Deep-sea merfolk rarely encounter other merfolk and merfolk-adjacent species due to the depths at which they live: common merfolk live primarily in the epipelagic and mesopelagic zones (specifically, up to a maximum of 500 meters deep), pistrix live in the bathypelagic zone, from 1,000 to 4,000 meters deep, while deep-sea mermaids live in the abyssopelagic zone, between 4,000 and 7,000 meters deep.
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Once upon a future time, in a magical land (France) there will be a marine biologist and a fish person who feel very fondly for one another...
A collection of cuddly illustrations for the protagonists of Fish Don't Cry! We like them, and wow, they like each other too! Touch has an important meaning for both of them, for different reasons, and it was fun to explore. Cuddle scenes can be so relaxing to draw...
More about Fish Don't Cry: https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/04/fish-dont-cry-masterpost.html
There's only one place you can eat ice cream: the dry land. Well, maybe the entirety of the dry land is not just "one place", but, you know, details...
It's monday! What does this mean? New (little) episode of the Fish don't Cry comic!
Why the heck those videos are so compressed and ugly? The video uploader of blogspot is completely mauling the pixel art.
https://fishdontcry.blogspot.com/2026/03/devlog-1-making-this-lil-game-about-my.html
Finally the lil' starting menu of the lil' game I'm programming works!
It's not much but... hallelujah!
Pixel swimming fish, for the Fish Don't Cry blog!
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Mediterranean damselfish (Chromis chromis) and three little sea goldies in the distance (Pseudanthias squamipinnis).
Sangreal's skeleton is identical in shape to that of a human, except for two details: the hyperossification of the spinous processes of its vertebrae, which are taller and bulkier than those of an average human, but difficult to spot for the untrained eye, and some vestigial pieces of cartilage on its face.
The skeleton of pistrix, like the one of oarfish, contains distinct areas of hyperostosis, or hyperossified bones, along the back, and it is these that have been transposed into hyperossification of the spinous processes. As for the skull of fish, it is extremely complex. When transforming him into a human skull, Seras decided it would be more convenient to leave some pieces of cartilage in their original form, rather than transforming them into other parts of the skull, which might give Sangreal's face a strange appearance.
Sangreal's cheeks are therefore very well defined, and can even make a slight clicking sound when gently tapped. The somewhat abnormal shape of these cheeks is hidden by his thick beard.
There is also a small layer of extra cartilage, left over from his gills, on the back of his skull, but it is very thin and also hidden by his hair.
More about Sangreal: https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2025/12/character-sangreal.html
Little bioluminescent creatures, their skin so thin one can see the rosiness of blood under, and behind them a huge, monstrous creature, her skin pitch black as if she was part of the abyss itself... it's their mama!
Baby deepsea merfolks are tiny and light up like fireflies of the deep, attracting predators... which tend to be smaller than their mothers, who are fully black, have a perfect control over their own photophores, and won't mind taking a bite out of the wannabe hunters. Mama's little lures ✨
More about deep-sea merfolk here: https://fantasydiario.blogspot.com/2026/03/deep-sea-merfolk.html
Sangreal has a strange relationship with bread, half fascination and half disgust.
The fact that bread is made from a "goo" of small seeds crushed with added water, that it is leavened by the waste products of microorganisms (their "farts") and that these microorganisms are then all killed by cooking, makes this food disgusting to him.
At the same time, he is delighted by the smell of baked goods, can't understand why his human body starts salivating when he smells the fragrance of freshly baked goods, and he likes the taste of bread.
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