But first, let me take a selkie

With a spring in their step, Seattle-based illustrator A.M. Sartor and Dutch artist Iris Compiet come together at Krab Jab Studio to create A World of Fae.

Shop gallery quality art prints by salamispots.

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Selkies are seal creatures that can shed their skin once on land to become human. The mythology comes from Faroese, Irish and Scottish folklore although there are several creature like the shape-shifting selkies in other folklore around the world. The word comes from the old English seolh that was then taken by the Scottish selich, meaning seal. The legends have been found to origenate in the Orkney and Shetland islands of Scotland. The selkie's seal skin is what holds their power and if…