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Submitted: November 29, 2008
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The seal skinby *oloferla

Digital Art / Photomanipulation / Emotional

This is a picture I worked on with and for one of the biggest ad agencys in Iceland HVITA HUSID [link] for the company ZO-ON [link] who is a clothing company specialising in outdoor clothing. Remember the name ZO-ON

(The finished ad is in the scraps here [link])

The ads are made with Icelandic folklore in mind. This on is about:

There is a local legend of an Icelandic man who passed by a cave and heard much singing and dancing. Outside, laid a bunch of sealskins. The man decided to take one home and the next day, he found a pretty, but stark naked woman seated outside the cave crying bitterly. The man gave her clothes and took her home in attempt to comfort her. After a while, they married and had children. One day, the woman found her seal skin and returned to the sea, but not before she said this verse: “Oh woe is me. I have 7 children on the land and 7 in the sea.”

Photograper of model is: Sissi [link] [link]

~G-Unit23 Jan 7, 2009

Oh, I love it!!!!

~Ta3abeer Dec 26, 2008 Digital Artist

So beautiful

*mimikascraftroom Dec 1, 2008 Digital Artist

lovely work dear!

`LuneBleu Nov 30, 2008 Professional Digital Artist

So beautiful.

I love the green tones. The sky is fabulous!!

~LadyMelinoe Nov 30, 2008

Aha! a selkie!
Gorgeous!

You are brilliant!!!

~ImmortalOrkidea Nov 30, 2008

Þetta er stórglæsilegt. Þessi saga hefur alltaf verið í miklu uppáhaldi hjá mér

Gaman að sjá hana útfærða svona

~aphostol Nov 30, 2008

Great work

*TheMadMulatto Nov 30, 2008

Wow! Moving.

~Niuta71 Nov 30, 2008 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

It reminded me of a story of selkie-people which I read a week ago for children at school (where I work). It told about a selkie-girl who looked for her seal-parents murderer. The story was based on Scottish legends as far as I know. It's nice to see it from a different perspective.

=Frank-Beer Nov 30, 2008 Photographer

That's really wonderful!

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