Ok...I suck at drawing but ever since I saw some of the amazing pieces of art that some of the people here can produce, I was inspired to want to practice drawing a bit. A few days ago, someone made a picture with Paint.net (I forgot who it was). Out of curiosity, I downloaded it and have been playing around with it.

I'm currently trying to produce something kinda decent while trying out the program. So I started this little project. What I just posted it the outline of a deer body that I did in probably twenty minutes. I'm tired as hell right now (it's quarter to 4 in the morning) and I wasn't pleased with the way the neck and head were turning out. That's when I figured that maybe it would be better to focus on a part at a time rather than stressing myself out over trying to make the whole thing look good.

So there's the body...I think the tail is too small; it doesn't scale well with the rest of the body.Then the far front leg just looks awkward...I'm actually pretty happy with the back leg and the way the back itself turned out. Though I do feel that the buttocks part is too straight. Maybe I'll round it out later; but for a writer, I think I did ok at my first serious attempt at art.

Anyway, I'd be very grateful for some advice on how to make it better and how I should approach the rest of the deer. Then, of course, if you have used Paint.net before...I'd be extremely grateful for some tips on coloring. (I plan on looking up some tutorials. if any exist, but I always like hearing from people who actually have used it.)

Edit: I made some changes on the original based on the advice given to me. So I figured I'd update it with at least that much. I'm still working on the head...I wasn't pleased with what I kept getting.