🎵 We are two mariners Our ships' sole survivors In this belly of a whale Its ribs are ceiling beams Its guts are carpeting I guess we have some time to kill...🎵
Fun Fact: Some of the deep sea scavengers that today feed on whale bones might have originated all the way back in the Mesozoic as they fed on the bones of Ichthyosaurs and other marine reptiles.
Giant cephalopod (shell) might’ve been a tasty treat for scavengers even earlier than that. Though specific adaptations to feeding on large marine reptile carcasses might translate better to ones for feeding on whale carcasses
Other fun fact, whale falls cause rapid evolution of species, every time one shows up its like an adaptation party to the things usually surviving on just marine snow. New to science species are found on them often.
I genuinely can’t explain why I love this so much. Maybe the eerie music and setting, the retro videogame vibe, the weird little dance the cult members do, idk. Its all so bizarre but like in a good way
It’s not really creepy IMO, it just feels so interesting seeing these creatures interpret the nature we understand in the lens of a blessing from an unknown creator. It’s like it sparks my wonder on what other practices this “religion” has. Are there other sects? What other rituals do they perform? What is their creation myth?
@@Sireington yeah! Its very interesting. Louie set up a whole world, religion and more in only a minute and 30 seconds. It makes me want to know more, to see this world and its people expanded
I'd like to believe that, while deep sea creatures would not be able to see the moon, they would know about it because they would feel the moon's gravitational pull and its effect on the oceans tides. So they might still call that phenomenon a 'moon' ❤
i think about this video all the time. abundance and scarcity. fear and belief. weird starfish doing a dance. whale fall to skeleton jumpscare. it has it all and i have occasionally found myself staring into the middle distance and thinking, "We do not receive His blessings often." it sets my hair on end, sends a chill up my spine, and i love it dearly.
This is the art I needed to see so bad. It's just so well done. Takes me back to the crunchy but beautifully executed masterpieces the really cool homeschooled kids somehow always knew about, not just Runescape or Knights of The Old Republic; really unique and transcendent experiences that had me awake, terrified, and unable to look away. Louie. You have a gift. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I've long thought that if God made any animal in his image, it'd be a whale. They're intelligent, they sing, and their bodies form entire worlds when they die. Literally the kind of thing mythology is born out of.
God isn't a monkey, what that means is he gave us traits in the image of Himself, immortal souls, creativity, pattern recognition (to see the beauty of His creation), that sort of thing.
The secret is that God made every animal in his image. Whales and mosquitos and snakes and humans alike. Life is a miracle and through evolution we grow our fragment of divinity
@@crouton7070 What part of God's image involves shitting when you die and intestinal bloating due to gas buildup, causing putrescine blood-slime to be pushed out of the nose and mouth? Yucky. Did Jesus do that when he died? Ecclesiastes 12:7 kinda skips over being eaten by worms with the whole "dust" thing. Job is definitely based though. Job 17:13-14: "If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness, I have said to corruption, 'You are my father,' to the worm, 'You are my mother and my sister.'"
This is making my head spin... a society forming down there, with no way to tell time, with very sparce glimpses into the world above, would 100% form a religion like this
I have never seen anything remotely like this. As a marine Biology student and a lover of absurd art, this has struck a chord in my creative spirit. I need to know more.
@@allenmaask6448 symbol of the evil AI virus XANA from the mid 2000s show Code Lyoko. If you’ve never seen, it’s all on RUclips. I recommend the ep Cold War to get a feel of the stakes, one of my favs.
This was your most unsettling and mystical video so far. I love it! It's wonderfully made, especially the background ambience, the main priest's voice and the break of tension when the sea creatures recieve their blessing
Whale Falls are such a fascinating little ecosystem, especially when the bone worms dig into the bones and sprout like weird little fleshy flowers in the carcass
Wow. It's a truly gem. I once wrote two articles about "whale fall" and "abyssal snow". And now, I see This: a truly lovecraftian re-reading of these concepts with strange, but very tightening style. Reminds me of ENA and some very strange, unsetting RUclips videos. Good job.
Barely related: There’s a colorful whale statue in Salt Lake City that has spawned an ironic cult following called the Church of the Sacred Whale. You can even find versions of the state flag featuring it. All hail the Whale.
Omg you make the coolest stuff i swear to god! The colors, lighting, textures, character designs, the f ing font are all so cool and perfect for this video! I want a poster of this real bad
Dude, I'm literally making a painting on Whale Fall and this is the most emotionally striking piece of work I've ever seen on that same topic!!! thank you for making this. it's Beautiful.
