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123678 [2013-01-05 05:31:15 +0000 UTC]

The joints, especially on the forelegs, are inaccurate. Here is a good reference for that pose: [link]
As you can see the elbow comes down too low on the raised leg and the other foreleg appears to have no elbow at all. Panthera don't typically have the amount of chest fur it would take to create that rounded chest. It would be more sleek and show the top of the foreleg forming the chest muscles, as you see in the reference photo. [link] That is a lion, but it still gives a good idea of how the muscles form the shape of the chest and legs on big cats. As you can see the chest is not very rounded at all even with the extra fur a lion has.
With the view of three toes on its raised leg, it appears as though its turning the leg inward which cats don't typically do. You would most likely see the bottom of the paw, as you can in the first photo I linked.
Study the skeleton, especially on the hind legs. [link] That image shows proper placement of the joints and how it appears fleshed out.
The body should be longer, with a flatter back and rounded stomach.
The paws should be flatter and more rounded.
The rosettes look too thin and too much like parentheses. On a jaguar/leopard panther, they'd be thicker and more blotchy. Like here: [link]

Those are all issues I see in many of your drawings, not just this one. Try doing many sketches of big cats, or any animal you want to draw, straight from photos and in many poses. You could even trace the parts you have trouble with to get the idea of how drawing it should feel. Trace or print out a skeleton and flesh it out yourself, to see how muscles and fat and fur hang on the skeleton. If you apply proper anatomy to even your cartoons, the quality of your work will skyrocket. As it stands now, I wouldn't know if this was a cat or dog if I just covered the face and tail with my hand. Even in cartoons, the anatomical differences between a feline and canine are so great you should be able to tell them apart by just their bodies alone. That is one of the MANY things an animation/cartoon company like Disney would look for in a potential artist. Work your ass off to master it NOW, and you will have a much better chance in the future.
Good luck

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