Finally, a more-or-less fleshed out character picture. I realize the anatomy isn't great, but it was high-time to get my little deer brain-child to paper. Done in graphite because I have next to no skill for colors.
A little bit about Metis...
Metis is marked after a spotted owl. She features a crown of feathers in place of antlers, as well as having patches of feathers on her tail, rump, and shoulders. When she can be coaxed to come out of the underbrush, these feather patches makes it easy to read how she is feeling. Generally speaking, if frightened or startled, the patches of feathers on her rump and tail will puff up. When angry, irritated, or annoyed, she will slick down the feathers on her head, while fluffing up the feathers on her shoulders. When content, relaxed, and happy she is simply fluffy all over. Her markings make it easy for her to simply melt into the underbrush and hide. Her eyes are extremely dark colored - so dark, that most simply think them to be black - but if you were to look at them carefully in the sunlight, you'd see the left eye is a dark green, and the right eye is a deep purple.
She is based after, and is the size of a small black-tail deer doe. She isn't very big (About 3 feet at the shoulder), and can be quite skittish around larger deer (Bit of backstory, there). Once convinced to come out of the underbrush to talk, she can be quite friendly and downright silly.
