Gods & Spirits (Patreon)

Validation co-creator Kelci Crawford visited New Mexico a few weeks back for our semi-annual creative retreat. During their time here they worked on some sketches for her Inktober project Gods & Spirits which is available now on Kickstarter.

In addition to sketching and discussing stories, we took a few day trips. One of them was to Acoma Pueblo about an hour west of Albuquerque.

Turtle, our tour guide, was fantastic. So good in fact we were running over our schedule and it was fast approaching the closing hour at the cafe. I wanted a fry bread burger and a loaf of bread fresh from their oven. I had missed out on them during my last trip to Acoma back in 2012. I was not going to be denied again! So to make it there in time I took the cliffside way down and jogged on foot...

It was worth the effort! 🙂

I took these pics on my Canon EOS Mark II 7D camera and also on my iPhone. It had rained all day and night the day before and into the morning, so when we drove out the sky was just clearing. I find that after a good storm you can get some amazing shots. The colors always seem more vibrant then. The Gods & Spirits were with us...