#natlanredesign

[qshlyns]

mavuika redesign

this and chasca's redesign are one of the VERY DIFFERENT looks from the genshin original, but god am i proud of both of them. mavuika's design is so fanservice centered and completely went against anything that we knew about natlan prior to its release, which was both disappointing and insulting,,,,

information; mavuika, or mahuika, is a māori deity of fire who in some versions is the sibling of the goddess of death, hence why i made her so intimidating and terrifying [+ the fact that natlan is the nation of WAR]. mahuika is one of the more known deities, although the presentations of her were very few. fun fact; mahuika is the mother of māui, who gives fire to the humans from her nail! that's why you can see in my redesign that one of the nails is missing. i also really loved the idea of lava hair, where the insides is golden and most hot and shining.... the shading was really fun with it. i also attempted to make the face tattoo [tā moko, permanent marking, tattootists are seen as sacred] have lines similar to flames but also follow the structure of the face.

[qshlyns]

chasca redesign

chasca is definitely one of the characters who originally had dark skin but was changed last minute CUZ SHE LOOKS SICKLY PALE... it doesn't look natural. also the fact that she has cowboy design.... very yucky

information; chasca, or ch'aska, is seen in both incan and salvadorian mythology but the two have similar and a lot of themes in common. in incan culture, she's the goddess dawn, a representation of the planet venus, a protector of virgins/maidens. the name itself [chaska] means curly, frizzy long hair, so that's why i gave her that hair type :D in salvadorian culture specifically, she is also related to spring water [called "virgin of the water" too] so that's the blue sleeves represent... i attempted to follow a pattern of incan & peruvian cultural clothing, hope it's accurate... i also kept genshin's chasca's hair color, since i genuinely thought it was creative with the idea that her dark blue hair follows down to a warmer color, similar to a sunrise. the color palette also resembles a sunrise [blue-purple-red-yellow] so you can tell i played into the dawn theme a lot 😻

p.s i read a whole wikipedia page in a different language which just shows that genshin absolutely messed the designs and barely put any effort into it 😭