Okay your work is stunning first off...
Hello, I'm a writer... I write books. I'm currently working on a book called lion faith. I need a visual reference, desperately. Would you maybe be interested? It just needs to be a large lion, majestic and king like, with an almost curly mane. Riding on him like a horse would be a girl (I'll provide the pictures for you to copy off of) or she could be standing next to him with her hand on his back. His back should come to about her ribs. Unless she's riding on him in which case... your the artist. I would really appreciate it! I don't know why I'm asking, considering how talented you are and you probably have much better things to do.