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Lady Yaoxochitl, a key character for story. (No, she's not Hoh). Redesigned her clothing a bit to give her a more dignified/high ranking attire.
Ended up looking kinda Japanese even though I exclusively used Mesoamerican references.

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2020-12-23

The one and only, the magnanimous, the hero of the children, Corn Man! 💪🌽✨
5 years of not making his debut in yet.

How it started How it's going

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2020-12-18

Today is Second Anniversary!
There's already 100 episodes on Tapas, over 300 pages online and this last year readers have more than doubled.

Thank you so much for continuing to read this story and sticking with me throughout such a journey!

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2020-09-07

Codex Black: Adventures of Donaji & Itzcacalotl es una serie de de aventuras épicas de su creador Camilo Moncada Lozano (Shi-Gu) que cuenta las historias de la joven zapoteca, Donaji , y la joven guerrera mexica, Itzcacalotl .

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2020-08-19

The seems to be back, so I did it again.
Glad to see some improvement since the last one, plus more varied characters and not just a spam hahaha
All but one are characters from my webcomic,

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2020-08-06

many outfits.
I really like doing these variations while staying true to the original palette and feeling.
Last one is kinda old, but most, if not all of those will be featured in the comic as the story goes on.

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2020-06-29

Here's the finished 6 Outfits meme!

Had a lot of fun doing this, thanks to everyone who sent their suggestions!
In fact, it was so hard choosing that I'm going to do a second set. Wish I could draw all of them, but 12 will have to do.

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2020-05-31

Villagers of Quie Yelaag, Bio' and Yela, for

These two are actually cousins, daughters of Béelia's older sister, Gueela (whom I haven't drawn yet). They're currently 25 and 24 years old respectively in the comic.

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2020-04-19

8th Huey Tlatoani of the Great Mexico-Tenochtitlan,

Colored version of a page from Chapter 4. The fearsome Emperor makes his magnificent entrance!

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2020-03-25

Today March 22th is Birthday!
Like fire, like flowers, her soul burns, her soul blooms, as the warm Spring arrives.

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2020-03-23

What a time to be alive!! (Especially for mesoamerican enthusiasts like me)



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2020-02-26

Today is Citlalmina's 546th birthday, so here's a quick drawing of her.

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2020-02-13

Several people have asked if we'll ever get to see the spaniards in and the answer is NO.
The story begins in 1493, when is 14 y/o.
In 1519, when Cortés arrives to the coasts of Mexico, Donaji would be 40!
Here's Donaji through the years:

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2020-01-22

Chapter 4: Cloud Mountain.
Codex Black's "Oaxaca Arc" starts now, & adventure will step up to the next level + New poster illustration!


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2019-12-06

There's no update today, but here are links to the full chapters! Chapter 4 starts next week!

Prologue: https://t.co/OzUqFyFgbh

Chapter 1: https://t.co/N1fW35mQqy

Chapter 2: https://t.co/qsE29MUniL

Chapter 3: https://t.co/v8Qcmlna9l

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2019-11-29

More from my
For Citlalmina and Béelia, (Donaji's mom), since I didn't have any recent full body art of them.

Curious note: Citlalmina's name roughly means "piercer of stars", while Béelia's literally means "star".

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2019-10-06

Here's a new batch of for my

Among them, the famous Motecuhzoma, as the young tlacochcalcatl (Highest General) and Tliltototl, the tlacateccatl (mentioned by Clavijero and Torquemada).

Also Tlazolteotl, one of my favorite goddesses!

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2019-09-18