The Chinese Zodiacs

2023

This series is just a portion of art I created during my 3-month art mentorship. As opposed to Western astrology, the 12 Chinese zodiac are all animals. An animal is determined by the year of birth, and each year determines which element will be assigned (gold/metal, wood, water, fire, and earth).  I mainly took inspiration from the attributes of each respected zodiac animal and some inspiration from the elements' different personality. 

As this was a multi-month mentorship, part of the goal was to produce as much work as possible while also finding my style and voice along the way. Not every week was my best week so some of the zodiacs I revisited and redrew within the allocated time. The series is not ordered by the Lunar New Year calendar but rather the order of animals that I tackled first and last. 

Made in Clip Studio Paint.