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Felt like kicking back and doing some spontaneous me-art for a bit.
I have always felt some kind of connection with tigers as a species, being born in good old '86 and growing up in an Asian society where there's more awareness of the Eastern zodiac (not everyone believes in it, per se, but everyone pretty much is aware of what animal they are and whatnot). Long before sighthounds and whippets I was running about the garden on all-fours pretending to be a tiger. I know now it's much more complicated than just your birth year, really, but what the hey, I was happy. In ancient China Tiger girls were thought to be bad luck because of the Tiger's headstrong and passionate nature, so I've always thought it was cool that I was one
'86 in Singapore was known to be the year the birth rate was especially low because nobody wanted a Tiger baby, and it shot back up two years later (my brother's birth year) because everyone wanted a Dragon (Dragon sons are like the ULTIMATE or something). So my parents got the short and long ends of the stick, I suppose you might say xD Go figure.So ANYWAY, what with Chinese New Year coming up and all (I know it's the year of the dog, but I'll be danged if I'm waiting another four years to upload this) I decided to do a picture of my zodiac animal. '86 is the year of the Fire Tiger, so I thought I'd be more specific and add the element to it as well. And I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Her name is Huohu (say HWORH-hu. I wince at the bastardized phonetics but if I hear people calling her Hohoo or something I'll yell), and I think she represents an inner strength sort of part of me. It sounds prettier in Japanese of course - Ka-Tora if I'm not wrong - but I'm leaving it in Mandarin because DANGIT THE CHINESE WERE HERE FIRST. Someday I'll put up a cel-coloured pic of her just to make her colours more clear and such.
Huohu © Shelley L.
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Nice fire tiger!
Then I read what you said about it not being exact with the year alone...But according to that I was born on the day of the water dog in the month of the fire sheep in the year of the water dog. So water dog I remain ;D
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that is pretty awesome that you're a water dog by day too!!
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I thought so!
You're welcome, thanks for drawing the neat picture!
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Okay, this is a bit weird.
"You are White Chicken, born in the year of Brown Dragon. We can say you are a Metal Chicken, too."
I'm a chicken? Never expected that.
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'Rooster' sounds nicer than 'chicken', haha. Anyway, yeah, that's your personal animal; the Dragon is your year animal. They have a different connotation in the East than in the West
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Yes it does. I knew the Dragon part, but still, the chicken was rather amusing.
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"Tyger, tyger, burning bright..."
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This is so beautiful 
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That explains why my brother got all the smarts 
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O.O That's really amazing .... really...
Everything looks all ... into place? xD I love the tiger's position, it's expression and everything else about the tiger...!!
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shelley why dont u do the huohu in u know those red chinese cutout characters?? like those old stamps that kinda of thing...
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I know what you mean dear 
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Gee... I was a dragon girl... what does that make me O.o I do love being a dragon, but I would love to be all the other animals as well. I think it's awesome that you feel so strongly about your zodiac. Overe here I'm just considered to be born as a gemini with my birth flower as the rose and my stone a pearl. I actually envy you.
I never knew zodiac had elements!
This is a beautiful peice, and you can tell it really means something to you. I
My sis is an ox, and my parents don't like either of us Xl
Great job!
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Heh, what can I say? Tigers are just so awesome
And oh yeah, when Eastern things are brought to the West they often get simplified or bastardised for marketing's sake(I CANNOT stand all that Jake Long Juniper Lee wannabe crapazoo, sorry if you happen to like it but it gets on my nerves). There are really three animals per person, one for your birthday, birth month and birth year, each paired with one of the five elements (Water, Fire, Wood, Metal and Earth), and it's the one on your birthday that's supposed to govern your personality although the other two supposedly have an influence as well, making for a lot of personality types and variations. I'm born in the year of the Fire Tiger, the month of the Wood Horse and on the day of the Water Snake. You can find your own here: [link] Although only the hardcore superstitious people and astrologers know about the extra info, so no need to feel too bad xD
Ooh, you're a Junebaby too, eh? So am I! 
Thanks for commenting
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yeah, there's birth flower, stone, color, sign, personality... and some other stuff that I can't remember. Our color (June that is) is supposedley (sp?) yellow. Whoop de doo... I also love the pearl, though they try to pass off alexandrite as the stone. It's not as unique or as pretty. Thanks for the link and you're welcome for the comment
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Pretty shiney...
(nuuuu don't go to the light... !)
I'm a fire tiger too
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You're a Tiger? Awesome, so is my mother (though obviously not the same kind). I got the Ox, and believe me, I live like one lol. I love love love the painterly effect, particularly on those stripes, and the edge of her mouth. And the eye just being white adds a sort of mystic quality, me likes
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I'm a Tiger by year, a Snake by day and a Horse by month. Everyone has three animals and elements, although in the modern world most people think it's just a yearly thing
Hey, you're in animation as WELL? coolies!
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That's cool. Glad to hear a lil' background history about you. Crawling on all fours pretending to be a tiger, how cute!
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I love the flow of this, and the way she glows. :3
What does Huohu mean?
