LA by Lionus (2000)

And there by the side of the sunset-lit road stood a hitch-hiker with his thumb provocatively jutting out.

Now I ask you. Wouldn't *you* stop for this lionmorph? ;)

Sometimes as you flip through a collection of on-line images you see a character that even after you have gone beyond it to other images that particular character's image remains in your mind. LA was one of those for me. Lyon Castro and Rae Lee came up their image of "LA" and after I saw it I could not go on without taking my own try at him. Er ... drawing him that is. ;)

Pencil to pen to PhotoShop.