Rafael Mena Illustration
@rafaelmenai.bsky.social
Mexican Archaeologist and Illustrator focused on Mesoamerica
*Not American*
rafaelmena432@gmail.com
https://www.patreon.com/Rafaelmena
*Not American*
rafaelmena432@gmail.com
https://www.patreon.com/Rafaelmena
Ja Rule getting the last laugh was histerical.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Ja Rule getting the last laugh was histerical.
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Warriors clad in cotton armor and armed with obsidian — unlike the usual steel and plate.
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Warriors clad in cotton armor and armed with obsidian — unlike the usual steel and plate.
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It's kind of interesting how the worst representatives of the three abrahamic faiths allied with themselves to commit some of the worst evil imaginable.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It's kind of interesting how the worst representatives of the three abrahamic faiths allied with themselves to commit some of the worst evil imaginable.
Working on a piece on Venezuela feels especially bitter now, I keeping my fingers crossed that everything resolves itself peacefully but news is continously bitter
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Working on a piece on Venezuela feels especially bitter now, I keeping my fingers crossed that everything resolves itself peacefully but news is continously bitter
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Well as a few new folks followed me, I do videos and podcasts on history/archaeology/mythology over at The Histocrat on youtube, and I've also done a couple of video essays on the game Pathologic 2 on the channel Histotrash, check them out!
www.youtube.com/@TheHistocrat
www.youtube.com/@histotrash
www.youtube.com/@TheHistocrat
www.youtube.com/@histotrash
October 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Well as a few new folks followed me, I do videos and podcasts on history/archaeology/mythology over at The Histocrat on youtube, and I've also done a couple of video essays on the game Pathologic 2 on the channel Histotrash, check them out!
www.youtube.com/@TheHistocrat
www.youtube.com/@histotrash
www.youtube.com/@TheHistocrat
www.youtube.com/@histotrash
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Hey guys, I'm having some troubles with the landlord and I might be needing to find a new place soon.
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
October 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hey guys, I'm having some troubles with the landlord and I might be needing to find a new place soon.
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
Hey guys, I'm having some troubles with the landlord and I might be needing to find a new place soon.
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
October 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hey guys, I'm having some troubles with the landlord and I might be needing to find a new place soon.
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
I don't really want to beg for cash or anything so I'd appreciate if you guys could lend me some support over on the Patron if you're able ofc.
www.patreon.com/c/Rafaelmena
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This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon:
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
October 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This has been in the making for a while, and it's coming soon:
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
An interactive 3D viewer for my virtual reconstruction of Tenochtitlan, right in your browser.
More details to follow. Stay tuned!
#tenochtitlan #blender #threejs
The US is the Russia of the western hemisphere and Latin America's relationship with that country is very much reminiscent of Eastern Europe.
Imagine how obnoxious some of the "lofty ideal" narratives would sound from the mouth of a "Z" russian and you get the gist of lurking bluesky as a mexican.
Imagine how obnoxious some of the "lofty ideal" narratives would sound from the mouth of a "Z" russian and you get the gist of lurking bluesky as a mexican.
October 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The US is the Russia of the western hemisphere and Latin America's relationship with that country is very much reminiscent of Eastern Europe.
Imagine how obnoxious some of the "lofty ideal" narratives would sound from the mouth of a "Z" russian and you get the gist of lurking bluesky as a mexican.
Imagine how obnoxious some of the "lofty ideal" narratives would sound from the mouth of a "Z" russian and you get the gist of lurking bluesky as a mexican.
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More mixing nonsense, but I'm having too much fun with it! 😊
September 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
More mixing nonsense, but I'm having too much fun with it! 😊
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Design study of early and recent movie Tyrannosaurus rex. King Kong 1933 "Meat-Eater" and Jurassic World Rebirth 2025 "Ember" for DracoTyrannus. #Tyrannosaurus #Trex #Tyrannosaurusrex #Dinosaur #Retrosaur #KingKong #JurassicWorldRebirth
September 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Design study of early and recent movie Tyrannosaurus rex. King Kong 1933 "Meat-Eater" and Jurassic World Rebirth 2025 "Ember" for DracoTyrannus. #Tyrannosaurus #Trex #Tyrannosaurusrex #Dinosaur #Retrosaur #KingKong #JurassicWorldRebirth
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Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
September 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).
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Hoist with his own petard.
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hoist with his own petard.
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Some images of the Calixtlahuaca bird. The city was originally called Matlatzinco, but the conquering Mexica gave it the name Calixtlahuaca. The bird may signal the name of the ruling dynasty.
September 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Some images of the Calixtlahuaca bird. The city was originally called Matlatzinco, but the conquering Mexica gave it the name Calixtlahuaca. The bird may signal the name of the ruling dynasty.
Amongst clasicists, or inded any person specialized in the pre-modern world, is there any average depth of rank for armies engaging in combat?