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Thank you
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sexy colouring and pose and design and name =o Man, that's awsome being a tiger girl >3
I'mma water rooster :3 yayayay
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Man, I wish I was a tiger baby. LOL.Anyways, I followed your link and saw that I'm born in the year of the month and year of the soil snake, but on the day of the firedog. Hahaha. Cool.
Nice tiger too, although at a fist glance its hard to tell that that's her left leg there. Maybe you can try to make it a bit more obvious?
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"and saw that I'm born in the year of the month and year of the soil snake, but on the day of the firedog."
LOL, the year of the what? xDDD
It was a speedpainting, so I doubt I'll change anything about it. This one just flowed, y'know? One of those pieces where it just appeared and even though you know it's not perfect there's nothing you really want to change..
Maybe I should change the Critique Welcome thing -.-;;
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Year of the soil snake. Earth snake I guess. O-o
Ah, a speed painting. And yeah, maybe ye SHOULD change the Critique Welcome thingy.
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Wow, I love her colors, tail, and that its lineless, looks pretty cool =3
I'm a sheepeh *hops around* x3
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^^! Same as meee!! I'm an '86 too
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AWSOME! I luv tigers! the colors are perfect! <3 SWEET!
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its so peaceful! it reminds me of those old claymation movies where the things looked still then moved all fluidly...very nice! i luff it!
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I'm the same as you. 8} I especially like that tail.
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Eeee, thank you Blair
It's actually more complicated than just the birth year. They have it accurate up to the month and day you were born. For instance, I was born in the year of the Fire Tiger but in the month of the Horse and the day of the Water Snake, though most Western translations of this leave out all but the birth year. This all was news to me as well though because in my country only the really superstitious people and the astrologers bother about it xD [link]
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This is sooo pretty i love the colors!^^ 
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the tiger is quite firey, which is good, though i wish it stood out more from the sky and the brown rockish stuff its standing on.
lol, america bastardizes every asian thing there is. Like that wierd "chinese princess" costume, where the girl wears a kimono and a geisha wig. And those ughsome pronounciations in tv .. "lets go naRUUUUto, ok SAAAAHsuke!!!"
i think i can't wait till i go back to korea and read properly translated comic books.
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RUTH. She's a SHE plz not an IT 
Yeah, no kidding. It's actually much more complicated than just the birth year. They have it accurate up to the month and day you were born. For instance, I was born in the year of the Fire Tiger but in the month of the Horse and the day of the Water Snake, though most Western translations of this leave out all but the birth year. This all was news to me as well though because in my country only the really superstitious people and the astrologers bother about it xD [link]
And EWWW NOOOO. WTF Chinese princess costume do you speak of?! Actually, scratch that, I probably don't want to know xP And I can't stand all the Jake Long/Juniper Lee/wtfI'MAZNSOITMAKESMEKEWL!!!11! nonsense that are popping up everywhere xP Someone please tell the bastard that Chinese long don't breathe fire. gah. And yes, the reason I don't watch dubbed anime. It all just sounds weird and incongruous to me for some reason, even if it's done properly.
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lol, go to any ... halloween costume store, or just wait till next halloween.
you'll see all these viciously mutilated asian costumes, so hack up, you want to scream.
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That's quite lovely ^_^ I like the soft, flowing sort of colours on it... just very nice overall. I think I'm a horse, but I'm not sure about the others factors that also come in...
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It's actually more complicated than just the birth year. They have it accurate up to the month and day you were born. For instance, I was born in the year of the Fire Tiger but in the month of the Horse and the day of the Water Snake, though most Western translations of this leave out all but the birth year. This all was news to me as well though because in my country only the really superstitious people and the astrologers bother about it xD [link]
Thanks for the comment, hee!
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Beautiful artwork, greatly done. ^^ I, too, am a tigress.
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Thank you Whisper! :3
It's actually more complicated than just the birth year. They have it accurate up to the month and day you were born. For instance, I was born in the year of the Fire Tiger but in the month of the Horse and the day of the Water Snake, though most Western translations of this leave out all but the birth year. This all was news to me as well though because in my country only the really superstitious people and the astrologers bother about it xD [link]
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Haha, here's what I found out. *giggles* And It soo fits me. XD
"The following is your simple birth chart. You are Black Chicken, born in the year of Red Tiger. The first character in DAY represents you. We can say you are a Water Chicken, too."
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Whoa. O_O I never got that deep into it. I know I've always been much like a tiger. *giggles* I just woke from a nap, for one. Most cats sleep away a lot of their day.. dunno if that's tigerish, but eh. xD
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wow thats beautiful, i like this style.
Annd...hmm, i think it would be cool to be a tiger girl, if not many children were born that year it mkaes you even more special.
heh, i have no idea what my eastern zodiac is, i did once know....
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It's actually more complicated than just the birth year. They have it accurate up to the month and day you were born. For instance, I was born in the year of the Fire Tiger but in the month of the Horse and the day of the Water Snake, though most Western translations of this leave out all but the birth year. This all was news to me as well though because in my country only the really superstitious people and the astrologers bother about it xD [link]
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