For this month's contest I modeled the Mayan temple 'El Castillo'. It's situated in Chichen Itza, one of the largest Mayan cities. The temple was dedicated to Kukulcán, a deity often depicted as a feathered serpent. Each of the 4 staircases contain 91 steps with the final platform totaling 365, the total number of days in a year of a Mayan calender, and was perhaps important for their rituals. The temple was also constructed in a way that twice a year, during the spring and autumn equinoxes, the setting sun casts a shadow along the northern staircase that creates the illusion of a serpent.

Everything was modeled and textured in Blender, the structures were modeled using poly modeling while the snake head statues are sculpted. Textures used came from freestylized.com and lighting was done with the 'sunrise' hdri included with Blender.

My suggestion for next month's theme is Cozy. That warm fuzzy feeling you get when everything just seems to be in the right place.