BURP!!!!

This is an attempt at realistic fur using plenty of references, that I am overall satisfied with. The references used were fur tutorials:

1) http://div.dyndns.org/EK/tutorial/froofy/
2)http://www.cgnetworks.com/story_custom.php?story_id=2503&

The other reference I used was for the pose which I found in the newspaper... I have no source but I gave the person who took the picture of the tiger credit in the corner. Although the pose was referenced, everything else was drawn out of my head (stripes, colors, background)

There are some anatomical errors, but I am content with the pic overall. Normaly I do like critiques, but after spending over 10 hours on this I'm really not going to change anything. Any feedback is appreciated! But I don't really need a critique for this because I am well aware of the problems. However if anyone has some suggestions on how to do realistic fur, I would love to hear them!

The background was just a quikly done, blurred sketch, trying to mimic the sumi-e style of painting. It's not much, but I really wanted most of the attention on the tiger and the feathers ( the red things next to the tiger's mouth are supposed to be feathers ).

This picture was inspired by the artist Balaa , whose incredible pieces and awesome fur rendering skills are mind-boggling! Check her work out!

balaa.sheezyart.com