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Published: 2008-07-10 21:43:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 993; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 18
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Inspired by the article at MtG.com, and their idea of a "Selkie", I decided to draw one of my own. She's not very happy, is she? Alas...Oh, for those who don't know:
A selkie is a creature from Scottish, Irish, and Icelandic folklore that lives a dual life. It lives part of its life in the sea as a seal, but it can shed its skin and take human form to dwell on the land. In the stories, sometimes a selkie will steal the heart of a human being, and then break that person's heart when they return to the sea. Sometimes the person will find and steal the selkie's magical sealskin, preventing them from reverting back to seal form and returning to the sea. (If you haven't, watch The Secret of Roan Inish. It's an excellent folk tale about selkies.)
I wanted to mix it up since neither mundane humans or seals are my forte', but crazy animal-monsters are. Meet MY Skelkie. Ha. Kind of like a Sirin of the waves..up on a rock, being all crazy and whatnot. Pen and Ink with a quick photoshop gradient for the background.
...be proud of my scene and not just another floating figure XD
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Lol.. that's.. really creepy, yet cool. I kinda like it.
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