Snow Leopard

This is a scratch board of my favorite animal the snow leopard!!! The only thing I don't like about it is the background, in the picture it was just black, but my teacher said I had to put something there so I did, and it sucked, it's supposed to be stone. It looks a little strange because it had been framed and then I just stuck the whole thing, picture and frame, in my scanner. I it

The original picture can be found here: [link]
Compare them and tell me what you think.