floral fauna

i saw a sunflower leaf for the 100th time the other day, realized it kinda looked like a tiger's head, and had to realize the concept :)

final piece

final piece (with grass)

basic shadows and details

base colors

leaves and flowers sketch

leaves and flowers sketch overtop of the tiger sketch

ink sketch based on imagination and the photo of birdy, turned red digitally

reference photo of my dog birdy (inverted bc i wanted the tiger to face left)