I posted this back in August on my Patreon but also wanted it share it with you guys. Here are some of my concept sketches I used when designing Buck. I wanted to create a more unique but also natural looking deer. I looked at a ton of pictures of mule deer and finally decided on this design.
I hope you like it!

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