonists won't go to the mayan lands in the story.

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Sketchman147 In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-11 21:48:28 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. 😊

I was thinking of those types of people. I guess that the Mayans were the first ones that came to me while thinking about how they did things. I guess I should do my research more so I understand these things more.

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Shi-Gu In reply to Sketchman147 [2019-01-11 22:07:32 +0000 UTC]

yeah, people very often mix maya, aztec and the rest of mesoamerican cultures while they all have their considerable differences.

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Sketchman147 In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-11 23:05:53 +0000 UTC]

That I understand. That's what makes them interesting on their own but that they also may have a connection too. Seeing as to how you drew your characters really makes me feel like there's going to be a lot of different ancient cultures being portrayed which makes the world seem bigger.

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Elerio115 [2019-01-07 00:50:14 +0000 UTC]

podran ser malos algnos, pero esta tiene brazos en los brazos, 10/10

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Shi-Gu In reply to Elerio115 [2019-01-11 18:24:01 +0000 UTC]

Es para dar abrazos... letales

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Elerio115 In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-11 19:51:25 +0000 UTC]

de la muerte mortal*

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adcockarts [2019-01-06 22:40:08 +0000 UTC]

This is creepy

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Shi-Gu In reply to adcockarts [2019-01-06 23:28:28 +0000 UTC]

great!

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adcockarts In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-07 04:40:51 +0000 UTC]

Lol

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TheTubich [2019-01-06 21:53:48 +0000 UTC]

Very cool

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Shi-Gu In reply to TheTubich [2019-01-06 21:55:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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TheTubich In reply to Shi-Gu [2019-01-06 22:06:23 +0000 UTC]

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