Our Lady Of Guadalupe - Tumblr Posts
Hey. You see this loser? this mogger. mewing since he was born. see him?
that's my wife. Victoria my beloved <3
I did it!! I stylized Victoria!!! My wife is drawable YEY!!
he’s in the same angle in all three drawings but shhh i need his face so bad
Fav fun facts I learned about the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe recently:
Under blacklight, the image shows no indication of either underpainting/drawing or even brushstrokes, suggesting the image came about all at once.
The image itself is iridescent.
The image is not actually on the tilma- the image 'hovers' about .3 mm above the fabric. This was measured with lasers, btw.
Deliberate attempts to damage or vandalize the image have consistently failed, including a literal bomb hidden within a pot of flowers placed directly beneath the image. The altar, much of the structure around the image and all the windows were destroyed. The image remained unscathed.
The image AND the tilma also seem to...regenerate? Somehow. The tilma is like not showing any signs of degrading despite how old it is. Max weird, I love this bit.
She's in the very last stage of pregnancy, like any-day-now kinda pregnant in the image.
The stars on her veil are an accurate depiction of the constellations in the sky at the time of the image's appearance, from the perspective of looking towards her original position, at a 45° angle from the ground.
This arrangement of the constellations also places Corona Borealis at her head, Virgo at her chest, and Leo at her womb.
Her eyes reflect the view of the room she appeared in, with accurate perspective and parallax.
Her appearance is that of a mestiza.
There are a few theories about why she's named for Guadalupe, which originally referred to a pre-dating image of Our Lady. It's likely meant to be representative of the blending of the spanish and native mexican cultures, but my favorite theory is that it's a spanish interpretation of a nahuatl word: Coātlaxopueh, which means One Who Crushes the Serpent. Which is badass. (Personally, I think both of these things are true).