/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

long time friend has a weird obsession with my "art" and has pressed me to make them things for years

requested a tattoo based on some other images they showed me with a generic reaper/scythe and stuff like " a wasted life is worse than death" on it

i declined doing it for a while but had these words repeating in my head as my own self-motivating mantra for a few days and desired to draw something similar to this, so asked if they would be alright with me doing a lion--this is what i generally draw

they said OK

i approached it differently and utilized generic tattoo ribbon format

how is this for a sketch? i do not normally work with anything intended for a tattoo.