Chinese Zodiac - The Rat
The Rat is part of series of the 12 Animal signs of the Chinese Zodiac — the rest of the zodiac are coming soon! In the background is the Chinese character for the Rat.
Rat people are said to be clever, meticulous, and charming. You are probably a Rat if you were born in 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, 1948, 1936, or 1924, but double-check the exact dates if your birthday is in mid-January to mid-February because the Lunar New Year is on a different date each year. Wikipedia’s Chinese Zodiac page is a good starting point for more information about all of the signs and their meanings.
This image also available as color cards and wall art and T-shirts.
See the rest of the work in this series: Chinese Zodiac in black-and-white
Or check out the same series in color !
Drawn with a brush-pen on bristol paper. Copyright 2009 Stephanie Smith.
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owlspook
Stephanie Smith replied
Thank you!
AnitaInverarity
Oooo I love your Rattie, these are so good xx
Stephanie Smith replied
Thanks Anita! The rest are shaping up very nicely, too, I’m happy about the way this series is turning out. :)
owlspook
just love this series you’re doing Stephanie (big smile) .. looking forward to seeing all of them (big smile)
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kanjitee
Stephanie, this whole series is terrific. Well done.
Stephanie Smith replied
Thank you! I hope I got the kanji right, LOL…
kanjitee
Isn’t that the scariest thing? I tend to forget that I don’t speak exactly according to what an English grammar book would teach, so why would anyone else? There are so many different translations for words, depending on exactly how they are being used. But it’s fun to figure it out.