Great news for all you coloring enthusiasts out there! I’ve now managed to get the icons of Aztec deities for the coloring book YE GODS! turned into vector drawings.  This may not sound like a big deal, but it actually is because the lines are now clean-edged, and the .pdf files can be enlarged or shrunk without affecting line-quality.  At least that’s what they tell me…

(The work of converting all my insane pixel drawings into vectors was done magnificently and quickly by a brave young fellow in a distant country, saving me many months of boggling labor. Contact me, rbalthazar at msn.com, for his details.)

On the coloring book page, as well as below, I now include three free download options for the icons completed thus far. The regular download is still for the original 8X10 pixel-image with title and caption.  In addition, you can choose an 8X10 vector drawing or another at 16X20, which will no doubt be much better for coloring the intricate details.  But you can also size these vectorized images however you wish.  Go for it!

(to download, right-click on link and select “Save as”)

(Images on pages are in pixels and sized at 8” x 10” w/ captions for legal paper at 300 dpi.  You can also download the images as vector drawings in two sizes which can be enlarged or shrunk with consistent line quality.)

#1 Atl                                      Page 1 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#2 Chalchiuhtlicue              Page 2 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#3 Chalchiuhtotolin            Page 3 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#4 Chantico                          Page 4 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#5 Ehecatl                             Page 5 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#6 Huehuecoyotl                 Page 6 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#7 Huitzilopochtli               Page 7 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#8 Itzpapalotl                      Page 8 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#9 Mayauel                          Page 9 with caption         8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#10 Mictlantecuhtli            Page 10 with caption       8X10 vector           16X20 vector

#11 Ocelotl                            Page 11 with caption       8X10 vector           16X20 vector

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By the way, here’s a progress report on the next icon for YE GODS! I’m about half-way through Aztec icon #12, OMETEOTL, the Deity of Two.  A “duity” (duality) deity, if you will, it’s a composite of Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl, the Lord and Lady of Two.  Here’s a little detail which I interpret from a page in Codex Borgia as a symbol of duity.