[mjn.mixael]

Not possible. It's either one of those or someone else tries to make a better one.

[mjn.mixael]

Double post to show some changes/fixes.

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[WouterSmitssm]

the pic is dark

[Nohiki]

The lion looks SCARED. Make him look RAWR

[Ulala]

le wut. I though *sneeze* was a pretty obvious snuffleupagus...

Also, here's a comparison of versions available. I need one at a higher resolution, so... like it or not, the retail one is out of the question. It scales really badly.

I don't think the fourth one is bad at all, though a little darker shading in certain areas might help. I think I could live with it. Can we see #4 in 128x128 please?

[FreeSpaceFreak]

The tail now seems thinner than ever, but the shading's looking good to me

[Mongoose]

It looks sufficiently blue and lion-y enough for me.

[Ulala]

I hope you don't mind, I tried tweaking it to be just a little darker in some spots; my photoshop skills are pretty rusty, but maybe this will help you fine tune. Whatever you end up deciding will be better than the hella low res original.

[SypheDMar]

Upload a bigger one.

[swashmebuckle]

I like the Mixael version a lot, but I think it would be better if the leg angle was lowered and maybe stretched out a bit so that it appeared to be walking forward or rearing up (like in the original).  With that leg up in the air, it looks like it's trying to do the crane kick from Karate Kid or something

[Ulala]

Agreed, the rearing up look is iconic.

Here's the slightly higher contrast version but larger. All credit is due to Mixael of course.

[Herra Tohtori]

Agreed, the rearing up look is iconic.

Here's the slightly higher contrast version but larger. All credit is due to Mixael of course.

That's actually the one I made some time ago. Don't mind at all if people can improve it.

I think the shading needs to be less abrupt, though. Maybe use a little bit bigger/fuzzier airbrush so that you don't go from "non-shaded" to "dark" in an instant.

[mjn.mixael]

Fine... You guys are very picky, you know that? I tried to thicken up the tail and moved the leg position down a bit. Putting my Photoshop skills to the test here... If anyone asks me to switch the arms I'll flip a lid.

[Cobaltred]

mjn your work is great as usual.  Something has been bothering me about that left paw though.  I think it's just the angle it's being perceived from, but it looks weird and it's hard to even really discern that it's a paw.  Perhaps you could splay out the toes in a manner similar to the original's lower paw?

Just a thought.  I can't even draw stick figures so feel free to ignore my amateur advice!

[mjn.mixael]

I attempted to fix that left paw

[SypheDMar]

If anyone asks me to switch the arms I'll flip a lid.

... Challenge Accepted. (It's not that great and is based on before paw edit.)

[mjn.mixael]

The arm looks weak... Also, which arm is raised made enough difference to you to actually spend time on it? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised...

[jg18]

I have to admit that I prefer the arm arrangement in SypheDMar's version, although I'm still happy with mjn's version overall (no lid flipping is necessary ).

EDIT: "prefer" meaning the overall arrangement (i.e. with the left arm raised), subject to adjustments, refinements, etc.

[Scourge of Ages]

If the arm positions weren't just so... different... from the original, mjn's latest update would be perfect. And since I don't happen to care that the arm position is different, I'm going to call it perfect, right now. Good job again, mjn!

[mjn.mixael]

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I'm tempted to use the "wrong" arm arrangement just to make a point that little **** like that shouldn't matter one damned bit. Sometimes I hate doing stuff for you guys.