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RiverRaven

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Hello! My name is Mandy and I am a self-taught artist, both digital and traditional; drawing is mostly a hobby. My actual profession is in animal behaviour and welfare science: I am a biologist, with a Masters' degree in behavioural ecology. At this moment I am doing a PhD project, studying behaviour and welfare of companion (grey) parrots, with a focus on foraging and feeding behaviour. I love birds, especially parrots and corvids, and I have five feathered friends in my home (budgies and cockatiels). The music I listen to is metal, rock or alternative, and most instrumental music (I can be very picky when it comes to music).


From time to time I accept commissions. Just send me a note!

I made a ko-fi account for this purpose: ko-fi.com/riverraven (but I never use it)


Favorite Quotes:

- "Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet" (Metallica)

- "Your words will never hurt me. They'll never break my bones" (Anouk - Wanna Little Something)

- "Logic is for people who are too lazy to aimlessly try things out." (Adventure game 'Deponia', character Rufus)

- "And if head and heart are equal, with which facility do you decide whether to follow the one or the other?" (Brent Weeks, 'The broken eye', p.574-575)

- "Listen to the crow call the raven black." (George RR Martin, 'A Game of Thrones', p.427)

- "Talking ain't knowing." (TV show 'The Wire', character Lester Freamon)

- "You cannot solve problems with the same thinking that created them." (source?)

- "Cherish those who seek the truth, but beware of those who find it." (TV show 'Grimm', s05e02)

- "The burden of proof always lies with those making the claim" (source?)

- "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity." (source?)

- "Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?" (Stephen Fry on God: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5RtDp…)

- "Sometimes you've got to fall before you fly" (ehh, internet)

- "I sure got my feathers burned, but I'm stronger than the flames" (Tarja Turunen - My Little Phoenix)

- "You won't miss the water until the river runs dry" (source?)

- "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell; in a meme on Facebook)

- "Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king." (Tywin Lannister in TV series Game of Thrones)

- "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Albert Einstein

- "This planet can provide voor human need, but not for human greed." (Jane Goodall based on a quote by Mahatma Gandhi)


Favourite Movies
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller
Favourite TV Shows
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Thriller
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Opeth
Favourite Books
Fantasy and fiction
Favourite Writers
Robin Hobb, Brent Weeks
Other Interests
Animal behaviour, cognition and welfare, Birds, Parrots and Corvids
This is a very personal journal, not art related. Nov 9, 2019 Two months ago, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. Not just cancer, no, the fucked-up-creepy melanoma. The cancer that spreads... Just last week we found out that the cancer has spread to his brains, which means one thing: seek and destroy with a very heavy, newly developed immunotherapy. Side-effects of the therapy can be critical and permanent, such as diabetes or thyroid problems, but may also be a simple skin rash. The chance of 'getting better' is 50%... the other 50% means a life expectancy of 1 year or less. And this is not a cure, this is merely a way to suppress the tu
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I just found out that my budgerigar colour chart is being sold, and not by me... https://www.dprintes.com/animals-trang-2612-1jdkss (see lower left corner, the budgie genetics) This is the first time that this happens to me. Now what? (Update: I've sent dprintes a copyright infringement notice. I hope they will take it serious and take the poster offline soon.) Here's a link to the original:
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Two months ago, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. Not just cancer, no, the fucked-up-creepy melanoma. The cancer that spreads... Just last week we found out that the cancer has spread to his brains, which means one thing: seek and destroy with a very heavy, newly developed immunotherapy. Side-effects of the therapy can be critical and permanent, such as diabetes or thyroid problems, but may also be a simple skin rash. The chance of 'getting better' is 50%... the other 50% means a life expectancy of 1 year or less. And this is not a cure, this is merely a way to suppress the tumours. He will have to go to the hospital for all sorts of scans for the rest of his life. Thing is, if my husband would have gotten this 2 years earlier, this immunotherapy wouldn't have existed yet, and he would just have to sit and wait... So my life is really fucked up right now and I have to deal with anxiety problems that come with this. The work I do for my PhD is reduced to the bare minimum that I
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Thank you very much for the favorite, i'll be uploading on a daily basis, have a wonderful day :)

thanks for joining! care to submit the desired items!

When you come back pls. submit these wonderful deviations to our group's gallery ArsRapax | DeviantArt since we will gladly feature them.

Ive collected them in this favorites folder with your username here: Orphydian - Hobbyist, General Artist | DeviantArt


You can also join us.

If you have video timelapses, speedpaints, tutorials etc. on how to paint bird of prey pls let me know as well!

I don't know if you have an account there, but FelisGlacialis has an account on FurAffinity.net I think you'll like it better than dA as FA is not as frustrating as Eclipse.

Thanks, no I do not have an account on FA (yet? depends on how dA evolves). Jayme shares his art with me through other means as well :)

Thank you for the llama!