Inspiration Highlight: Hyde SB

I am honored to share with you some art I have recently discovered by a San Fransisco artist that goes by the alias Hyde SB. What's incredibly interesting about a specific series of images they have created is that there is this strange hybridization of Mesoamerican and Oriental imagery running them. In the image I have posted here you see what appears to be an indigenous Mexican face emerging from within a dragon of some kind. And while dragons like this were far more prevalent in Oriental artwork, it is presented in these images in a very Mesoamerican way. I realize I might be totally off base here, but it doesn't really matter because personally, it definitely invokes Aztec warrior imagery, who were purported to stuff their heads inside the heads of more intimidating creatures as a warfare aesthetic. In any case, it's incredibly inspiring.

You can check out more of it here. If you find a better gallery hook me up!