The Cheshire cheetah

When I received my CollectA King cheetah, I couldn't help but laugh. He reminded me of Smeagol with his oversize grin. "Cheetah's don't have huge cheeks like that!" I thought. So... Before I slapped some paint on the fella, I grabbed my trusty X-acto knife and did some plastic surgery on his Cheshire Cat grin ("Down, cheeks... DOWN!"


So after refining his muzzle with a few snips here and there, I slapped on a new coat of paint and voilà! This is what the kitty looks like.

You surely have an eye for it !!! I never noticed that the head is a bit wrong on this model, - now it is much more realiustic

Perhaps the forehead is a little large also ?

Hmmm...   You may be right, Susanne. It's a bit "out there," isn't it.

Wow, you're on a roll! Both the plastic surgery and the new coat of paint make a world of difference. Well done!

To be fair, I never liked very much that cheetah and I am usually crazy for cheetahs. Even being a king cheetah, my enthusiasm was not so much.
I never tried to find a palpable reason, maybe because I am very happy with my king cheetah repainted by Ana! Now you're probably showing why I was never pleased with it. I enjoy artists like you that are able of noticing every little detail. You challenged again yourself with a not easy pattern and it ended very well. Have you said you're just starting?

Very nice!

I can't stop looking at this awesome cat, - look at all the details in the face !!! And the eyes look alive !!!

Thank you so much for your kind words, everyone.   I am very proud of this one. A big "thank you" goes out to Kosta for his suggestion on adding some shine to the eyes of my models, and boy, doesn't it make it look alive!

In all fairness, Roger... I've been drawing and painting since I was a wee kid, and I'm a stickler for details (accurate anatomy, colours, etc...) Most of my artworks is realistic in nature, so I'm sort of use to "studying and copying" what I see. I also use to have a photographic memory, but at my age, well... It's not that reliable anymore.   I prefer working from photos.

cre8tivesoul wrote:

...... I also use to have a photographic memory, but at my age, well... It's not that reliable anymore.   I prefer working from photos.

Arrrh ! Nonsence, - you are just a kid ! Just wait and see in 20 years  

  Thanks Sus!   Ya know it's kind of getting on the "bad" side when you walk in a room and think "why did I come here, anyway?" I'm at that stage!