First of all, BIG FAN of how you draw deers. They look fantastic in your style! 🤩
Also I was wondering, does every individual in the world of Golden Shrike have unique antlers? 👀 I've noticed that all the characters you draw have a very distinct crown that doesn't appear to follow a specific design or pattern (like the ones that are characteristic of the different sub categories that exist irl).
I just really like that detail and the fact that, much like their coats, they're never quite the same from one deer to another. :3
Thanks! Each species do have spesific antler designs though.
Woodlanders:
Fielders:
Stonekrovn:
Marshlanders (older):
Marshlanders (younger):
And every other species not listed too, except for mixed deer who can have whatever patterns. The size and numbers of tines differ depending on the age, but you'd never have a fielder with five tines no matter how old they were. There's a thought process and designs I follow behind every rack, believe me.
Marshlanders are a bit different since when I started drawing the comic, I didn't give much thought into how the antlers would grow from those simple spikes into such complicated crowns. But in the end GS is fantasy and the antlers are already not realistic at all, so they can also sprout tines and twist in ways real deer's can't.
Each species has its own colors and patterns too... All marshlanders are beige to orange and have socks, all stonekrovns are tones of grey and brown, northerners are grey to white, all woodlanders are brown with white tails and dark stripe on it. But sure there's distinctions inbetween every character to make it not dull.
