Lately I haven't been as productive, art-wise, as you may have noticed from the lack of submissions from me as of lately. I would try to do stuff, and while I would get some stuff done I'd stumble into an art block I think I stil might be in my stumble but slowly working on getting out of it.

Last year:

The deviation with the most comments is Urbane with 116 comments, while the most favourited one is Suki's Winter, with 114 favourites. The most viewed deviation is Urbane with 1,330 views.

11 favourites were given for every 10 comments.

Every 1.6 days roamingtigress uploads a new deviation, and it's usually on a Sunday, when 54 (24%) of deviations were submitted.

The busiest month was January 2012 when 33 (15%) deviations were submitted.

The majority of deviations are submitted to the photography gallery (104), while the favourite category was drawings > movies with 35 deviations.

Comments per deviation: 21
Favourites per deviation: 24
Views per deviation: 361
Comments per day: 12
Favourites per day: 14

Six months:

The deviation with the most comments is The Face of Experience with 71 comments, while the most favourited one is The Monarch, with 74 favourites. The most viewed deviation is The Face of Experience with 1,285 views.

12 favourites were given for every 10 comments.

Every 1.9 days roamingtigress uploads a new deviation, and it's usually on a Monday, when 26 (28%) of deviations were submitted.

The busiest month was October 2012 when 28 (30%) deviations were submitted.

The majority of deviations are submitted to the photography gallery (42), while the favourite category was drawings > movies with 18 deviations.

Comments per deviation: 19
Favourites per deviation: 23
Views per deviation: 400
Comments per day: 10
Favourites per day: 12
Deviation views per day: 204

I think I'm surviving I would like to take this moment to thank each and everyone of you for your support, be it in the form of favorites, feedback or just views. It is truly, truly appreciated.

For my 2013 artistic resolution, I aim to get myself a drawing tablet (and maybe, maybe have the occassional Livestreams for requests etc up if I get the courage to do so). I also aim to try out new styles, to keep up with the balance of both photography and drawing. I also want to get better all over, from anatomy to colouring. My Tutorial section in my favorites is surely going to expand  I also plan on doing more backgrounds/scenery pieces.  I may also throw the occasional canon character drawing jams. We'll see.

By far my favorite look-after-an-animal game is Howrse. I have taken long breaks from it now and then but I just keep coming back.

If you're interested in joining, I have a referral link [link]

Hope everyone's having a good and fun one

Here's to wishing you all a very safe and maybe slightly FOWL Christmas

Just as a head's up, I'll still be doing everyone's trades. Christmas season is kicking my butt at work and I think it may have lead into whatever's been going on with my sinuses. And when I'm feeling blick, my art muse likes to take a break

Random journal is random but I just realized I use the word "lovely" a lot. As this has made me curious, what are your most used words?

Anyone up for any? Feeling down and I think it might help cheer me up some.

I has a Tumblr. Mostly fangeeky things I follow back!

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I have added James Bond/M to my growing list of ships. I just can't stop myself XD The chemistry is just there.

As well, and it may sound odd in the context of this, but I love the resemblance between "my" Steelbeak's relationship with his Mama Alex's, particularly the line about "orphans make the best recruits" given that Steebeak's mother rejected him at birth. And of course there's the commandering of a super secret spy agent man

Yes, I am a geek XD

I had just spent the last three or so days going through 2,000 odd deviations, and managing to comment on most of them. Bow to my ambition.

I've made it public that and I are a item. Never before have I had such warm fuzzies making an edit to my FB profile. It was just such an awesome feeling that I can't quite put into words.

For the longest time, since being in grade nine, I've had this weird fear of using references for my drawings; mostly I think it stemmed from my teacher wanting me only to use references for the most part and not, and I thought my creativity was going to be crushed if I only used references. I was also a bit wary of being accused of copying. But I've now opened my mind to the fact that I can be using my own creativity to go with any references that I may use (with proper credit to the original sources used, of course). I really want to improve my work, and I think with the right references and tutorials, I think I could further myself with that in regard.

Home again after a outstanding train trip via Amtrak's California Zephyr! I saw some outstanding scenery from the Sierra Nevadas to Ruby Canyon in Colorado, and captured it in both my mind and with my camera. I even saw a Pronghorn Antelope, a first for me for I've only ever seen them in photos, shows and taxidermied examples. To say it was an incredible journey, would be a huuuuuuuge understatement. I highly recommend the excursion; in addition to the awesome scenery, I was also really well treated and had delicious meals. I even slept well, minus the night I had the most bizarre dreams, in which I blame the elevation XP

I missed the animals while I was away, of course, and was ever so happy to be back with them! Suki's first mission was to make sure everything was where it should be in the backyard, while Matilda went right to warming up her spot on my bed. The rats? They had to say hello to everyone I'm also back to looking after my neighbour's cat, Mickey. He's such a character and this time is no different.

