This was my first attempt of portraying what was called "the most beautiful woman" in Ancient Mexico. It was a sketch for a painting, but later changed to another pose in order to paint in canvas. So this one was my very basic blue print of Atotoztli.
Atotoztli, or Atototzin, was a princess from an ancient Mexico nation called Colhuacan. Colhuacan existed well before the Aztecs, and was praised to have Toltec blood. Indigenous Chroniclers depict this princess as a possesor of beautiful phisical qualities. Yacanex, a nobleman from Tepetlaoztoc wanted to marry Atotoztli. But Atotoztli's grandfathers saw fit for her to marry Huetzin, a prestigious bachelor. Yacanex did not liked this and led an all-out uprise against the established nations. What started as a war to win Atotoztli ended as a revolution against civilization. Atotoztli at the end married Huetzin. Their descendants intermarried with the famous Aztecs.
This sketch was made with charcoal on paper. The only problem for me was doing the small face with charcoal. The body is based on Mexican actress Andrea Garcia, and the face on famous Mexican actress and singer Ninel Conde.
