It's better than my first attempt (not posted) by quite a bit. I never really got into drawing, but it was always animals that were difficult. I'm glad you felt confident enough to post a first attempt. An artist's biggest critic is themselves and it's so easy to judge your art against some of the amazing art around here.
(In case you were worried, I did know it was a tiger when I saw it.)

thanks for being so nice! (I already am a visual artist separately from all of this so I had a bit of an advantage at least for the basics of drawing stuff)