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

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Another ballpoint pen sketch of Xanatos & Plasmius as mersalmons :3

Although male mersalmones are famous for their displays and ritualistic fights, in the absence of a female to court they tend to treat each other with marked camaraderie.

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Man, fish, monster.

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When you're a deep sea fish, but an half-octopus creature transformed you into a human.

Work in progress for the cover of chapter 1 of the Comic version of FISH DON'T CRY.

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Hey hey hey! It's monday, this means... a new episode of the Fish Don't Cry episode is out!

https://tapas.io/episode/3811129

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Some merfolk... that isn't ours!
Commissions for LovelyWingsArt.

1. the scary mer couple of Emelia and Karl! She's a leopard seal mermaid, he's a tiger shark, together they're a formidable couple of predators (although sharks do sometimes eat seals in other circumstances * nervous laughter *)

2. Adalwulf, the proud son of a leopard seal mermaid and a tiger shark merman. Other than being half and half when it comes to species, he also happens to have a personality made of two "halves" that coexist peacefully.

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Lil' Augustine wants to be friends with a mermaid. He thinks that throwing random objects in the water will be enough.
Remember: the sea gives, the sea takes. Hey, exactly like legendary pokémon!

Illustration to accompany a little fic, both created for the PerfectWorldShippingWeek2026! Theme: Family/Childhood.

You can read the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/79217506

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