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submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

A day late, but posting anyway for #portfolioday I mainly do mesoamerican related art, but also sometimes draw other cultures and myths from history. I also do historical fashion studies of mesoamerica and comics. You can support me on patreon or commission me. And look out for my comic this year!

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Redesigned the Scooby Doo gang as Maya characters in the late classic period (c. 600-900).

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Tezcatlipoca. Based on Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, Codex Borgia, Codex Tudela and Duran's illustrations. #aztec #mexica #nahua #mesoamerica #smokingmirror

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

So as 2024 is ending or ended depending where you are, a review of some of my illustrations I made. Some illustrations and sketches are missing and of course, my comic Dream Rider, which took up most of my time lol. Here's hoping for another successful year in art. 🥂 Happy New Year Everyone!

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Happy New Year 2025! It is the year of the snake (乙巳年). Wish you all the best in the coming year! Balhae clothing, early 8th century

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

The Eagle Lady, who is the wife of the Sun (Tonatiuh). She is known by various names, including: Cuauhtli Izohuauh, Quilaztli (also referred to as the witch), Coacihuatl, Cuaucihuatl, Yaocihuatl, and Tzitziminicihuatl. This depiction is based on both the Codex Borbonicus and Codex Borgia.

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Merry Christmas to everyone!

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

If it doesn't look like this, I'm not interested. Art by Peter Connolly.

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

The Three Princes Three brothers of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina who fought against the Chalca, 1464 For the more detailed explanation about their attire, historical context and additional information, please subscribe to my Patreon! www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 Iyadzehe Sicuaa Dzico Ñaña (Dec 2023) Lady 10 Deer Jaguar Quechquemitl was a Mixtec princess & later queen. I put a chihuahua in this pic in honour of my dog Hazel. The work of @zotz.bsky.social was helpful for me in reconstructing a Mixtec noblewoman. #MedievalSky 🗃️

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

Cihuateotl descending from the sky at night. They were said to prey upon children. Originally meant to post around Halloween but I was severely ill at the time. Based on stone sculptures and florentine codex.

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

An illustration I made depicting the legend of how Quetzalcoatl and his precious twin Xolotl pilfer the bones of humanity from the Lord of the Dead in Mictlan, to bring humanity back to life.

submitted 485 days ago • 1 comment

An illustration of the Sun, Tonatiuh and his Cihuateteo, standing over the defeated Tzitzimime - ominous, powerful goddesses who seek to attack the Sun and cause cosmic instability.

submitted 451 days ago • 0 comments

Smoking Mirror #art #artist #mesoamerica #mexico #aztec #tezcatlipoca #illust #illustration

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

www.patreon.com/posts/117716... A new addition to the Aztec teteo series I have been doing. Got a few more up my sleeve. To see this and more support me on patreon!

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Hey everyone, I'm Mike and I'm a graphic designer and illustrator interested in paleoart! Follow for obscure Paleogene ungulates and ~vibes~

submitted 526 days ago • 1 comment

Sivatherium in chiaroscuro #sciart #paleoart #paleoartist #paleontology

submitted 81 days ago • 4 comments

Sketch of Mississippian warriors during a siege.

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

Powhatan village in Virgnia. Commission piece.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Nencatacoa The Muisca god of festivities, drunkenness, and dance, protector of the mantle makers and artists. See artworks like this one month early! www.patreon.com/WilhelmHistory

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

Mourning watery woman. Based on a funeral scene of the Maya Maize deity from the early classic period. She is wearing a beaded belt and apron. Curiously this is among the last depictions I have seen of aprons worn by Maya women.

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

The Maya deity "God L" tying a bracelet to a woman in his palace. The various women in the scene are proposed to be either his daughters or his wives. Based on the Princeton vase painting which also depicts the Hero Twins in the same scene.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Maya woman seated with a cushion. Based on late classic vase paintings.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Huitzilopochtli, Mexica patron deity based on several codices.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Coatlicue, earth goddess and mother of Huitzilopochtli. Based on the florentine codex.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Coyolxauhqui, sister of Huitzilopochtli who became the Moon. The stars behind her reference her brothers, the 400 brothers who became the stars. Based on her stone monolith.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Krampusnacht! Don't go out into the woods tonight.

submitted 84 days ago • 9 comments

Gruß vom Krampus! had to do a little drawing of the big guy on his day, usually I do Perchten but we can have Krampus as a treat

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Hoipu Kulele of the Coast Miwok of the North Bay (Sonoma and Marin counties), California. Being the wife of the chief she wears an elegant feather cape made of canada goose, snow goose and mallard duck feathers. Behind her is an acorn granary, redwood bark house and shell mound.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

One of my very old illustrations of a Maya boxer with conch knuckle dusters.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

A couple years ago I made a more historically accurate edit (on the right) of Chel from Road to El Dorado for fun. Looking at the late postclassic Maya. And yes, I am aware that the legend may have been inspired by the Muisca, but the culture in the film was clearly modeled after the Maya.

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

Lady K'abel, queen of Waka (El Peru), descended from the Calakmul snake dynasty she married into Waka royalty and eventually took on military titles there. Hence why she appears with a shield and K'awiil baton.

submitted 109 days ago • 2 comments

Dressing the Flayed Lord #art #artist #mexico #illustration #illust #mesoamerica #xipetotec #aztec

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Another old one, some court ladies based on late classic Maya vessels. These were concepts for a short comic (40 pages) set in Tikal around the reign of Yik'in Chan K'awiil. Alas it never materialized but one day, perhaps I can revisit it. It also would have been my longest comic all in full color.

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

P'urepecha Zoo of the Cazonci, with his family and animal trainer.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Another old one, observing the hairstyles and headwear of Preclassic El Salvador's site of Bolinas. I did this one prior to my studies of the Olmec and it is interesting how the central figure is often seen in among them. Which makes sense given that they were contemporaries.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment