Week 9: Research Assignment

 For this week I chose the artist Antonio J. Manzanedo who created this piece with Photoshop. Manzanedo used Photoshop to sketch out and colorize the piece. They also used Photopshop to add lighting to the piece and added an array of fire and ice on the Bloodletter of Aclazotz. The piece that Manzanedo made was to examine the mysterious nature of a world that is foreign to ours. I also believe that they are trying to convey to the viewer that this world is different to ours and opposes everything that we know about our world. I believe this because you can not only see the interesting mysterious Aztec-like architecture but also the weird structure leading up to the place. However I believe that Manzanedo is trying to convey that this is the guardian of this place. This through the fact that this creature is the center of the image. As well as fact that creatures that fly in mysterious worlds are most of the time deific in some way; in other words though to be godly.

The artists page is here: https://www.artstation.com/ajmanzanedo