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I got mahself a reindeer.

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I don't think Rudolf is too pleased with all this.

:P

christmas card thing for use by... me. XD

SECOND TIME DRAWING A DEER WOOPWOOP. I know the puppy looks awful so yeah. D:
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This is so cute, I just love all the details here, it's so cute! I especially love the curled almost "Tim Burton" esque antlers!

I really love your fur details here and the shading just AMAZING! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w…" width="23" height="15" alt=":wow:" title="Wow!" />

Now from a technical standpoint a few things stand out to me. (Google image link for reference)

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If we start with the body as the base for your deer, you can see that the legs are far too long and the head and neck too small. A Reindeer is a thick and powerful animal, like an elk or moose. The neck is very thick and muscled and the head is long ending with a thick fuzzy moose-like muzzle (but I do like your nose and know it was purposefully Rouldolph and not simply "the wrong sort of nose for this animal")

This is another google image, it shows a shedding phase which is rather ugly but shows the legs very well, esp bending like you have here <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="=)" title="=) (Smile)" />

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I like the legs, I just think they are slightly too long for the body. The hooves seem a bit too rounded, the are more like two sloping triangles per foot, and they have some nice fluff there too that would be fun to add! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="=)" title="=) (Smile)" />

The puppy is ADORABLE, I love the folds of skin on him<img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/x/x…" width="15" height="15" alt=":XD:" title="XD" /> The one thing I would point out is that he has a lot of hints of motion that don't seem to translate to the deer as well, while the deer is obviously walking I feel that if it's kneew were raised higher it would be more evident it was going at a quick trot or even a run. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="=)" title="=) (Smile)" />

I'll shut up now, I hope this helps!