This was a commissioned piece for AshPaw of her fursona.
Since I normally draw wolves, drawing a tiger proved a bit of a stretching exercise for me. I had to use a good photo ref for the face and I constantly referred back to her gallery to make sure I got the character right.
I actually restarted this one twice...I had a sketch I did in the very beginning that I ended up not liking, and then another that I had to toss out because I had forgot a couple of things and I just wasn't feeling the overall composition of the picture.
So I started again a third time and finally liked what I had sketched, and it took me just a week to get it all inked and colored. I'm really happy with the end product and I think I did pretty well considering I'm not real familiar with drawing tigers yet.
I had a lot of fun drawing someone else's character because it allowed me to practice some things I don't normally draw...I have more commissions lined up that will give me more practice in drawing animals other than wolves and I think with more practice, I'll get good at them as well.
A big THANK YOU to AshPaw for the commission and the chance to grow as an artist, I hope you like it!

Size is 9" x 12" on bristol paper, done with colored pencils as always.

Character belongs to AshPaw.
Art belongs to me.