Poised to strike

Sabertooth barbarian, based on a design I drew about a year ago here: xiphosuras.tumblr.com/post/1..…

This guy is now some kind of homotherium or dinofelis, which is why his fangs have become shorter. Together with his mate he roams the wide open prairies, looking for unsuspecting travelers to rob. He‘s the more cautious and peaceful of the two and would love nothing better than to find a place far away from mankind and the tribes of other cats and settle down. He’s not above killing and plundering while it’s still necessary though.

Prehistoric cats are pretty neat, I never knew there were so many species that have been discovered until looking them up yesterday.

Mapping pen + photoshop.