I haven't hosted an art contest in a while, and this seems like a great chance to have one! The Guennol Liones is a 5000-year-old Mesopotamian statue made by unknown sculptor of the Proto-Elamite culture.

So for this contest, the subject is quite simple: do your rendition of this ancient lioness, in any medium you want! Art, story, animation, video game if you are crazy, the point of this is to capture her as a raw force of nature of the world 5000 years ago.

You can find references for her here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guennol_Lioness and here https://sta.sh/229cdjclxu4z

I'll be the judge, and the winners will get:

First place - 100$ cash from me (paypal only), drawing of two characters from me
Second place - 50$ cash from gijohn20 (paypal only), drawing of two characters from me
Third place 1 - drawing of a single character from me
Third place 2 - drawing of a single character from me

Deadline: 10th of January 2022.

Any questions you have I will answer in the comments below!

UPDATE!
WHAT A FANATIC FIRST WEEK, THANK YOU ALL, BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU, GIJOHN20 FOR DONATING MONEY TO PRIZE POOL! TO MAKE IT MORE FUN, I EXPANDED FIRST PLACE PRIZE WITH TWO CHARACTERS ARTWORK, ADDED ANOTHER THIRD PLACE PRIZE AND EXTEND THE DEADLINE BY TEN DAYS! HAVE FUN, DRAW MORE LIONESS! :D
UPDATE!