Seeking Lion art help

[Salix]

This is an anthem for the homesick,
for the beaten,
the lost, the broke, the defeated
A song for the heartsick,
for the standbys,
living life in the
shadow of a goodbye

So yesterday, I went to a bookstore and ended up getting a drawing book.

I then drew a lioness.

Now, I haven't really drawn lions a lot, so the anatomy is bound to be incorrect. But if I could just get some tips on how to fix it, or maybe even a redline of it, that would be gr8~

[Kätzchen]

I'll help ya out Splashy!!
For starters, the legs are shaped wonky; the curves are too inconsistent and don't balance with each other at all. You'll notice how with the front legs one is thicker than the other, it's the same with the hind legs. The paws also don't seem to line up on a surface, so that's why she looks like she's floating as opposed to cemented onto a ground (you don't have to draw a ground to make it look like she's standing properly, but you still have to imagine there is one). I think you should define the cheek more, and make her nose bridge more prominent, maybe sketch in some indication of muscles to help bring out form. Her whole muzzle area is pretty vague and confusing (it looks like her mouth runs down onto her chin...?), I suggest studying profile photos of lionesses to get the structure down because it isn't just lines-- it's multiple forms. She looks more stiff than alive (especially the tail), from the amount of little marks you've made on it I can tell you tried to 'sculpt' it out. However, the marks are so straight and jagged it looks like you've been sculpting along a flat silhouette rather than a form (I deal with this problem too haha). Loosen up! Try to do more elegant, curvier, longer swoops instead, it'll feel more natural. From this angle, her eye should be more of a wedge than the full almond you've drawn (remember that the eye is a form too so it's going to change depending from where you view it). The feet are too blocky, and the legs should taper down into them more. I know you weren't really going for a lot of detail, but I think it would help you out with the structure of the feet if you were to sketch out the toes. Overall, you seem to be focused on the outline, but in my experience it's better to get a feel for what's inside first. The outline should just be the pretty frosting on top, try drawing some skeletons of the animal because that has always helped me understand how it is built. How-to-draw books can be useful, but it's equally if not more important to the accuracy of your drawing to look at LOTS of real lionesses.
I attempted a red line over your drawing to help put what I'm saying across (sorry it's so scribbly I'm a messy sketcher).