Raven's Cover Contest Entry

*Edit2* Tied for third place, thanks to all who voted for me. Edit2*
*EDIT* Raven said the pixel size wasn't right so I trimmed it down. Plus reminded me that TLK male lions have whiskers so I added those as well. Thanks again hun .
A entry for cover contest.
I've been really wanting to enter one of her contests for a while now. But thanks to school never had the time or inspiration to do so. However, with school out for the summer, I finally was able to sit down and finish and entry beyond the sketch format.
I think I may have gone a tad over board with this piece. However, it turned out wonderful and I'm really proud of the result. Not only that but I experimeted around a lot and so much fun. Heck, this might be my best Photoshop work thus far (just wait, tomorrow I find ten things wrong with it).
Anyway, about the piece. Really tried to do a blend of the style seen in the comic with my own artistic flare. I used like twenty references as a result (that not really an exaggeration by the way), most of them from Raven's gallery. The biggest problem I had was getting Dumaka's colors: there was no character sheet for him so I had to guess. Oh well, live and learn.
Well Raven, I hope you enjoy the entry and best of luck to all my fellow entrees.

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