Today is International Day of the Snow Leopard! To celebrate I am posting my first-place winning artwork (unanimous win by all the judges!) for the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - theme of "Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet". Digital drawing done in Corel Painter 2019 with my Wacom Cintiuq 16, using mainly colored pencil and chalk brushes. "In 2024, the General Assembly {of the United Nations} proclaimed 23 October as International Day of the Snow Leopard in order to enhance international and regional cooperation in support of efforts to conserve the snow leopard, given its role in the overall ecosystem. The General Assembly stressed the urgent need to address the unprecedented global decline in biodiversity, including by preventing the extinction of threatened species, improving and sustaining their conservation status and restoring and safeguarding ecosystems that provide essential functions and services, including services related to water, health, livelihoods and well-being." To learn more about Snow Leopards and how to help in the conservancy effort visit: https://snowleopardconservancy.org/ The best way to keep up with all of my new works and products is on my Facebook page and Instagram page. Links are in my profile bio here. And now the legal blah, blah, blah... All artwork contained in my gallery (cwrw) is copyrighted ©2004-2025 LLPrindle. All rights reserved. My work and concepts may NOT BE reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way (which includes places like Photobucket, Facebook, other social media sites etc) without my express written permission. My work does not belong to the public domain in any form. If you have doubts about this matter please feel free to email me.