I spent my last day at San Fran with a walk to Chrissy Fields, hiking about and paddling my feet in the beach. I ended my walk with a surprise visit by a curious sealion, who became even more curious when I said "hello there". I couldn't think of a more charming way to end my visit here; though the dinner at the lovely Italian place on Chestnut street helped as well

It was a nice, relaxing way to end the journey and to start a new one back home, via a three day trip on the California Zephyr. Will I come back to California again? You betcha! More critters to photograph, and next time I will get in at least one cable car ride! I will get back to you all once I settle myself back in and my animals as well

I visited the California Academy of Sciences where I spent a good two hours touring just a relatively small section of it where the critters were. Fish and snakes and a white gator, oh my! And no matter how often I see them, I still melt when I see penguins and poison dart frogs. It is a place where I would definately visit again and next time I plan on exploring more of it.

I bought the soundtracks of both the stage production and movie of WarHorse at the Ameba Record Store; though I can get them at home, at $9 and $10 a piece, I couldn't resist. Not sunrising to me, this is the world's largest independently owned music store.

Afterwards treated myself out for a delicious salad at Pluto's, where you can customize your own salads and I had a yummy one made up that included orange slices as well as candied walnuts. As another treat I had today, because I was still full from lunch, I went to Ghiradelli's for the most delicious sundae ever which came complete with a chocolate covered strawberry. MMmmm.

Also finally was able to mail off my postcard to my dear It features a lovely shot of the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park in bloom.

I enjoyed Alcatraz even more than I thought I would; there was so much information to absorb and I also took in the garden tour. I took some captures of an Allen's Hummingbird in the garden there, which I have also been enjoying at the rental apartment in which I've been staying at in Jefferson street. I rarely see hummingbirds where I live so these sightings are all so special to me.

Took in Pier 39 where I fell in love with the Aquarium of the Bay; it was much smaller than the gigantic Monteray Bay Aquarium but it was very charming, and had two tunnels to walk under where sharks and starfish and the like were swimming and crawling above you. I enjoyed a lunch of a grilled salmon sandwich. I fell in love with the sealions and had to smile at how they seemed to actually be enjoying the attention they were getting. To complete the day, I got a lovely little sea otter Christmas ornament.

Today I visited the Muir Woods and was just blown away by the magnificence of the redwoods. Even the photos I captured could not do justice to them. One has to see them to really experiance just how gorgeous they are, but I suppose my photos could be a decent fill in ; ) I also was taken aback by the Golden Gate Bridge. We drove over it and later stopped by an overlook there and snapped photos. The fog that took off the edge of the support structures gave off outstanding atmosphere.

On a quieter note, I also took in Golden Gate Park`s Japanese Tea Garden, where I sipped some lovely Sencha green tea in a Japanese garden. It was a really nice way to mellow out after a day`s adventure.

Edited to mention: spotted and photographed a Spotted Owl in Muir. Not sure how well the photos turned out, but it was a try, eh?

Already I got a taste of the city and I find myself really enjoying it. I enjoy the culture here as well as just how well nature fits in; just took some photos of a Great Blue Heron at the marina. Visited Land's End and took shots of the remains of Sutro Baths; what a place it must have been in its heyday. Nature and architecture was interestingly blended in together there. To say that its been an amazing journey here, would be an understatement.

Off to Muir Woods tomorrow!

I had an incredible visit to the excellent Monteray Bay Aquarium yesterday, and marveled at each and every creature and ecosystem there that I laid my eyes on. I was a little bummed about the otters and Ocean Sunfish, but everything still managed to wow me. I am just amazed by the array of jelly fish there are out there! And the seahorses! Just amazing!

Today was a bit of a bittersweet day for me. I had an incredible time at Elkhorn Slough, where I saw a whooping 100 Sea Otters! I saw one even before the tour went out into the water, just showing off while hammering something with his or her favorite dinner smashing rock. Saw a raft of at least 30 just hanging out. Sealions and Harbor Seals put on a great show as well, where I saw over 400 sealions and about 40 or so Harbor Seals. The sadder part of the day came when I came home, and a loose dog was harassing a gull with a broken wing. People, no matter how small or well behaved or friendly or playful you think your dog is, leash it when not in a designated offleash area, for the sake of wildlife, other dogs that need their space, people and for their own safety; the same goes for cats. I stayed on guard by its side as Monteray SPCA came to take the bird in. They have a great wildlife care facility and I really hope for the best, but even if it does have to be put down, I think there is some comfort that it won't be suffering anymore