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Zhakiru (Zabu + Shakira)

When I originally drew my amalgam of Zabu and Shakira I made her amber-haired to match Zabu's coloring. However, it seemed like she looked way too much like Shanna. So a friend wondered what an ebon saber tooth would look like. So a little bit of color manipulation (and some actual repainting, it wasn't just sliding scales on a tonal correction toggle) and I had the ebon Zabu, and a dark haired woman that looks a lot like just straight up Shakira. However, of the two choices, I really was digging the black-panther-esque smilodon a lot, so this is what I went with. I thought it might be fun to post the two colorations right next to each other.

Description
Zhakiru (Zabu + Shakira)

When I originally drew my amalgam of Zabu and Shakira I made her amber-haired to match Zabu's coloring. However, it seemed like she looked way too much like Shanna. So a friend wondered what an ebon saber tooth would look like. So a little bit of color manipulation (and some actual repainting, it wasn't just sliding scales on a tonal correction toggle) and I had the ebon Zabu, and a dark haired woman that looks a lot like just straight up Shakira. However, of the two choices, I really was digging the black-panther-esque smilodon a lot, so this is what I went with. I thought it might be fun to post the two colorations right next to each other.