Step 15: Use the guides to draw the rest of the deer's body and tail.

Step 16 (optional): For a cleaner look, erase as much as you can of the initial guide lines. Don't worry about erasing them all. It's okay to leave some behind and re-draw anything you accidentally erase.

Final Step (optional): You can add some shading to give your white-tailed deer's drawing more dimension and volume. Pick the direction of the light source when shading so that the shadows are consistent with it. Shading helps define the muscles and adds structure. It's a good idea to use reference to be as accurate as possible. Add a cast shadow underneath your white-tailed deer drawing. This helps ground the deer so it doesn't appear to be floating.

You can add more value throughout your white-tailed deer drawing for extra detail. Vary the pressure on your pencil to get different degrees of tonal value.

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