Every afternoon, the princess would mount her Royal Red Tiger and ride proudly about the grounds. When with her noble pet she would say not a word and would hide her beautiful face coyly behind her silken fan as she passed by her subjects. Many members of the court thought this an oddity as only warriors were known to form such an unspoken meditation with the mysterious beasts. Truth be told, she inherited the tiger from her father whom had passed away years before, and she rode the creature in his memory.

Practicing sorta for the Okami contest. Got a little tired around the end there so the colors are probably a little weird. Overall I'm quite proud of how this turned out.

Photoshop 7 and Intuos3 Wacom tablet. 6+ hours. Texture from cgtextures.com . Can't remember where I got the Oriental print brushes though, but I don't take credit for them.