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    Default The island cursed by the seal woman

    This was my entry for the Feb '19 / March '19 Lite Challenge. The challenge was to draw map of a fairy tale. I did a map of the island with the village where the folktale of the seal woman is set. This is a tale I have heard my mother tell several times but it wasn't until I started googling that I found out it's a Faroese folktale. For those interested I found it online here.

    A five sentence summary (spoiler warning): It's about a seal that takes off her seal skin to dance as a human and it gets stolen, forcing her to remain human. The person who stole her skin marries her and she lives as a human for a years. She manages to regain her skin and returns to the sea. Her human husband later kills two of her seal pups and her seal husband despite her warning. She curses the village so that people will die until there are so many of them that they can reach around the whole island if they link hands.

    For the style I was heavily influenced by the Bayeux Tapestry, especially for the animals in the border.

    Map drawn by hand on an A4. In Gimp I added the background paper, changed the ink color slightly and added some imperfection to the ink with a mask.

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    I love that border!

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    Extra points for creativity on this. Nice job.

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    Definitely a style I would want to see more. Both naive and authentic. I hope to see more of it !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gidde View Post
    I love that border!
    Thank you, I was really happy when I realised that I could incorporate the linking of hands from the story into the design

    Quote Originally Posted by arsheesh View Post
    Extra points for creativity on this. Nice job.

    Cheers,
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    Thank you very much!

    Quote Originally Posted by MistyBeee View Post
    Definitely a style I would want to see more. Both naive and authentic. I hope to see more of it !
    Thank you! It was a lot of fun so will certainly use it again at some point

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    A beautiful map. Love it.
    Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.


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    More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt

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    Excellent map! I really like the historical/legendary style, very well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramah View Post
    A beautiful map. Love it.
    Thank you very much!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ilanthar View Post
    Excellent map! I really like the historical/legendary style, very well done.
    Thank you very much!

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    I enjoy the viking elements

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