Lion with Leaf Mane

I saw the Lion King 2 (Simbas Pride)with my cousins little daugher(cutest kid ever, now 11 years old) and when i came to the Upendi song part where Kovu gets a big leaf around his neck i just though
"Hey, cool concept" and then i started sketching on this piece.
After that my mind have just been an absolute wirlwind of ideas to add. Finally setted with this.
I though of just filling the image with leaves sort of having the lion look through a thick bush and didn't realy think of him having it just as a mane at first.

This was like 4-5 years ago and i think i finished it in art class at school Junior High or whatever you'd like to call it.

Minor edit:
Felt kinda pointless to have 3 versions of the same pic here is just the one i liked best
This was drawn originally drawn on paper then scanned in and the version here is just me screwing with photoshop filters when i first got that

I really want to see this as a tattoo, just throw me a note if you want to use it and then a pic of it if it get's done