Evolution of my Digipak: Lion

I found this image on the internet after looking at pictures 

of lions. I liked the tribal design and how the mane is
takes over most of the drawing, but the Lion's face  is
still the main focus. The design is unusual and I wanted
to somehow incorporate it into my own work.

I started out by hand-drawing the image. I

wanted to make the design more feminine

so I added swirls to the end of each line,

instead of the sharp points. I also added more

lines into the mane and changed the eye
to have a separate crease in it, and I
changed it to match the rest of the style. 

 At the next stage, I scanned the drawing into Photoshop, erased the background and used the paintbrush to make the black lines bolder and thus easier to colour in later on. This was the most tedious stage in the process as I had to erase every little flaw at the edges of the drawing, making sure that the lines were smooth.

Finally, I edited the colours of the Lion. I chose to do the mane in red, orange and yellow as I wanted the colour of fire to be prominent in my design to make it look more interesting and unusual. The outline of the face is a dark grey colour and the eye is a dark blue as I didn't want to make it too harsh and draw attention away from the mane.