I now need $115 to get this done! Im almost halfway there now! Please help me out if you are financially able to do so! I need to get this done by April 25th!

Critics of new bill say Ohio women would be banned from sports bras, bikinis in public 'The peak of fear mongering.'

Media needs to stop with "critics say" and just quote the actual language of the bill.

HB 249 creates a new category of "seminudity" which can be used to arrest women who aren't nude, but are wearing clothing — leggings, t-shirts without bras — that religious groups feel is too provocative.

New page! howtobeawerewolf.com Tim is just here to party, and Marcus is just along for the ride #howtobeawerewolf

A Raid in the Mississippi (July 2022)
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Get more from Daniel Parada on Patreon creating Comics and Art

www.patreon.com/zotz

Yasuke, the african samurai

Hank Hill and his friends from the show King of the Hill re-imagined as Aztecs. They are standing in front of a stone fence with thatch roof houses and huejote trees in the background.

King of the Tepetl. Sketch re-imagining them as Aztecs I did for fun.
#kingofthehill

A street scene in Ancient Rome: at the counter of a street restaurant, a customer is pointing at his plate and screaming at the server, clearly complaining about the food. More people meanwhile, variously, walk by and look, stand there watching, or do not seem to care.

Uh-oh, someone's not happy with his order at the thermopolium! 😆

One of my many history themed illustrations. Inspired by recent discoveries in Pompeii, I wanted to draw a "snapshot" of a street with people in ancient Rome.

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

An alt. version: No less historically accurate, it represents a sleeveless suit and barefooted, as soldiers liked to go to battle on occasion. They were made of hardier stuff!

Acolhua Nobleman in military paraphernalia (2020).

Illustration of an acolhua nobleman from the kingdom of Texcoco. Based on the Matritense codex.

Teotihuacano Knappers

Private commision, illustration of Teotihuacano obsidian knappers from the barrio of Tlajinga.

A reconstruction illustration (by Kathryn Killackey) showing groups of hunters approaching Asiab, an early Neolithic site in Iran. In the foreground, one ground is forging a river and climbing up onto the banks. Two men carry a field-dressed wild boar between them on a pole. Another man has his hide clothing bundled and is carrying them on his head. He also has a hide bag on his back with a red deer antler strapped to it. The hunters exiting the river are dressed in hide loincloths and carry bows or spears. One wears a necklace of boar tusks perforated at both ends. The rest of this group has already crossed and dressed themselves in hide leggings, tunics, and shoes. They carry an assortment of baskets and bags on their backs, one with another boar's head attached. Their tunics and legging have decorative detailing with red ochre and small disk beads. They are walking up a slope towards the settlement at the top. A group stands at the top of the slope, greeting the new comers. Behind them is a large rammed earth circular building with a flat thatch roof. There are also clusters of smaller circular structures made of poles and hide, some with wood shade shelters attached. Groups of people are busy preparing food, including cooking another boar, for a feast. Children and dogs are running about. Another group of hunters are also seen arriving in the midground, entering the image from the right side. The landscape is covered in a mix of grass, wild pistacio and almond trees. There are sedges along the river banks. This vegetation is dry and yellowing, indicating autumn. You can see mountains in the background and vultures following air currents in the distance.

A new piece, my recent illo depicting long distance transport of wild boars to Asiab in the early Iranian #Neolithic. I’ve reposted a couple articles featuring the illustration but here’s the whole image and some detail crops.
#archaeology 🏺 #SciArt 🐡
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A drawing of a woman in a mix of late medieval plate armor and late roman armor, with light green and red clothes. She is wielding a spear and a shield, and wearing a golden late roman helmet. Her shield is painting with three arrows piercing through a dragon.

More mixing nonsense, but I'm having too much fun with it! 😊

Fantasy Nahua sketch (comission)

🇬🇧#PortfolioDay I'm Rafael Mena, Mexican archaeologist and illustrator doing Mesoamerican stuff, among others.

🇲🇽#PortfolioDay Soy Rafael Mena, arqueólogo mexicano e ilustrador de cosas mesoamericanas, entre otras.

📧 rafaelmena432@gmail.com
#art #Painting #indigenous

Fantasy jaguar warrior sketch, depicts a man with jaguar characteristics (claws and ears) dual wielding macuahuitl. He wears a jaguar armor vest and many jewels

Another fantasy Nahua character sketch (comission)
#sketch #aztec #dualwielding #jaguar

A Raid in the Mississippi (July 2022)

Painting of Nezahualcoyotl in war regalia, seated on a woven throne.

Nezahualcoyotl

#art #artist #illust #illustration #aztec #mesoamerica #mexico #history #texcoco

🇬🇧#PortfolioDay I'm Rafael Mena, Mexican archaeologist and illustrator doing Mesoamerican stuff, among others.

🇲🇽#PortfolioDay Soy Rafael Mena, arqueólogo mexicano e ilustrador de cosas mesoamericanas, entre otras.

📧 rafaelmena432@gmail.com
#art #Painting #indigenous

A painting of two mayan conch boxers, using conches as boxing mitts and wearing wooden helmet, decorated in feathers and various patterns.

Mayan conch boxers

#art #artist #illustration #illust #mexico #mesoamerica

a painting of several inhabitants of easter island (rapa nui), jumping off a cliff to participate in the tangata manu competition

Tangata Manu

#art #artist #illust #illustration #history #easterisland #rapanui #polynesian #polynesia #chile

Painting of xochiquetzal, with 3 people worshipping her.

Xochiquetzal

#art #artist #illust #illustration #mesoamerica #mexico #aztec #xochiquetzal #mythology #folklore

Painting of the El Chanal rain god, painted red with white glyphs all over, and wearing a wooden mask resembling a tlaloc esque face. The god is in combat with several spectators.

El Chanal Rain God in combat, based on the El Chanal Rain God Vessel

#art #artist #mexico #mesoamerica #colima

A painting of several Yapese people carrying a large round stone (raay) towards a docked canoe

Yapese carrying a Raay

#art #artist #illust #illustration #micronesia #austronesian #yap #yapese #rai #raistones #raay #history

A Painting of the observatory at mayapan, with an eclipse overhead

Eclipse over Mayapan

This should also go without saying but dont look at an eclipse through a reflection like these folks, your retinas will still turn into ash.

#art #artist #illust #illustration #mesoamerica #mexico #maya #mayan #mayapan #archeology #history #eclipse

A digital painting of the treasury building of Petra, the ancient nabatean city.

Petra

#art #artist #illust #illustration #middleeast #jordan #nabataean #nabatean #archeology #history #petra

Painting of a group of Tairona at Teyuna, or Ciudad Perdida.

Tairona at Teyuna

#art #artist #illust #illustration #southamerica #america #colombia #archeology #history #tairona #teyuna #ciudadperdida

Painting of a Yayoi Ritual, based on a model from the Kashihara Archaeological Institute Museum

Yayoi Ritual, based on a model from the Kashihara Archaeological Institute Museum

Painting of the legendary founder of the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee, Great Peacemaker.

Great Peacemaker of the Haudenosaunee

#art #artist #illust #illustration #painting #digitalart #mythology #folklore #haudenosaunee #wyandot #huron #america #iroquois #history