Here’s our final sticker pack for this year: Canadian Seals! This pack contains rainbow stickers of all 6 true seals found in Canada.
I’m really proud of this pack. I think the scope of colours is really nice, and all the seals look great together. I also tried to really push myself to simplify their shapes and make them all feel squishy and friendly. I hope you enjoy them, too!
You can find these seal friends on my webstore or at my Etsy shop.
Here’s the final design for my Canadian seals sticker pack! This little guy is a hooded seal. I think you can see where they get their name. Their little hoods actually contain an air bladder that they inflate like a frog inflates it’s throat. Except with the seal, the bladder inflates out their nose! So cool!
I’ll be releasing this finished sticker pack in the next day or so. Keep an eye out for it!
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Next up in our Canadian seals sticker pack is the harbour seal! Harbour seals are the second smallest seals, just a bit bigger than ringed seals, and are pretty common in southern NB. I feel like these little guys are some of the most charismatic seals, because we see them so often around beaches up here.
I went with a cool colour palette for this little guy to emphasise their silver-grey patterning. I think they’ll pop really well against the warm colours of the ringed, grey, and bearded seal designs in this set.
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Finally, another sticker design for this month’s sticker pack: A bearded seal!
Bearded seals are kind of plain looking; brown or grey evenly all over. Except they have the most amazing whiskers! They may be my favourite species of Canadian seal just because their whiskers are so dramatic and fun. The pups are also pretty funny looking; they remind me of old dogs with those dramatic grey eyebrows and muzzles. I’d love to paint one of those little guys some day.
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A fresh take on the seal of approval pun so popular among seal merch makers: The gay seal of approval! Or the seal of gay approval. OR the seal of gay AND approval. Either way, you can’t lose!
My scanner destroyed the oranges and yellows on this, as usual, so I touched them up digitally. The sticker actually looks closer to the original than the scan.
I’m also sending out a special holofoil version of this guy in addition to the monthly stickers over on Ko-fi. Be sure to sign up for the sticker tier any time this month if you want this bonus sticker!
Or you can grab the regular vinyl sticker on Etsy: https://squidtartsart.etsy.com/ca/listing/1590687108/gay-seal-of-approval-vinyl-sticker
Or right here on this website: https://rainbowpetportraits.ca/product/gay-seal-of-approval-vinyl-sticker/
Here’s our holofoil sticker for this month and the next sticker for the seal sticker pack: a grey seal!
Grey seals have such varied and interesting patterns! Some of them seem to have one solid colour and others are more spotty or blotchy. There also seem to be two colour morphs: grey and brown. I decided to go with the brown colour morph here and use warm colours for this screamy little friend.
If you want the jumbo, holofoil version of this little guy, be sure to check out my Ko-fi any time this month to grab one!
https://ko-fi.com/s/99c98d7376
The next design for our seal sticker pack is the Ringed Seal!
Ringed seals have such beautiful patterns. It’s hard to pick out a “cutest” when it comes to seals, but ring seals might be it for me. They’re also the smallest true seal, which definitely ups the cute factor.
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My sticker pack for October/November is the spookiest animals of all: Seals! Um, yup, that’s definitely right. Spooky. 😛
This cutie is a harp seal. They’re probably the most iconic seal species in Canada, but they’re often shown as white, fluffy babies. (SO CUTE!) I love the adults’ dramatic patterning, and really wanted to showcase it with this design.
This adorable harp seal is our Ko-fi exclusive holofoil, jumbo vinyl sticker for this month! You can either subscribe to the sticker tier or buy the sticker directly here: https://ko-fi.com/s/1ef3854d26
Once these jumbo cuties sell out, just the regular 2.5” seals will be available, so be sure to grab one if you want one!
Finally, here’s the full rainbow squids sticker pack! It’s so satisfying seeing them all together. I tried to keep a good spread of colours across all the designs so they’d be maximally rainbow as a set. I had a ton of fun designing all these squishy little squid bodies, and I hope that comes across in the finished sticker pack.
These guys are now available here on Etsy and my website.
Of course, I couldn’t make a squid sticker pack without a giant squid! I’ve been obsessed with these guys since they were considered a cryptid back when I was a kid. Despite not being the largest squid in the world, they’re somehow the most iconic and memorable.
This is the final sticker in our squid sticker pack, and the jumbo/holofoil sticker for this month! You can get the exclusive version on my Ko-fi page either through the shop or by subscribing to the Sticker Tier.
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