Mule Deer Drawing

[taxidermyrocks8]

It's about 6X8 inches done with mechanical pencil. I like the antlers but I can't draw the fur realistic :/ any tips or advice would be great thanks

[DRT]

Don't use a 'mechanical pencil', the graphite is too small and most likely too hard. To make good realistic detail, think of it as 'suggesting' detail rather than actually drawing every hair and mark.

[taxidermyrocks8]

Ok ill try using my other pencils I got some from 4h to 8b I think. I've seen your drawings of deer and elk and that's what made me wanna draw again haha hopeful ill get that good someday 

[Pencil Pusher]

I prefer mechanical pencils.  You can get any size lead, and you can get leads from 8B to 6H.  The only difference is that you don't have to sharpen them all the time like you do with regular pencils.

Just slow down and focus on tightening up your strokes.  Practice shading to show 3D shape.  Practice on drawing a sphere until you can draw one that actually looks round.  Here's a pretty good explanation of lighting/shading....  http://www.artinstructionblog.com/drawing-lesson-a-theory-of-light-and-shade

Your drawing is very good.  The only thing about it is the shading.  It's very hard to allow yourself to spend lots of time on the "boring" things like hair, legs, grass, etc.   It's really fun to draw the antlers, and then it's easy to rush the rest so you can call it "done".  If you spend as much time on the small details of the boring things as you do on the antlers, it will make a huge difference.  Patience is the hardest part for me.

[taxidermyrocks8]

I just drew this one with mostly a 3B pencil I think it looks a little better