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Published: 2013-10-16 14:50:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 29019; Favourites: 1334; Downloads: 0
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I'd been using this wonderful photo of a seal called "A Peaceful Place" by Ralph Pace as my desktop background for a while and every time I turned my computer on I wanted to add Oula in there. ^__^; So now I have a new desktop, I couldn't resist. I was a really rush job expanding the edges so it'd fit my screen nicely, but it does the job.You can check out the original photo here. It's so lovely. travel.nationalgeographic.com/β¦
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Wow, stunning!
I doubt anyone would complain if you did more of these (photo + drawing).
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I love the eerie stillness, both in the original and in the Oula'd version. Β The whole scene is like something out of a fairy tale -- the young woman going into a mysterious forest (kelp forest, in this case), maybe looking for the witch, or a treasure, or escaping something/someone. Β The way she's glancing behind adds to the feeling that she's going somewhere mysterious, possibly dangerous. Β She could just be entering the forest and checking that no one has seen her go in. Β Or maybe she's just heard a strange sound...Β
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awwwh.. that's really lovely! Great to see the combination of photograph and drawing from you, it works really nicely! 
Hope you're well and happy and loving Brighton! 
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That is amazing. I like how you exchanged your art into it so naturally. It looks so realistic but at the same time it has the fantasy effect that makes you want to go look for it in real life.
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This looks amazing! I don't know why but it kinda reminds me of the game "Limbo"
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Haha, that is AWESOME!!!!! 
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You did it! Β A photo of a Selkie! Β I love how Oula is looking at us like someone just caught her unawares.....
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It blends with the background so perfectly!
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Nice work.Β I looked at the photo and compared it with this.Β I have to say you did an excellent job.Β The way the photo was done, it looks like a painting.Β It actually fits right into your style.Β When you transformed the seal into a mermaid, it's hard to tell the boundaries of the photo and the painting.Β You fit everything very well into the background.
Great job.
Cheers.
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is it okay if i set it as my background too? it's so pretteh
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Do Selkies have to deal with sharks? This seems like the p.o.v. of one.
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If I remember rightly the only big shark around where selkies would live is the basking shark, and while it is enormous, it's a plankton eater.
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Yeah, I read up on Selkies after I posted the comment. I'd say you're right.
That would be a pretty cool pic. To have a Selkie swim alongside a Basking Shark. 'v'
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Cool picture of your character! Keep up the great work.
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Great job, I'm glad someone knows what a Silkie is supposed to be like, I've been reading a manga that says Silkies are like ghosts that haunt rich peoples mansions wearing silk clothes which is ridiculous by half. A silkie is a type of water fairy that resides in the sea that looks like a seal with it's skin on and in the water then they come up on land, take they're seal skins off to reveal a beautiful young maiden, hide their skin, and explore around on the land in the guise of a human. And if you find their seal skin and hide it in your home they come to your home and will work for you, if you give them back their skin they will, if I recall correctly demolish your home, or injure you, then rush back out to sea.
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Two different legends, if I recall right. Selkie with an e is regarding seal maidens, Silkie with an i is regarding fey folk who wear silk.Β Β
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Ah, I've only ever heard of the Ocean Faes whom have the Seal Skins.
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I really like the whole. 'dawn-of-photography'-esque feel it has too it, with Oula looking like she may or may not have been doctured for the photo.
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wow.
thats....
wow
lovely job!
rough edges my butt, you cant see anything wrong with this!
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