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qsviews: Former Disney artist capturing Aztec, Chacoan and Mayan cultures Eddie Martinez is fascinated with Mesoamerican culture — the Chacoans, the Aztecs, the Mayans. Working digitally and with traditional artists’ tools, Eddie Martinez churns out illustrations featuring ancient American cultures, including a series of drawings that bring Chaco Canyon’s Casa Riconada to life. He can talk to you about it, he can write about it, and he can definitely draw it. But what he really wants to do is teach. He wants people, particularly his fellow Latinos, to know about their ancestors’ role in pre-Columbian America. After a career in the entertainment business, including work as an illustrator for Walt Disney, he also knows how tricky that is. Read more…
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Former Disney artist capturing Aztec, Chacoan and Mayan cultures

Eddie Martinez is fascinated with Mesoamerican culture — the Chacoans, the Aztecs, the Mayans.

Working digitally and with traditional artists’ tools, Eddie Martinez churns out illustrations featuring ancient American cultures, including a series of drawings that bring Chaco Canyon’s Casa Riconada to life.

He can talk to you about it, he can write about it, and he can definitely draw it.

But what he really wants to do is teach. He wants people, particularly his fellow Latinos, to know about their ancestors’ role in pre-Columbian America. After a career in the entertainment business, including work as an illustrator for Walt Disney, he also knows how tricky that is.


Read more…

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