It looks really good. I really like how you drew the fur and the ears. You gave the ears a lot of volume and it looks so soft.

As for things to potentially change, though, I would make the forehead beefier. Cougars have actually really big heads and while you do have the shadow down the middle, I feel like you could add more skin there to make it look 'bigger.'




Credit to HOTNStock for both of these images.

These two pictures do a really good job of showing just how much skin they have on their faces, though, and I think it would really help out your drawing to add more 'weight' to the face.

I think another area to change / edit would be the nose. The nose you drew is very canine-like. If you're familiar with drawing canines the most, it comes as second nature to draw noses like that but if you look at the images I put above, especially the second one, you can see just how different their noses are to canines. I don't really draw cats often but I always make that sort of mistake on my attempts, lol.

I hope this potentially helps. =)

It's looking so good! :D such an amazing choice in colours, the experimental lighting is really shining through with this one.
Adding a stronger rim light would really make it pop in the finished result! The eye rendering is absolutely gorgeous too *^* It's so captivating, think you've absolutely nailed those.

One thing that jumps out to me to change is the nose, it's looking a little more like a dog nose than the nose of a big cat. I'd maybe look at some more references for that :0 they tend to be a little wider at the top.
This is a pretty clear picture that might help :0

https://www.deviantart.com/hotnstock/art/Cougar-Stock-4-213060357

Edit: Kodi beat me to the nose comment LMAO



Also I ADORE the ram oh my god

Omg thank you both kodi I owe you 100 mushrooms now I could not figure out what was up with the eyebrows and forehead area. I will definitely thicken up the skin on that area so thank you. I'm not super used to drawing cats so it's definitely an area I'm trying to improve on so thank you.

and yes you're both right about the nose, i think I had that in mind during the sketch and then lost it a bit as I rendered xD

And thanks ET <3

Aw thank you so much :)

Wow ur so good, I wish i could draw like thatt!