On the left is the sketch for a commission for a friend of a friend that I painted in 2002, evidently of Tigers playing poker, a parody of the parody - Dog's Playing Poker which you may have seen. The painting on the right was one I did afterwards for myself as I'd enjoyed drawing tigers so much I wanted to do more. And having drawn anthropomorphised tigers I wanted to see how real tigers might feel about an anthropomorphised tiger, and as it turned out the lady tiger in particular had issues.