Here's how our hero managed to avoid the festivities, and have a Happy New Year...
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I think the drawing on the second version is better, but overall I still like the composition of the first one best. I miss the shadow and the perspective of the first, and I failed to capture the same level of sneakiness in his stance with the second one. But I'll be damned if I do this (fur, king) bear another time.