I really wanted to do something Zodiac related and thought it might be fun to combine both the Chinese zodiac animals and astrological star signs somehow. I ended up drawing the Chinese zodiac animals holding objects inspired by the western zodiac signs.

First up, I started with the 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals. For those who are unfamiliar with the Chinese Zodiac, each year is represented by one of twelve animals based on the Lunar Calendar. It goes in a cycle: mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, house, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig. To find out which one, just Google your birth year and “Chinese Zodiac.” If you are born in January/February, the Lunar New Year usually isn’t until late January or February, so you might be the animal from the “previous year.”

Which animal are you? I’m an ox. Mooooooo!

Next up, the astrological signs.  Most of you probably know what your horoscope sign is but I always forget the date ranges when figuring it out for others:

• Aquarius / Jan 20 – Feb 18
• Pisces / Feb 19 – Mar 20
• Aries / Mar 21 – Apr 19
• Taurus / Apr 20 – May 20
• Gemini / May 21 – Jun 20
• Cancer / Jun 21 – Jul 22
• Leo / Jul 23 – Aug 22
• Virgo / Aug 23 – Sep 22
• Libra / Sep 23 – Oct 22
• Scorpio / Oct 23 – Nov 21
• Sagittarius / Nov 22 – Dec 21
• Capricorn / Dec 22 – Jan 19

Somehow all the “objects” turned into weapons. Haha. I’m a Libra :) Hopefully you like how your astrological star sign weapon turned out.

And finally, I combined them!

Eventually, I’ll post all the variations (all 144 of them!)  so you can see your own personal  pairing of Chinese Zodiac animal and star sign. Do you happen to be one of the ones above? I’m the Ox / Libra :) If you aren’t, let me know what combination you are and maybe I can do your pairing sooner :)

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Sometimes when I start something, I’m off to a good start. Computer on! Tea brewed! Ready to do the thing! …and then this happens:

Many hours fly by and I end up with nothing.

Designer’s block? YouTube spiral? Netflix binge? I guess I only have myself to blame :) Tomorrow is another day for productivity!

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A view of somewhere else.

I wanted to try practicing something I don’t really know how to draw… that is landscapes and environmental spaces..
This is the first one I’ve done in a long while. Hopefully I’ll try more in the future to try to develop a style.

This one is heavily inspired by Adventure Time and Steven Universe artwork.

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Drawings for a Star Trek button set :) What do you think?

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My first attempt at drawing anything related to Star Wars :) What do you think? I like how the Ewok turned out :)

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Don’t feel like doing something? Just don’t do it.

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Two things I can’t resist, Zelda and terrariums :)

Just an art piece with Zelda things in hanging terrariums. I wish I could hang these in a window :) Which one is your favorite terrarium? Mine is the one with the cucco (chicken) for sure!

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I know this isn’t a comic but I just wanted to let you guys know that I made my very first sticker set on Line Creators Market! If you use Line, please check it out and consider spamming people with my face. <3

PS. Sorry it’s not free :( I couldn’t make free sets on the Creators Market.

See Stickers!

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I pretty much rely heavily on the Internet for my source of inspiration and research. All of you out there.. designers, creatives, writers, artists.. everyone.. You guys are amazing and do such awesome work. Being able to see it as a image or article or website really motivates me to want to do my best work too.

But, I tend to over-research. I get caught in a browsing frenzy for long periods of time, loving everything I see! All the web designs look so beautiful. All the logos are so clever and fitting for the brand. All the packaging design is so perfect, how could anyone rip it open to actually use the item inside! All the DIY projects look so creative and doable! After a while, I get so inspired by everything I see, I want to do it all! Make websites. Make logos. Make art. Build DIY shelves out of pipes.

And then, very quickly after, I start to feel sick from being too inspired. INSPIRATION SICKNESS. It’s a weird feeling to feel so inspired to do everything but not want to do anything at the same time. When Inspiration Sickness hits me, I give in to the “not want to do anything” feeling and end up just watching some Netflix or taking a nap.

My good friend and I came up with the phrase to describe this:

“Inspiration is often followed immediately by laziness.”

Here’s a chart I made to illustrate the feeling:

Have you suffered from Inspiration Sickness? Let me know if you are or aren’t the type to get over-inspired :)

Maybe we can start a support group.. or just enable each other by sharing more of what inspires us.

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