Snow Leopard and Jane Austen

Snow Leopard

I thought that I would try the exercise that all the lucky people who get to go to Justin Gerard's TLC Workshop are going to do. The project information can be found here.
I have chosen the snow leopard as the animal for the character Elizabeth Bennet. The reasons for this is based on the fine eyes that she is described to have and the quickness of mind which I think both of these fit well with the snow leopard. The snow leopard is also endangered or rarer than the standard leopard which makes my choice more appealing to me because Liz Bennet is a rare creature herself.

And now all that is left to do is find a composition and a way to combine the two characters into one. And produce a finished image.