This particular character study originated from a short story envisioned by a friend of mine, Patrick Jensen. His tale was centered on two knights who happened to be lions and were involved in all manner of adventures together. This idea intrigued me, and so I was inspired to visualize one of these characters using more realism than exaggeration to convey the animalistic personality. As I do with many character studies, I started with a simple head shot to define personality and mood. Unfortunately, other more important projects fell onto my plate at the time, and so further studies of this character never came to pass.