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen an animation about freaky lil dudes at the bottom of the ocean culminating in a whalefall I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.
This video legit is inspiring me to try and write some spooky deep sea poetry that these lil benthic friends might write! I've always love the deep sea and all its lil freaks (I mean that in an affectionate way
A vaulted ivory ceiling and a polished crystal floor. A cathedral if I ever saw one.
🎵 We are two mariners
Our ships' sole survivors
In this belly of a whale
Its ribs are ceiling beams
Its guts are carpeting
I guess we have some time to kill...🎵
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
Take me to Whurch
Somebody had to say it
ill worship like a . fish
i'll tell you my sharks
and you can sharpen your knifefish
Heat
Offer me that marine snow
Fun Fact: Some of the deep sea scavengers that today feed on whale bones might have originated all the way back in the Mesozoic as they fed on the bones of Ichthyosaurs and other marine reptiles.
Giant cephalopod (shell) might’ve been a tasty treat for scavengers even earlier than that.
Though specific adaptations to feeding on large marine reptile carcasses might translate better to ones for feeding on whale carcasses
They are the only ones that survived the mass extinctions, the asteroid would have just created more food for them by killing the surface animals.
So what you're saying is, this is the oldest religion on Earth?
Other fun fact, whale falls cause rapid evolution of species, every time one shows up its like an adaptation party to the things usually surviving on just marine snow. New to science species are found on them often.
@@fungustheclown666 That sounds more like convenience sampling to me. It's a common bias that science has.
This perfectly encapsulates the ephemeral joy of whale fall, felt on a scale of time so different than ours.
I genuinely can’t explain why I love this so much. Maybe the eerie music and setting, the retro videogame vibe, the weird little dance the cult members do, idk. Its all so bizarre but like in a good way
It’s not really creepy IMO, it just feels so interesting seeing these creatures interpret the nature we understand in the lens of a blessing from an unknown creator. It’s like it sparks my wonder on what other practices this “religion” has. Are there other sects? What other rituals do they perform? What is their creation myth?
Maybe.... Uh.... EVERYTHING.
@@Sireington yeah! Its very interesting. Louie set up a whole world, religion and more in only a minute and 30 seconds. It makes me want to know more, to see this world and its people expanded
getting huge osamu sato (eastern mind, lsd dream emulator) vibes, absolutely adore it
ah! you get me
I would play the LouieSD Dream Emulator game
@@everydaylouiei’m on a hylics kick rn so i’m inclined to believe there’s some level of influence here as well
Schiz@@jr.jackrabbit10
@@jr.jackrabbit10hylics is easily my favorite game ever I'm always glad to see it get mentioned
Literally was at my local aquarium two days ago looking at the whale fall diorama in the deep sea exhibit. Impeccable timing
Like literally?
monterey bay aquarium has an amazing one + see sea isopods!!!
@@abirdbrain9109 That's my local one! I got to pet the giant isopod!
@@venburylabsFUCK YEAH!! I love the giant isopods! Did you pet any batrays?
i haven’t been to the monterey bay aquarium for some time… they have isopods now??? i gotta go back!!!
SPOOKY OCEAN CULT LOUIE UR SO REAL FOR THIS!!!
I wish this was feature film length, I absolutely adore it
Check out Angels Egg if you get a chance!
I'd like to believe that, while deep sea creatures would not be able to see the moon, they would know about it because they would feel the moon's gravitational pull and its effect on the oceans tides. So they might still call that phenomenon a 'moon' ❤
actually, many twilight zone organisms migrate up to the surface periodically! I don't think deep-sea isopods do it, but many plankton do.
I imagine ocean currents probably outpower tidal effects by orders of magnitude at those depths.
i think about this video all the time. abundance and scarcity. fear and belief. weird starfish doing a dance. whale fall to skeleton jumpscare. it has it all and i have occasionally found myself staring into the middle distance and thinking, "We do not receive His blessings often." it sets my hair on end, sends a chill up my spine, and i love it dearly.
I cannot express how much i love this.
Took me a little but to realise the first guys face js the carapace of a heikegani crab
This is the art I needed to see so bad. It's just so well done. Takes me back to the crunchy but beautifully executed masterpieces the really cool homeschooled kids somehow always knew about, not just Runescape or Knights of The Old Republic; really unique and transcendent experiences that had me awake, terrified, and unable to look away. Louie. You have a gift. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I just finished reading 'Calf Cleaving in the Benthic Black' by Isabel J. Kim literal seconds before watching this. Eerie how life syncs up sometimes.
