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Sfé Monster


Canadian, Halifax, genderqueer (he/eh pronouns), mid-20-something.
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Kyle & Atticus [my main comic] - Monster Bones [my other comics]
tags - drawing | finished work | comics | sketches | fanart
May 5 '12
I’m working on a new Weird Pets story- it takes place in Stanley Park, and features a very particular landmark: a statue called “Girl in a Wetsuit.”  It is my favourite part of Stanley Park, though for years I thought she was a mermaid (allegedly she was supposed to be, but when the city of Vancouver couldn’t get the rights to the Little Mermaid statue in Denmark they ‘modernized’ her).  I originally wrote the story with the actual statue as it really is, but then I got to thinking it might be in keeping with the story of Weird Pets to make the statue some sort of sea-monster/mythical creature (as a sort of: “monster-people are an accepted and appreciated part of society” gesture). I’ve pretty much settled on making this change, and now my question is: should she be a mermaid, or a selkie? I leave the decision to you, Tumblr.  Choose wisely.  ?

I’m working on a new Weird Pets story- it takes place in Stanley Park, and features a very particular landmark: a statue called “Girl in a Wetsuit.”  It is my favourite part of Stanley Park, though for years I thought she was a mermaid (allegedly she was supposed to be, but when the city of Vancouver couldn’t get the rights to the Little Mermaid statue in Denmark they ‘modernized’ her).  I originally wrote the story with the actual statue as it really is, but then I got to thinking it might be in keeping with the story of Weird Pets to make the statue some sort of sea-monster/mythical creature (as a sort of: “monster-people are an accepted and appreciated part of society” gesture).

I’ve pretty much settled on making this change, and now my question is: should she be a mermaid, or a selkie? I leave the decision to you, Tumblr.  Choose wisely.  ?

28 notes Tags: weird pets drawing selkie sketches

  1. shameparade answered: SELKIE
  2. kaible answered: I like the selkie!
  3. somethingfeline answered: Selkies!
  4. capskat26 answered: Mermaid!
  5. thebrigeedarocks answered: I say selkie, but I am biased towards seals and seal-like people.
  6. worldsentwined answered: I like the idea of a selkie statue because it’s more original, but I like the design of the mermaid statue here better.
  7. scarboroughartworks answered: Oh man oh man selkies are the best. Maybe I think that just because I know less about mermaids? But agh. Selkies are cool.
  8. korybing said: Mermaid mermaid mermaid mermaid
  9. sketchehkimmeh answered: Hard. The mermaid is more known around the world than the selkie (art-wise) But a selkie would be cool…
  10. these-cursed-eyes answered: Mermaid I think
  11. not-fun answered: selkie selkie selkie
  12. andyandme answered: I like selkie better as creatures, but I think aesthetically the mermaid looks better.
  13. ecadia answered: I’m tempted to sya “selkie” because mermaids are overdone, but your mermaid is so lovely. So Imma say mermaid.
  14. hannibalkanibalas answered: Selkie
  15. eximplode answered: Selkie, the Mermaid thing has been done before.
  16. thistlebox answered: Selkie.
  17. snailchimera answered: selkieeeeeeeeee~
  18. thephooka answered: mermaid!
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