Concept Art 018: Ixchel (Patreon)

Ixchel is a Mayan goddess known as the Rainbow Woman, she is also associated with fertility, medicine, the moon, and the element of Water since she was venerated as a rain goddess which also had a really destructive side that could cause catastrophes like floods.

Of course, I wanted to incorporate most of those elements into her, so, for example, the water-filled ring in her back symbolizes the moon and its effect on the oceans. the wing's big blade on her sides has an old lady face sculptured on them since Ixchel was also depicted as an old woman which was sometimes associated with its destructive side. Of course, the translucent RGB color effect is a reference to her title as a rainbow woman, and the wings also are supposed to look like falling water in a Mayan-stylized kinda way. Some of the Mayan hairstyles were really extravagant for high hierarchies so I decided to incorporate that and mix it with the animal head motif of the Nephilim, in this case, the rabbit since is closely associated with Ixchel, I'm guessing also connected to the moon aspect and fertility.

Of course, I wanted Ixchel to be classy and elegant, kinda inspired by the iconic vibes of Shiva on FFX.

Tomorrow I was gonna show more side characters but I actually got to design Itzam Cabain this weekend (the god of Otto's people and Nephilim of Earth) So that will be tomorrow's post and then we will go with side characters and other designs next week :)

If there is something particular you would like to see on Patreon please let me know!, sometimes assembling these art layout images I don't really put all the variations of the designs or sometimes I have sketches or midway shots that i don't include, so let me know if you are interested in those.