Things from the forest die here. {Death warning?} {fixed dumb broken image ;;}

Heartstrings's picture

Heartstring isn't one of those dainty feral does. She is truly a wild animal.
She will kill young who are not healthy, and she will leave her fawns hidden for hours on end while she grazes and drinks. Just like a real deer. She's no monster. Just an animal.

Too much like a real deer?

Never too much real deer.

Good chance to practice some new art positions however.

I can't see the pic, but the

I can't see the pic, but the realistic is good. My Keshadei is also mostly feral, stayed hidden in the grass and watched other adults to see what was ok to eat. It was hard for her to learn she was a deer, being raised by a dragon, lol. She'll be treating her fawns the same way, leaving them hidden while she goes out to forage and graze.
Heartstrings's picture

fiXED IT I don't know why the

fiXED IT I don't know why the link broke on me, how weird.
and aww ;u; beb

Her and Heart can graze together sometime, it'd be nice uwu

Really like this & how 'real'

Really like this & how 'real' she is ♥

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Poppyflower's picture

Ooh, it would interesting to

Ooh, it would interesting to be a fawn of hers |D

I really like this, though. Never have been able to draw deer in that position 8C
Poor lil fawn-but hey, suppose that's how life goes.
~Poppy~
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RoktDog's picture

Somewhat...gruesome? show of

Somewhat...gruesome? show of her behaving like what she is.

And I love it! ♥
CydaLuva83's picture

Oooooooo. I like this.

Oooooooo. I like this.
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Heartstrings's picture

Thank you all so much ahh

Thank you all so much ahh ;;
Again I will come back to these and reply properly after I'm done fixing my sleep stuff and haven't been up for like 20+ hours.
Just know for now that I deeply appreciate you uwu

Faustt's picture

It's good to see people

It's good to see people create characters like this, and really express the feral side that many animals have c:

I'm a Wildlife and Fisheries Biology major in college, and I don't mean this in a rude way, but I just want to put out some information that I was taught. Although it is true that does will leave their fawns unattended for hours, it is not in their nature, however, to kill other fawns, healthy or not. It has been observed, however, that when a fawn mistakes another doe for its mother and tries to nurse, the doe may club the fawn with her hoof but never enough to do any real damage.
Heartstrings's picture

The fawn shown above is

The fawn shown above is Heart's. And was at the time dying. Had it been a stranger, it would have been ignored fullstop.

It helps that much of her nature is based partially on cervids, and partially on that of {admittedly unrelated} Male equines. {she is not, technically, a TEF deer. Her 'forest' was different.}

Consulted and researched before making her.

Faustt's picture

Okay, I just wanted to see

Okay, I just wanted to see your side of it, since I couldn't understand when you said that she would kill unhealthy fawns like a real deer. Thanks for explaining c:
Heartstrings's picture

np ;; I meant to add it above

np ;; I meant to add it above but I've been awake for literally over 24hrs now
trying to fix my sleep cycles again but it's not working for me
everything is exhaustion and pain until like 7:30 and then I'm awake no matter how long I've been up.

Also I've seen deer eating

Also I've seen deer eating fawns already dead, and they do occasionally eat meat for the extra nutrients.

Also, sometimes, as you said when a fawn tries to feed off another female, sometimes the female will accept the strange fawn as her own as well. Sometimes when that happens, the mother may either let it go or go get the fawn back. Fawns need to be taught they are deer too, not born already knowing that, like many creatures. once they are old enough and start to follow their mothers, they will eat directly in the spot where the doe eats, to learn what's ok and what's not. It's also known a deer's diet is highly varied, eating over 200 varieties of plantlife.
Heartstrings's picture

I always thought deer eating

I always thought deer eating meat was really fascinating.
Nature is n eato

Mjrn's picture

Nice to see a truly feral

Nice to see a truly feral character. Love how you drew the bodies, given the view of it.
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