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I've wanted to do this illustration of a selkie for ages. So since my thesis oral is in like, two days I thought "what a perfect opportunity to spend hours drawing!".

Selkies are from celtic fairylore, they are beautiful women (or men) who wear the skins of seals. there are stories where a man would steal a selkies' skin and then she would be bound to him, so that's sort of the premise of this piece. I think I might ink it at some point, or even color it.

Drawing pencil on paper. I really need a better scanner, mine makes all my pics woogly.

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March 23, 2007
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:iconrosaemare:
Wonderful drawing! I love Selkies...
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!StrawberryBonBons Aug 30, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Aww, bless her. Give her her skin back! :iconsealplz:
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:iconjaney-jane:
right?! what a JERK.
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!StrawberryBonBons Sep 1, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Poor Selkie :(
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:iconcyanideecstasy:
I love Selkies and the myths surrounding them. I hate how humans were so bound by lust and possessive desire that they forced the Selkies to stay with them in such a way. :/
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:icondrsheridan:
~drsheridan Aug 2, 2011  Student Writer
wow! selkies are my favorite mythical creatures... I'm working on a short novella about them.

this is excellent!
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:iconjaney-jane:
The whole concept of a selkie is pretty cool...
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:icondrsheridan:
~drsheridan Aug 4, 2011  Student Writer
Hey janey-jane, I was planning on coloring this in and posting it on my profile... I have a gallery where I color in other deviants' work. I'll give you full credit and stress that only the colors are mine.

Just wanted to check if you were cool with it before I started.
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:iconjaney-jane:
so in this case its okay, as a rule I don't really like my stuff to be colored and posted unless the original was posted as a sketch or as 'unfinished', which this was. A lot of my pencil drawings are 'finished' piece and are intended to be uncolored.

I'm glad you like it ^^
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~drsheridan Aug 8, 2011  Student Writer
Okay, thanks for letting me know. If you change your mind I have no problem taking it down.
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