10/18/2025
For my design I took inspiration again from “Xolotl”, The / God of fire, lightning, monsters, twins, sickness, deformities and death. Like the Egyptian God “Anubis”, was depicted as a dog headed being who would help guide souls after death. He is also the twin of the head “ ”. They are also seen as the one of the elemental cardinals, them being the air element.
Without going too into ; There is one story that is the main inspiration for this design, “The Creation of Humanity”. To keep things brief: The Gods had physical bodies, but when it was decided to create humans, they had to die. They had to move onto the next world making way for the creation of humans. The Gods would become Beings, leaving the physical world behind, but Xolotl did not want to crossover.
Xolotl transformed into many things, but was always eventually discovered. Eventually they decided to escape into the lakes. They transformed themselves into a new creature, what we now call an “ ”. Eventually Xolotl was found and sacrificed, When the rest of gods sacrificed themselves, the age of people began.
has been on my mind a lot lately. My father passed away recently, he was sick, he had cancer among many other illnesses; but the thing that took his life was a simple heart attack. I’ve had my own health scares recently, and though things will always work out, one way or another. The thought of feeling while at the same time, feeling the fear of death has been part of my regular daily thoughts. This design is of someone who felt as though they could live forever, but could not. Trying their best to fight against the inevitable, but ultimately succumbing to what is coming for everyone.
It’s ok to be scared, it’s ok to keep moving forward and . and loss will always be a part of our lives, whether or not we let those dark thoughts consume us is what will guide us. With every new step that we take, every new path that we are offered; and Death are one of the only cemented things in our lives, but what we do with the time that we have is up to us. ✌🏼