» Aztec http://vicodesigns.com/blog Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:22:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Massacre at the temple Aztec http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2011/12/19/massacre-at-the-temple-aztec/ http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2011/12/19/massacre-at-the-temple-aztec/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:29:10 +0000 admin http://vicodesigns.com/blog/?p=841 Massacre at the temple Aztec spanish history

Massacre at the temple.

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Quetzalcoatl Pieta

Quetzalcoatl Pieta Finished!

Quetzalcoatl pieta...
The nightmare continues…

]]> http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2010/10/04/778/feed/ 0 It begins… A haunting story that I need to release from my minds eye… Based on the Spanish Massacre of the Aztec nobility at The Patio of the Gods which occurred on May 10, 1520. http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2010/09/20/it-begins-a-haunting-story-that-i-need-to-release-from-my-minds-eye-based-on-the-spanish-massacre-of-the-aztec-nobility-at-the-patio-of-the-gods-which-occurred-on-may-10-1520/ http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2010/09/20/it-begins-a-haunting-story-that-i-need-to-release-from-my-minds-eye-based-on-the-spanish-massacre-of-the-aztec-nobility-at-the-patio-of-the-gods-which-occurred-on-may-10-1520/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:46:04 +0000 admin http://vicodesigns.com/blog/?p=770 Massacre-at-temple2

Massacre at temple

This is only the beginning sketch that will be turned into an illustration and finally an oil painting.

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Aztec Jaguar Warrior

]]> http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2010/07/12/724/feed/ 0 Quetzalcoatl Pieta Work in Progress. http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2010/03/10/quetzalcoatl-pieta-work-in-progress/ http://vicodesigns.com/blog/2010/03/10/quetzalcoatl-pieta-work-in-progress/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:22:08 +0000 admin http://vicodesigns.com/blog/?p=645
Quetzalcoatl pieta

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Work in progress. Scroll down to see original drawing.

-Vico

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ticho kanih "We are crying"

The Mexica held a ritual in which group/communities of people would cry together as a way of group therapy. They would use this ritual as a way to bring themselves to a holistic balance. I found it important to communicate this message in relation to our current condition. It is important to see how other cultures use a natural bodily/spiritual function to reach a balance after traumatic/stressful/exciting experiences.

The western idea of crying is much more tainted by being associated with weakness and the feminine.

In this scene we see a group of men and women equally expressing an emotion that is as real and essential as laughing, and loving. Crying is not always bad but is sometimes essential to the cleansing of our inner selves.

-Vico

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Crying Ritual Stage 2

Aztec Crying Ritual work in progress.

Aztec Crying Ritual work in progress.

Work in progress.

It might be ready for the Accident Gallery… Hopefully

-Vico

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