Your comment made me look up the story and read it in one sitting. It was an excellent read! Thank you!
I just looked it up and read it too! Thanks for the recommendation!
I've long thought that if God made any animal in his image, it'd be a whale. They're intelligent, they sing, and their bodies form entire worlds when they die. Literally the kind of thing mythology is born out of.
And their carcasses explode spraying purge juice all over the beach lmao
God isn't a monkey, what that means is he gave us traits in the image of Himself, immortal souls, creativity, pattern recognition (to see the beauty of His creation), that sort of thing.
@@crouton7070mhm!
The secret is that God made every animal in his image. Whales and mosquitos and snakes and humans alike. Life is a miracle and through evolution we grow our fragment of divinity
@@crouton7070 What part of God's image involves shitting when you die and intestinal bloating due to gas buildup, causing putrescine blood-slime to be pushed out of the nose and mouth? Yucky.
Did Jesus do that when he died? Ecclesiastes 12:7 kinda skips over being eaten by worms with the whole "dust" thing.
Job is definitely based though. Job 17:13-14: "If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness, I have said to corruption, 'You are my father,' to the worm, 'You are my mother and my sister.'"
This is making my head spin... a society forming down there, with no way to tell time, with very sparce glimpses into the world above, would 100% form a religion like this
This is what I want to see on RUclips. Incredible
They’re all so cute and only a little terrifying
Whale Falls are why I made the benevolent death god in my homebrew setting represented with whale imagery
That's one of the coolest and most clever things I've heard in a while
That's an excellent idea
Shamelessly plagiarizing this one
That's seriously so cool
OOOHH HELL YEAH! Wow that’s fascinating.
I have never seen anything remotely like this. As a marine Biology student and a lover of absurd art, this has struck a chord in my creative spirit. I need to know more.
We do not receinve His blessings often.
Style reminds me of Yames’ games like Water Womb World, Discover My Body, and Growing My Grandpa! Love it!
Also Hylics
Yo cool pfp, what is it?
@@allenmaask6448 symbol of the evil AI virus XANA from the mid 2000s show Code Lyoko. If you’ve never seen, it’s all on RUclips. I recommend the ep Cold War to get a feel of the stakes, one of my favs.
Welcome to Church.
whalecome to church
I literally said out loud “what’s a moon” before the character said it as a joke
Haunting and beautiful. Did you know a whale fall can change the ecosystem for 100 years?
This was your most unsettling and mystical video so far. I love it! It's wonderfully made, especially the background ambience, the main priest's voice and the break of tension when the sea creatures recieve their blessing
massive Hylics vibes, ahaha. love it.
especially the dance animations
Shout out to those who know Hylics!
Whale Falls are such a fascinating little ecosystem, especially when the bone worms dig into the bones and sprout like weird little fleshy flowers in the carcass
Wow. It's a truly gem.
I once wrote two articles about "whale fall" and "abyssal snow". And now, I see This: a truly lovecraftian re-reading of these concepts with strange, but very tightening style. Reminds me of ENA and some very strange, unsetting RUclips videos.
Good job.
I keep rewatching this. I love when they do their freaky lil dance the most
I love this!!!!!!!!!!!
Come my benthic brethren, and pray for prey!
Louie is the only person brave enough to answer the question
“What if Splatoon was like, so cursed 💀”
But… it already is. That’s just splatoon. Splatoon is cursed splatoon.
@@RegiArt7Nah. Cursed Splatoon is when you edit the inkfisn to look more like humans
That's some of the most Hylics level stuff I've seen lately. And I love it. Excellent work.
One of my favorite phenomenons elaborated on, wonderful
I am glad that whale fall is finally getting the appreciation it deserves among biomes! Brilliant stuff.
This feels like it was made to be shown to me in a vision. Thank you.
I have no idea how I got here, but I'm glad I did. I too feel the glory of the Whale Fall.
Ah! The crunchy pre-rendered 90s CG! So beautiful
This has already become one of my all-time favorite videos.
That short is one that I keep coming back to. So much personality and originality packed in so few things.
absolutely smashing. what a time. rejoice!!!
This is fantastic! Very spooky, very fascinating, has such a grungy, "before the world began" vibe. Love it!
Really love this short. The atmosphere is giving Angel's Egg vibes in the best way.
