Thursday, March 1, 2012

March....of the Chinese Zodiac Animals!

Welcome March! We're celebrating the Year of the Dragon, 2012 by illustrating our favorite zodiac animals. The year of the dragon is said to be a very lucky year. We hope that 2012 has been good to you so far..and in celebrating the Chinese thoughts for this year, we hope that it continues to bring peace, health and prosperity to you and yours.

~ Bee, Cally, Nina, Jennifer, Julissa & Shirley

Nina
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Bee  
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Shirley
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Julissa
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Jennifer
Cally

The animal names in Mandarin:
  1. Shu (rat)
  2. Niu (ox)
  3. Hu (tiger)
  4. Tu (rabbit)
  5. Long (dragon)
  6. She (snake)
  7. Ma (horse)
  8. Yang (sheep)
  9. Hou (monkey)
  10. Ji (rooster)
  11. Gou (dog)
  12. Zhu (boar/pig)

For more information about the special Year of the Dragon, here is a good link
and here is a good link for all of the zodiac animals as well. 
Thank you for stopping by and celebrating illustration with us...
your comments and visits make our day!

8 comments:

  1. Um, those aren't mandarin translation of the 12 animals but are the names of the years.

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    1. Thank you Cherry for posting! Whoops!! Will correct now.

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  2. Love these! Glad I don't speak Mandarin.

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  3. Great job girls, lovely illustrations, maybe someday you makes me a invitation to draw something, I like your concepts.

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December banner art by: Jennifer