Art - Anthro Lion, Final (?) version(s)

So, among LJ users and deviantART users, the consensus is...no, there really isn't a consensus. The majority like the more monochromatic one, so I put up that version, too. I don't think I should take both to GenCon, though. Maybe it's good to show two different takes on the same piece, but my gut reaction is that it's unprofessional to appear that I couldn't decide on a final version...which is, in fact, the case.

If I had to pick one, I'd pick the one with more colors, because that's the piece that I actually painted. The orange-y one may actually look better, but it almost feels like cheating, or something. Whatever.

Regardless, I hope that in either form, it's a good finished piece. I took a lot of the given advice, and fixed a few things that bothered only me, and I'm hoping that I didn't make something worse or break it in the process. Here they are:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21652045/

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21652244/