Or is it very specific to the formations used.
Or is it very specific to the formations used.
August 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Amongst clasicists, or inded any person specialized in the pre-modern world, is there any average depth of rank for armies engaging in combat?
Or is it very specific to the formations used.
Or is it very specific to the formations used.
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ONLINE LEFTIST: what if we tried to find a candidate that's good
ONLINE LIBERAL: congratulations your attitude just killed us all. we're dead. hope you're happy. we could've just had trans people be dead but nooooo you and your purity tests put a gun to our heads and squeezed. enjoy the camps homo 🖕
ONLINE LIBERAL: congratulations your attitude just killed us all. we're dead. hope you're happy. we could've just had trans people be dead but nooooo you and your purity tests put a gun to our heads and squeezed. enjoy the camps homo 🖕
August 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
ONLINE LEFTIST: what if we tried to find a candidate that's good
ONLINE LIBERAL: congratulations your attitude just killed us all. we're dead. hope you're happy. we could've just had trans people be dead but nooooo you and your purity tests put a gun to our heads and squeezed. enjoy the camps homo 🖕
ONLINE LIBERAL: congratulations your attitude just killed us all. we're dead. hope you're happy. we could've just had trans people be dead but nooooo you and your purity tests put a gun to our heads and squeezed. enjoy the camps homo 🖕
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An illustration I did for a competition in China 🤞Anchiornis
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
An illustration I did for a competition in China 🤞Anchiornis
Sketch of a Maya warrior wearing fantasy metal armor.
Part of a series of commissions that re-imagine Mesoamerican warriors if the region had developed steel. The intention here is more focused on fantasy, revisiting cultural and iconographic elements of the Classic Maya -
Part of a series of commissions that re-imagine Mesoamerican warriors if the region had developed steel. The intention here is more focused on fantasy, revisiting cultural and iconographic elements of the Classic Maya -
July 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sketch of a Maya warrior wearing fantasy metal armor.
Part of a series of commissions that re-imagine Mesoamerican warriors if the region had developed steel. The intention here is more focused on fantasy, revisiting cultural and iconographic elements of the Classic Maya -
Part of a series of commissions that re-imagine Mesoamerican warriors if the region had developed steel. The intention here is more focused on fantasy, revisiting cultural and iconographic elements of the Classic Maya -
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A new piece, my recent illo depicting long distance transport of wild boars to Asiab in the early Iranian #Neolithic. I’ve reposted a couple articles featuring the illustration but here’s the whole image and some detail crops.
#archaeology 🏺 #SciArt 🐡
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#archaeology 🏺 #SciArt 🐡
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July 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A new piece, my recent illo depicting long distance transport of wild boars to Asiab in the early Iranian #Neolithic. I’ve reposted a couple articles featuring the illustration but here’s the whole image and some detail crops.
#archaeology 🏺 #SciArt 🐡
1/9
#archaeology 🏺 #SciArt 🐡
1/9
Sometimes you don't post an illustration immediately because of an NDA, because of the Algo, or because of scheduling issues, and then you forget to post it, and they get stalled in a cue and it becomes a hassle to post, because you didn't right descriptions and posting is a day long ordeal 😔.
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sometimes you don't post an illustration immediately because of an NDA, because of the Algo, or because of scheduling issues, and then you forget to post it, and they get stalled in a cue and it becomes a hassle to post, because you didn't right descriptions and posting is a day long ordeal 😔.
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Nancy Pelosi running defense means the list is real and a lot of Clinton Democrats are on it
July 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Nancy Pelosi running defense means the list is real and a lot of Clinton Democrats are on it
Could President Cookiemonster have been the one to eat all the cookies in the cookie jar?
July 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Could President Cookiemonster have been the one to eat all the cookies in the cookie jar?
Hope to post some stuff in public and Patreon soon. Working on a number of projects that include:
- Tariacuri and the Tarascan empire
- Aztec military encampment (historical scene)
- Caquetios of Venezuela
- Undisclosed Tenochtitlan illustration
- Undisclosed India illustration
- Women of the Mayab
- Tariacuri and the Tarascan empire
- Aztec military encampment (historical scene)
- Caquetios of Venezuela
- Undisclosed Tenochtitlan illustration
- Undisclosed India illustration
- Women of the Mayab
July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hope to post some stuff in public and Patreon soon. Working on a number of projects that include:
- Tariacuri and the Tarascan empire
- Aztec military encampment (historical scene)
- Caquetios of Venezuela
- Undisclosed Tenochtitlan illustration
- Undisclosed India illustration
- Women of the Mayab
- Tariacuri and the Tarascan empire
- Aztec military encampment (historical scene)
- Caquetios of Venezuela
- Undisclosed Tenochtitlan illustration
- Undisclosed India illustration
- Women of the Mayab