Today's drawing was created by our colleague and longtime friend, King (LovelyWingsArt), and features a semi-chibi portrait of the merman Rosas!

This adorable little bastard is ready to enchant you with his smooth talk (and his posh English accent, combined with a temperament that's not exactly that of an old-time gentleman...).
Even though in this version his beard isn't as trimmed as usual (the cut that normally separates the goatee from the sideburns is missing), Rosas loves experimenting with new looks, and the "full" beard (meaning not broken, not untrimmed—that would be sacrilege for him!) is something he occasionally decides to sport, if he thinks it might be beneficial in his, ahem... conquests...

Rosas is one of the characters in Fish Don't Cry! Check him out if you're looking for a mysterious, magical, and marine biology-filled adventure! 
https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/04/fish-dont-cry-masterpost.html

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New lil' episode of Fish Don't Cry!

(Slightly delayed because of fever, weakness, fullbody muscle pain and above all, eye discomfort caused by light.)

https://tapas.io/episode/3903509

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Seras Alkahest is a powerful magician, and if there's something to know about her, is that she will do her best to get what she wants, with kindness or with force. Is she offering her hand or taking yours?

(Another illustration for the Fish don't Cry Project: https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/04/fish-dont-cry-masterpost.html )

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Sangreal and Rosas have both been chosen by Seras to play the role of her very own "moray eels" but... not only they are very different from each other, but also neither are exactly Muraenidae, aaand they might also belong to species that usually don't get along. At all.

What's her deal? 👀

Just wanted to draw the fishmen colleagues together, they both have such fun textures to color!

(Another illustration for the Fish don't Cry Project https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/04/fish-dont-cry-masterpost.html )

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He started as a fish, then got legs... and now, looks like he discovered that, even in his new human body, he didn't lose all his natural elasticity!
(It's about the composition of his bones, hehe https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2025/12/character-sangreal.html ).

Just a sketch of Sangreal.

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Heeere it is! New lil' update for Fish don't Cry!

https://tapas.io/episode/3898731

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It's Monday! Do you know what does that mean? Here's your favorite story about a fish guy, Sangreal!
Except that today he may be... not a fish at all. Ooops, he got transformed into a human being! He has legs!

(Warning: cute lil' butts in the illustrations. Fish becoming humans are not dressed up yet!)

https://tapas.io/episode/3891059

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The Vertical Castle!

Drawn with ballpoint pen and colored in digital. Illustration created for a little contest on WorldAnvil... you can read the entry (it's a lil' travel guide) here: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/fish-don-t-cry-cactusdifuoco/a/visit-the-vertical-castle21-document , and at the end of the page there's even a link to download the PDF brochure! Visit the Vertical Castle ;)

(It's another expansion for the Fish don't Cry Project)

https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/04/fish-dont-cry-masterpost.html

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These are for our main guy, Sangreal :) Human form, undressed and dressed!

https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2025/12/character-sangreal.html

Soon his reference sheet will be complete.

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It's mondaaay! Do you know what this means? New lil' update of #FishDontCry !
(Do you want to see Sangreal's butt? ;))

https://tapas.io/episode/3885000

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