Digital Art Masters: Volume 3

LOST WORLD: TEMPLE OF NATURE

BY TIBERIUS VIRIS

  

INTRODUCTION

I’ve always loved mystery and legends — epic ones in particular. But trying to imagine those great worlds behind the stories is even more rewarding. One such legend is the one of the Temple of Nature, a Native American story coming from the old Maya civilization. Supposedly, a long time ago (as always), in a green, lush valley, surrounded by a thousand waterfalls, a great temple was built to worship all of nature’s deities in the same place: “Bacab” (God of Earth), “Chaac” (God of Rain) ...