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After many many creations, finally got this to look like what I was trying for. There is an Irish and Scottish myth, similar to the mermaid, of seals who can shed their seal coats to turn into women. The stories usually go this way: A seal comes to shore and sheds her coat to become a woman and a fisherman (or sometimes a lighthouse worker) finds the coat binding the woman to him. She can't transform back into a seal without her coat. So she stays with him, having several children. Then one day one of her children finds her coat and gives it to her. She leaves for the sea she has missed, leaving her children behind, to be a seal once again. Its a sad myth but also kind of lovely.
This image shows a selkie, a mythical creature from Irish and Scottish folklore, undergoing a transformation on a beach. She is depicted shedding her seal skin in a detailed fantasy concept art style.
Created by naturextreme on Mar 13, 2024 using the Dreamshaper XL Lightning AI image generator model.
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