Como Zoo Lion

OK.. so I realize I got way too dark with the shading here. The top of his mane is cool but the bottom is not. He does have a two layer, light/dark mane, but I didn't represent that well. Maybe because I was trying a different ink pen... excuses...

In any event, this drawing did reinforce for me that I need to be more disciplined with proportions. I used a sketch grid here, which was very helpful in that regard. And I'll definitely use it as a tool for any sketches from photo references.