Why Deer in Horror?

I’ve been meaning to write a little about why I find deer such a compelling theme in horror and I got a message that motivated me to put it in writing. While deer are beautiful creatures, often seen as delicate and gentle, every deer contains within its body a violent horror story of its own. We see this quote played out in every video of a deer trapped inside a house:

“Naturally, the nervous species are difficult to keep in captivity. If put into an enclosure, they are likely to panic, and either die of shock or batter themselves to death against the fence in their attempts to escape…No gazelle species has ever been domesticated.” Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

I have come to believe that deer make such good companions for horror because they hold multitudes within their frightened, panting bodies. We can project anything into their sweet, vacant eyes. They are prey, they are sacrifice, they are objects of veneration. They are symbols of innocence; they are vectors of disease. The sight of one in a sunlit meadow can calm your heart yet they will crash into your speeding car without a thought for their own life, or yours. They creatures of noble beauty; they are vessels for our worst nightmares.

The Vision of St. Hubert, Wilhelm Räuber, 1892

🍂Magical🍂

Albino deer

SCP-2845  otra versión de el venado pero inspirada en el video de TheRubber : youtu.be/L_T2bAYaD2I

The beautiful view from behind her house.

Deercember Day Twenty-One: Pampas Deer | Holly and Hawthorn

The pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), also known as veado-campeiro in Portuguese and as venado or gama in Spanish, lives in the grasslands of South America at low elevations, specifically across Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia. Their common name is derived from the pampas (from the Quechua pampa, meaning "plain"), which are fertile South American low grasslands. It is the only species in the genus Ozotoceros. Their habitat includes water and hills, often with winter drought, and grass that is high enough to cover a standing deer. Many of them live in the Pantanal wetlands, where there are ongoing conservation efforts, and other areas of annual flooding cycles. Human activity has changed much of the original landscape. Pampas deer are among the most genetically polymorphic mammals: their current high nucleotide diversity shows that they had very large numbers in the recent past. They are known to live up to twelve years in the wild, longer if captive, but are threatened due to over-hunting and habitat loss. Many people are concerned over this loss, because a healthy deer population means a healthy grassland, and a healthy grassland is home to many species, some also threatened. Additionally, the pampas deer are very curious and like to explore; although this is endearing to observers, their lack of fleeing at the sight of humans makes them easier for poachers to kill. They will often stand on their hind legs to reach food or see over something. They are sedentary, with no seasonal or even daily migration. They usually feed regularly during the day, but sometimes have nocturnal activity. They may share their range with common crop plants including yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis)—native to Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina, and cultivated elsewhere—and tejocote (Crataegus mexicana), or Mexican hawthorn—native to Mexico and Guatemala, but has been introduced in the Andes and also cultivated elsewhere. Yerba mate is a plant species of the holly genus which is used to brew a caffeine-rich tea called mate when hot, and served cold alongside other components as tereré. Tejocote fruit is one of the most useful among hawthorns, and is consumed cooked, raw, and canned, or brewed into a hot fruit punch known as ponche. More information about pampas deer here, yerba mate here, and tejocote here.

References: Deer and Background, Holly 1, Holly 2, Hawthorn.

No soy las mejor dibujante, no soy tremenda artista, pero créanme que dibujo con amor y cada día trato de mejorar porque amo esto.

“Un paso y un día a la vez”

Cha Pa

Doberman, Mamba Negra, Búho, Venado.

selly ibrahim yhe swedish monster

Feliz Navidad 🦌♥️

Deer in Horror is anti-AI Art

I don't know what good this will do in the face of the future, but it's worth it to try. I will try my best not to reblog AI art on @deerinhorror.

To my followers, if you ever see an AI deer image on this blog, please let me know so that I can delete it.

AI art is souless thievery. It's not the technology or the art that this world needs.

L'Hallali du cerf, Gustave Courbet, 1867

This is a character that belongs to someone in Amino, his name is Copito. I'm trying to improve my realistic portraits with OCs, so I borrowed some characters from Amino. I decided to start with this character because I wanted to see if my shading has improve in albino characters. I think it could improve my contrast but at the same time I think I exaggerate with the darkness of the shadow XD anyway I hope it looks good, I wanted to practice this for a long time, but I have had many things on me so just now I started to do it. Any kind of feedback is always welcome :d

Inktober 2021 #3

Esta ilustración es una de mis favoritas de esta serie. El resultado me recuerda a los dibujos qué hay en los cuentos.

Lo que quise contar aquí es la historia de un venado que estaba siendo perseguido y es encontrado encima de esta casa que parece mágica.

#artexuraweuka #venado #arte decorado con estambre en cera de campeche medida 20 cm #disponible 😊 (en Centro de Coyoacán) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgILZFjOeKw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

How Alex is spending her Summer Fest