Ai Apaec

“AI APAEC”, is a Moche or Mochica god, sometimes is a being of wisdom and knowledge, like a father with their people, but is most represented as the god of war who asks for human sacrifices in his honour, the DECAPITATOR.

I was asked to work on a logo and illustration of AI APAEC for a underground rock project called “Ai-Apaec Fest“. This time I begin to work both at the same time: The logo and the character. The logo was pure hand drawing lettering solid logo, and the character was based on the concept of the god itself: It was always represented as a humanoid with king-crab lower body, a fiery face with notorious fangs and serpents as hair.

I have the idea of the character based on a lot of reference of ceramic and wall representations of Ai Apaec, so I decided to turned into a demon with a giant Tumi-knife hanging from his neck, and two decapitated heads holding from his hands.

And to reinforce the “metal-head” idea, I added a leather spike wrist band.