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For those curious, here is what the finished scanned piece ended up looking like with colours.
PATRIOT MAN! Science created him... so he... can destroy! (Enemies, of course. You should, uh, have nothing to worry about).
Got to reprise Mother Shipton from my Hocus Pocus series (right) as an old crone in my latest contribution to @MedMasterSimple (left)
The Aztec numerical system of circular counters (usually indicating calendar dates for divination/prognostication in the Codex Borgia) were another neat/useful design element to include. It worked out well at the bottom of P6 with just the right amount to spell out "The End". 44/
Some 'Oumuamua illustrations I did for a @PhysicsWorld feature by @astrondrew when it was passing nearest our Sun. https://t.co/8yG812ML99
The symmetry of this image, while potentially controvertial, hopefully highlights the religious hypocrisy of the Spanish conquerors. After all, Christians were once persecuted themeselves for what the Romans thought of as a cannibalistic rite. 41/
I was fascinated to learn that Aztecs also used prickly pear fruits (which are often very red & dripping when fully ripe, which makes for a great visual) as a heart symbol in rituals❤️So the dough effigy and the prickly pear were a way to engage in "vegetarian cannibalism"! 39/
More reference material from the 16thC. Primeros Memoriales for the colourful ceremonial headdresses, costumes & body paint (also mostly destroyed by the Spanish) that I drew in this Aztec "cannibalism" ritual (*read on!) 37/
P1: I based Aztec hair and clothing on primary source documents @DrFeliciaLopez provided me, like the Primeros Memoriales (another Nahuatl manuscript compiled by Sahagún like the Florentine Codex). Felicia even had an image of a woman writing so I could get the "pen" right. 33/