Highland Selkie

This is an unusual commission that I fulfilled at the 2015 World Science Fiction Convention Sasquan. My client wanted a mermaid in Scottish Highland tartan caught in a net. I gradually elaborated on the theme.

Here I depict Karen Gillan (AKA Amy Pond from Doctor Who) as a selkie dressed in a tartan. I actually found a photo of Karen on the web in which she is dressed in what I assume to be her own family tartan. This is the pattern you now see in the picture. I also added touches such as the seal skin sporran with the fish décor and the nail varnish on her pinniped toes. I had fun drawing this one.

5" x 7" artwork rendered in Prismacolor pencils, Tombow markers and acrylics on plate finish Bristol.

Art (c) me