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Published: 2010-05-11 16:27:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 5504; Favourites: 288; Downloads: 76
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Pencil sketch commission for ~Pardus , of his kookaburra-winged, two-tailed, African leopard playfully rolling and stretching in the snow, whilst daring you to give him a tummy rub. (Come on, you know you want to...He may disembowel you, but that's just the risk you'll have to take...Resistance is futile, you know.)
Note: This pose nearly killed me! I don't know if leopards can twist themselves into pretzels like kitties can--see my refs--but it was a fun challenge to draw! And he looks a bit fluffy because my leopard refs were Amurs...But I guess any leopard living in Norway would have to be a bit fluffier than normal in the wintertime.
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Comments: 50
Cuuuuuuuuute :3333
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So many references! But the result is just purrfect 
I featured this art in my last journal
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How gorgeous! The fur looks amazing.
I love how playful he looks!
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Will his mood improve if I bring a chiropractical?
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Hee hee! Too cute! I see that look on my own kitties all the time. ^_^
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Wooow,this pose looks hard to draw o.o
But you did it super!!!
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Your soft lines always amaze me. ;-; And the wings, the wings.
Looks like a tickling fellow.
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The detail and charisma of this guy is just amazing. Wonderful work!
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Thanks so much for all the kind comments, everyone!! 
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This one is just lovely! 
I want to draw like this when I get older 
Love it
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"Drawing Wildlife" is a great book to get for learning to sketch fur: [link]
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Thanks, hon...and about a week.
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fluffier=cuter
my stupid cats are always twisting like that and falling asleep in those positions... i dont get it. but they do love tummyrubs
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Aww, it's so beautiful done that I don't know how to say it.. Wish I could do the same, the fur looks so soft and real!
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Awww so cuddley and so..wow..sharp claws O.o lol I would believe big cats could pretzel up like that, I mean, pretty much the same as domestic cats just bigger...and..well he'd eat me ..O.O..but yeah lol Awesome, love the fur texture! kookaburras ftw!
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This is awesome! The expression is adorible and the pose is flawless! The fur is drawn excellently.
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I think my official response will be; SQUEEE!
I love it. The picture is just awesome. Really well made, and so cute.
I see I forgot about to mention a couple of minor things about the character, but I don't care.
I would assume that leopards may be more of a solid, as opposed to the viscous nature of housecats. But after seeing the result here, I hereby deem it possible for Felix to "pretzel" XD
Now where is that bellyrub??? XD
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P.S. And forgot the stripe on the tail too, ack! 
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There has been some changes, but not in the later years (kinda).
In that form the front paws are all black to the wrists, and the hindpaws are black to the ankles.
And there is the stripe from between the ears down to the black tailtips.
It wouldn't be right to have you put even more work into this. I'll save the nitpicking for the next time ;3
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Hehe, so glad you like it! 
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"*bellyrubs you with a glove on the end of ten-foot pole*"
*Gigglepurrs*
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I always wonder how cats do this...
Maybe they just have liquid-spines like ferrets
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Actually cats have as many vertebrae in their spine as humans do (though this is also counting their tail) so maybe this makes them more flexible?
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OMG!!! this is excelent!!! totally renders teh flufiness and cuteness of snowys, plus that lazy look..*giggles* totally aproved!
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Hehe, thanks, hon.
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Wow this is excellent! I don't know how to draw wings. 
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Thanks.
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Here ya go:
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