Commission - Sleuth in trouble (Patreon)

This was a commission for someone who likes to remain anonymous.

They wanted a pic inspired by Nancy Drew type novels, where illustrations in a painterly style are printed next to the story.
For me, this painterly style was new, but it so happened I wanted to try something similar, so I took the commission, and I'm quite happy with how it turned out! 

I took it a step further, and coloured it, though that was not part of the original commission. It's added here as well, as an alt. Also, you can see that in the process video added below (which only includes the painting, not the sketching).

Lastly, Anonymous wrote a sleuth story to go along with it:

Students had been disappearing all over the campus of Hillcrest University, and when her roommate joins the ranks of the vanished, amateur sleuth Josie Bennett took matters into her own hands. With some good old fashioned snooping and questioning, she learns that each victim had one thing in common; each one was last seen receiving academic advice from advisor Fiona Lane. Pursuing the lead, she arranged for a casual lunch to question her. She hadn't expected the pleasant and sympathetic woman to drug her coffee, let alone, end up the kidnapper she was seeking.

When she awoke, she was in a none too pleasant position. The taste in her mouth was bad enough, but even worse when she found it was from her own underwear, with a tight cloth gag over it to keep it in! An elaborate web of rope crisscrossed her body and her arms and legs were bound tight with separate ties as well. The worst part was the thick plastic diaper that had been taped onto her! What kind of sicko would do this?! The pleasant counselor would arrive shortly, this time in form fitting leather and bearing a wicked looking nine tailed whip. Though Jo couldn't ask why under the tight and foul gag, Fiona was more than happy to explain without inquiry.

"You're confused, aren't you dear? Well, I can clear it up for you very easily. You see, I have a... hobby of breaking pretty college girls and taking away their potty training. Yes, it's messed up, I know, but know what else it is? Profitable! There's people who will pay downright stupid amounts of money for their own diaper dependant slave, so win win for me and them! Kind of a "Lose" for you and your little classmates though. All Jo could do is "Mmrmrph!" loudly in protest and indignation at being told such a twisted thing, halted when the woman thumped her on the head.

"Now I hadn't planned on coming for YOU, my little goldilocks, but you and all your nosing around had to be dealt with, and hey, happy surprise I realised that I don't have a blonde yet in the lineup, and you'll do swimmingly!" the woman laughed. "Now, I have to go whip your little roommate some more, change her, and get your new home ready, so you'll just have to cool off in here for a few hours...say, I have a game in mind! I was going to give your cute little ass a good thrashing when I came back, but I'll tell you what; if you can somehow wriggle out of that diaper and onto the toilet and use it like a big girl, I'll spare your butt the beating!" The woman then gave another giggle. "Though you haven't got that much time, the diuretics I added into your coffee along with the mickey will probably be taking effect soon. Ta ta, Miss Bennett!" The lights were then shut off, followed by the door shutting and locking. Bound and gagged so tightly, was no way to wriggle herself free at ALL, let alone out of this stupid big kid pamper! What will become of the poor sleuth?!