Barely related: There’s a colorful whale statue in Salt Lake City that has spawned an ironic cult following called the Church of the Sacred Whale. You can even find versions of the state flag featuring it. All hail the Whale.
Whale Mary, full of grace, the Moon is with thee…
Its giving water womb world in the best way, love it!
I'm high asf and I swear this was one of the greatest pieces of art I've seen in my life
I need more of this. This should be an entire RPG. This is amazing.
Love the dithering/shading on this one, the character design is great too
Absolutely horrific. Thank you Louie, this gave me a lot of inspiration!
every louie zong video deserves its own fandom
"Approximately 95% of earth's waters are unexplored."
*95% of the waters:*
god this fucks insanely hard. everything about this is absolutely perfect
aquatic sexerrific 🐠
Omg you make the coolest stuff i swear to god! The colors, lighting, textures, character designs, the f ing font are all so cool and perfect for this video! I want a poster of this real bad
i love the surreal bizarre freakiness, reminds me of that subgenre of horror with things like water womb world
I honestly loved this. It reminded me of that one freaky point and click game, I wish I could remember the name of it!
Could it be Chu-Teng?
@@doritoschnitzel7823 I don’t remember the name of the game or the dev, but the same dev made Grow Your Grandpa I think.
@@herb7160 Water womb world?
@@doritoschnitzel7823 YES
@@herb7160 glad I could help :3333
its giving that one worthikids animation
Yes! Saw the notification and I knew it would be a banger!
Getting some really good Hylics vibes
Dude, I'm literally making a painting on Whale Fall and this is the most emotionally striking piece of work I've ever seen on that same topic!!! thank you for making this. it's Beautiful.
I’d love to see you team up with someone like David Szymanski to make a game. The eeriness of this reminds me of Iron Lung.
Praise be unto LZ. May his gland endure a thousand years.
youtube recommendations never seize to amaze me
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen an animation about freaky lil dudes at the bottom of the ocean culminating in a whalefall I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.
I’d love to know the name of the other one you saw.
@@kyoyameganebereznoff Donks by Felix Colgrave
Rejoice!
God does bring blessings if you pray, but I've never been given a gaint dead whale!
So good! I love the atmosphere and your sound design!
This is my favorite. Just, full stop. Favorite.
I can’t stop watching this.
Absolutely delightful, I adore this so much I love you Louie
I kind of laughed at the end because that's what actually appears when all the meat is gone
I need to know more about the animation and how it was made. so interested in what was used. I'd love to try making something similar.
This kind of giving me Yames vibes for some reason. I loved this! So mysterious and dreamy!
For sure!
Aw man I love Splatoon
In all seriousness, THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!! Great work!!!
legit so good....
reminds me of one of my favorite games, Hylics
My favorite from you so far.
what a pleasure to watch a video from you made in one of my all-time favorite video styles: ominous but silly!
The music of rejoice reminded me of underground level in Tomba 2. Thanks for the nostalgia.
Honestly, this video is perfect. We need a longer loop of the celebratory dance.
this is so beautiful ;;-;; really captures how incredible a whale fall is
Gives off steong Hylics Vibes with it involving a cycle of life and death celebrated.
amazing content, found you from rat taxi but LOVING the spooky stuff. whale falls are awesome
i am unsettled. this is a masterpiece.
I'm going to comment on this every time I come back and watch it. Which is going to be a lot.
Brings back memories of Water Womb World
Very well made
This is so eerie and captivating.
immediately reminded me of Water Womb World
So I’m not crazy then!
A great vibe from the ancient times mixed with a very fun concept.
Also, this gritty visuals and ambient are reminded me about Iron lung.
Incredible, perfect thing to watch at 2am
Amazing! This is definitely something I'd love to see more of, not just this story but like this vibe in general ❤
This is like in Moon RPG when you turn on the tv and learn how many animals you saved
saw this first on tumblr, so glad i can add it to my fav video playlist on youtube :D another banger!!!
This is perfect 💯 Love the art style, the slight goofiness and Lovecraftian vibe. Feels almost like an awkward SpongeBob spinoff.
this is the best piece of media i've consumed in weeks
Oh wow! Love the vibe!
This video legit is inspiring me to try and write some spooky deep sea poetry that these lil benthic friends might write! I've always love the deep sea and all its lil freaks (I mean that in an affectionate way
The visual style and soundtrack reminds me a lot of Yames's games. Stellar work
Hylics 3 trailer goes hard
This is so wonderful!
I’m absolutely obsessed with this!!!
Love the vibes on this one!