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While on a solo expedition during his time studying at Xianjing, sixteen year-old Tiberius Contral has a close encounter of the 'oh shit' variety in the Kejerani wilderness.

When Contral came to Xianjing, he was given the Keiyu name Xiaohu （小虎）--little tiger--because his nickname, Tiber, sounded to them like 'tiger,' and he was a fierce, proud loner. It was also a teasing name, as he was at the time a spoiled, angry, arrogant young man--a bratty little cub who thought he was a great wizard. His teachers sent him off on a solo quest hoping that some time alone in the wilderness would humble him and tame him into something they could teach. When they heard he had encountered his namesake--who allowed him to climb up the ledge, then lay down and watched him for more than an hour while Tiber sat and anxiously, helplessly stared back at him--they thought the meeting very significant.

Tiger reffed from my own photos of Siberian tigers I saw at the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park, Heilongjiang, China brag brag brag. By the way, the title is a little Chinese wordplay--tigers (hu 虎） are often called laohu, the lao (老，old) sort of indicating respect, since tigers are so badass. Xiao means 'small/young' and can be used in names kind of like -chan is in Japanese. So basically...Little Tiger and Big Tiger

I go through so many emotions doing pictures like this that take days and days of work. I start off feeling cynical, then get excited at the picture's potential, halfway through I think it might be one of the best things I've ever done, and by the time I'm done, I hate it. Not sure how I feel now and definitely not sure why I thought PINK was the way to go for his clothing, ackk.

Prisma, Copic, and Tria markers
[Ronia, Tiber (c) me]

Description
While on a solo expedition during his time studying at Xianjing, sixteen year-old Tiberius Contral has a close encounter of the 'oh shit' variety in the Kejerani wilderness.

When Contral came to Xianjing, he was given the Keiyu name Xiaohu （小虎）--little tiger--because his nickname, Tiber, sounded to them like 'tiger,' and he was a fierce, proud loner. It was also a teasing name, as he was at the time a spoiled, angry, arrogant young man--a bratty little cub who thought he was a great wizard. His teachers sent him off on a solo quest hoping that some time alone in the wilderness would humble him and tame him into something they could teach. When they heard he had encountered his namesake--who allowed him to climb up the ledge, then lay down and watched him for more than an hour while Tiber sat and anxiously, helplessly stared back at him--they thought the meeting very significant.

Tiger reffed from my own photos of Siberian tigers I saw at the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park, Heilongjiang, China brag brag brag. By the way, the title is a little Chinese wordplay--tigers (hu 虎） are often called laohu, the lao (老，old) sort of indicating respect, since tigers are so badass. Xiao means 'small/young' and can be used in names kind of like -chan is in Japanese. So basically...Little Tiger and Big Tiger

I go through so many emotions doing pictures like this that take days and days of work. I start off feeling cynical, then get excited at the picture's potential, halfway through I think it might be one of the best things I've ever done, and by the time I'm done, I hate it. Not sure how I feel now and definitely not sure why I thought PINK was the way to go for his clothing, ackk.

Prisma, Copic, and Tria markers
[Ronia, Tiber (c) me]