A Roaring Lion

[Artaka]

Some people say he is yawning but still I think he is Roaring.
Colored pencils on black A3 textured paper.

[ladypainter]

wow this has real impact especially with that dark background he just pops.Great job on this lion. I cant be sure if he is yawning or growling but I would not want to be to close to find out.

[Artaka]

Thanks Elinor, I agree with you - a lion is always a lion no matter what he is busy at the moment

[faula]

really jumps off the page really cool looking textured paper

[Artaka]

faula thanks a lot

[bchlvr]

Beautiful work!

[ElaineV]

Wow, oh wow, what great work! I showed some people in the office how good this was and they kept saying it's a photo -- I said yeah, a photo of their colored pencil work!

[Artaka]

bchlvr thank you!

ElaineV thank you very much - you could show both (the scan and the reference photo) at the same time to the people in the office so they could see the difference

[cesarmillanfan]

Very very impressive!!!! Is it difficult to draw on a black and so textured background?

[klricca]

Really nice. Like that textured background.

[ncgirl]

Well done - very realistic textures on the fur (mane). Maybe he's laughing?

[Artaka]

Thank you cesarmillanfan, klricca and ncgirl very much!
cesarmillanfan I would say it's much more easier to draw on black rather than on white because the black background already does the half of the work for you and the texture adds some effects as well.
ncgirl just after I read your comment I saw that he really might be laughing