Unexpected Encounter 2018 (Patreon)

When I felt bad about the quality of my art I decided to cheer myself up a bit by redrawing one of my old favorites. https://www.deviantart.com/uwfan-tomson/art/Unexpected-encounter-181651452 Here's the old pic from 2010. The comparison after 8 years might be unfair but it feels good! XD
The story behind this: A deep sea drone is exploring a sunken shipwreck. They didn't know what they would find but they certainly didn't expect a freediver swimming around down there. It's too deep even for most scuba divers. This was surely a big surprise to them. And the girl also looks surprised probably not expecting to be in the spotlight. She looked shocked at first but soon she swam away with an impish smile on her face disappearing into the darkness. Soon this footage was used as proof for the existence of mermaids.