This is sort of the result of an old silly image of the Cheshire playing poker (any idea how hard it would be to figure someone out with a poker face like THAT?), my attempts at learning how to draw with better perspective and dynamic angles (although the perspective here is far from complex or dynamic), and me having played with variations of an anthro Cheshire Cat design on and off over the last year or so. One of the biggest problems I've been having with the design is the stripes - particularly around the face. This is one of the first ones that I'm relatively satisfied with, although I still feel like *something* is missing no the lower left side of the face (his left). I'm just not sure what, yet.

Anyway, being a huge fan of Alice and Wonderland, I had a lot of fun with this, although in the end, I wish there was a lot more detail and references to the books. I also kinda wish I made it more realistic, since somehow, a lot of the stuff in Wonderland seems much more twisted and disturbing when it's realistic rather than cartoony. At least it was fun putting in a few silly, slightly weird puns in there. I was also kind of happy with the whole tree leaves/tendrilly smoke merge thing.