(moved to scraps 10/22/14)
And here is the end result. Tatiana, clad from the neck down in a shiny rubber catsuit, wades deeper and deeper into the marsh mud, sinking to her hips, waist, chest, then finally she finally forces herself neck-deep in the oozing muck. She's not worried in the least--in fact she's enjoying the feeling of protection she gets from the full-body rubber suit. Tying her hair up was a smart move, she won't have to wash it when she's done here.

Here, I take a departure from some other artists depicting sinkage to this degree, as I have it on anecdotal evidence (i.e. people who have done it in RL) that it's not easy to go more than chest deep since one's body displaces it's own weight in mud at about chest-level. So, Tatiana is actually floating at the third panel, and had to pull herself down to get neck deep. Now all she has to do is get herself out--which won't be as difficult for her as it seems--I've seen clips of women freeing themselves from chest-deep mud in a couple of minutes or so. So she's definitely not a "damsel in distress"--and she'd probably slug you one for calling her that :D

This will eventually be colored...as with the others this one will be moved to scraps when the color version is posted.

Pencils on bristol with additional shading via Micrografx Picture Publisher 10