Oh, that one is better. I like how female turned out. You should try with harder brushes and play with more colors ;)

I'm not sure what you mean by more colors, the fur on the tiger has 3 colors, the main overal then one for highlights and another for shadow, they are all different shades of orange. I did the same for the female cheetahk's fur and her hair. My light source was from directly above. My next piece im going to try multipule light sources (at least two) bng suggested that I try that to help make them more 3d.

What they meant by "more colors" is try to deviate away from shades of one color. A shadow looks more real when it incorporates colors of the environment, or a color to set mood. You can shade anything with any color - the tiger, for instance, you could have used lavender or brown, or whatever else you so fancied. Don't think in terms of "well, this is orange, so I should shade it with a darker orange"

Think as if you are to paint an egg without using the color white.

I'll take that into consideration on my next coloring. Please keep an eye out for it, I'll make sure to note that I used different colors for shading.