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I suppose this shouldn't come as a surprise to me, what with this being DeviantArt and all, but man, it's hard to find wholesome underwater art these days.

I was looking back at some of my older Off the Deep End stuff recently, and whenever people favorite my work, I often like to skim whatever folder they put it in, y'know, to see if they have any other interests similar to mine. There's a lot of people around here who collect underwater-themed artwork... but so much of that artwork is so dang dark. A lot of drowning, a lot of perilous situations, and a lot of straight-up porn too. And it always seems like such a disturbing disconnect to see my happy little scenes of underwater friendship placed in the same gallery as Samus Aran in a sunken car sucking on the Wii Fit trainer's feet.

I don't know if I ever made this clear, but I thought it was self-evident all along - I don't draw underwater art for fetish purposes. I draw it to explore the creative possibilities of putting my characters in an environment with its own wild set of rules. And I'm not here to be judgmental, either - as long as we're all adults and you're not hurting anyone, hey, do whatever makes you happy. But every once in a while I look around at the seemingly never-ending deluge of underwater fetish stuff on DA and I think "Man, it'd be nice if someone broke up the monotony a little bit." So once again, I opt to be the change I hope to see in the world.

I may not get to do Off the Deep End as a series again anytime soon, but the characters are always fun to draw when I'm in the mood for something cheerful. Especially Spencer and his friends, because I don't think I've ever shown them in a bad mood - they're the ultimate avatars for my creative credo that underwater is the most fun place to be. So I dashed off this quick shot of Kyle, Spencer, Brenda, and Jasmine in a big smiley underwater group hug. A little bit of submerged positivity in case anyone needed it today

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I suppose this shouldn't come as a surprise to me, what with this being DeviantArt and all, but man, it's hard to find wholesome underwater art these days.

I was looking back at some of my older Off the Deep End stuff recently, and whenever people favorite my work, I often like to skim whatever folder they put it in, y'know, to see if they have any other interests similar to mine. There's a lot of people around here who collect underwater-themed artwork... but so much of that artwork is so dang dark. A lot of drowning, a lot of perilous situations, and a lot of straight-up porn too. And it always seems like such a disturbing disconnect to see my happy little scenes of underwater friendship placed in the same gallery as Samus Aran in a sunken car sucking on the Wii Fit trainer's feet.

I don't know if I ever made this clear, but I thought it was self-evident all along - I don't draw underwater art for fetish purposes. I draw it to explore the creative possibilities of putting my characters in an environment with its own wild set of rules. And I'm not here to be judgmental, either - as long as we're all adults and you're not hurting anyone, hey, do whatever makes you happy. But every once in a while I look around at the seemingly never-ending deluge of underwater fetish stuff on DA and I think "Man, it'd be nice if someone broke up the monotony a little bit." So once again, I opt to be the change I hope to see in the world.

I may not get to do Off the Deep End as a series again anytime soon, but the characters are always fun to draw when I'm in the mood for something cheerful. Especially Spencer and his friends, because I don't think I've ever shown them in a bad mood - they're the ultimate avatars for my creative credo that underwater is the most fun place to be. So I dashed off this quick shot of Kyle, Spencer, Brenda, and Jasmine in a big smiley underwater group hug. A little bit of submerged positivity in case anyone needed it today