Brilliant work, lions are awesome and you've outdone yourself

Agreed amazing work

Wow.. Awesome work!

Nifty... is this a Leonine?

If you've ever played the game Warzard, you'll note that there's a barbarian in the game that bears a passing resemblance to this guy.

Technically (and inspirationally), no. From all the paintings I've seen, their ears are pointy and lie forward of their manes.

well it shows that this might have taken quite some time. It looks absolutely gorgeous!

You did an amazing job on the character. you should be proud of the work you put into this. The set up for the character is epic and awesome. From his aggressive stance, his snarling muscles to the light catching his sword arm

it must of took you a long time to do this. awesome work!

Already know what I think, Saw you working on it! Amazing piece!

wooow

This is amazing work, I just LOVE the detail in everything, especially that lighting. It really makes the textures pop out :3

The composition is amazing.

The time and work is evident in here. Textures are clearly defined, and your light work is great as it always is. Huzzah!

that is amazing!!!!!!!! great work! well worth your time.

Well worth the time! You did great with the shadowing!

Incredible stuff. So much attention to detail!

Technically astounding, one of your best pieces ever! The effort really shows

wow, nice

This is incredible! Easily your best piece to date. Well, its between that and the one your icon is from, in my opinion anyways.

A minor suggestion on the armor, but only because I'm still playing with it myself and have yet to really apply it, have you considered adding a texture to the leather armor to make it more beaten up/worn/like leather?

The shadows, dynamism, and detail is amazing!

Thanks! I did, but I didn't want to build the texture up too much because people aren't supposed to be looking at his armor, just his face.

Excellent work.

Intense face! took me a while to realize how much detail is in this picture, armor, landscape, furry boots!

Very impressive, good lighting, good action, good anatomy, Very well worked out, too.

Scott

Wow good work :)

Nice. :)

*Marching Legion approaches the warrior*
- "Cohort... HALT" and the line stops creating a wall of shileds

The snow meow Centurion approaches slowly to the lion warrior and after a few silent moments he says:

- "In the name of the Roman Empire I declare that you can keep your land, on the condition you marry me and love me forever" then drops his shield and sword and jumps to his arms kissing him and purring

Not a brave talk for a Roman Centurion I know, but my greatest weakness are Lions and you Ma'am have made an absolutely AWESOME job here, may all the gods and good things of this earth bless your hands forever

so amazing!

Great work. As much as I liked the close-up, I think I like the full version even better. :)

My goodness. Can I hire him, say, FOREVER?
This is really pretty. I'm making this my background now. *clicky noises*

This is amazing!

looks fantastic!

It's as wonderful as everyone else has already said...and even more so Absolutely great.

Especially the back-bend arm with the claws give it a great dynamic, I might add.

His mane looks beautiful!

Fantastic work!

This is freaking amazing! All the work you put into it was definitely worth it!

OMG! The most awesome ever!
Thanks for the WIP, it's really useful.

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I believe this is one of the most majestic warrior anthros I've seen. <3.

Its perfect...

Do you think it has been worth the time compared to other artworks?

Well this is just amazing...

Any chance I could get a closeup of those claws? they look fairly well detailed, like the real thing, unusual in furry art :)

Thanks! They're actually not, at all. Except for the focal point (his face), I don't do any detail that isn't visible zoomed out. Its just not practical.

This is what Liono of Thundercats should look like

Wow this is amazing. ^.^

I agree with bangwolf, "Wow this is amazing"

Me loves lions!
However... when it comes to criticizing... i am a perfectionist and all i have to say about this is that...
IT'S FREKIN AWESOME!!!!!

First of all, what do you do for 10 hours to prep? O.O
Secondly, this is incredible. Any particular reason? Looks an awful lot like a book cover or art for something particular. (Ajani came to mind http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608.....9&pid=15.1)

30-50 thumbnails to get very best composition, initial sketch, Shooting reference, refine sketch, material studies, etc. My approach has changed alot since I did this, but its similar to described here: http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/201.....le-part-1.html

thanks! Sample targeting game card clients.

amazing work! :D

Awesome!