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We’ll introduce handmade creations and ideas that are useful and inspiring for Rabbit Year New Year’s cards!
When you make New Year’s cards by hand, it’s easy to wonder where to start.
So instead of thinking everything up from scratch, I’ve put together ideas you can adapt by using works uploaded to video sites as references.
From standalone elements like brush-lettering art and stamps to mix-and-match illustration styles, we’ve got you covered.
Skimming through the article might spark some inspiration!
I also selected options with ease and speed in mind, so feel free to try anything that makes you think, “I can do this!”
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[Handmade] Recommended for Year of the Rabbit New Year’s cards! A roundup of reference works and ideas like rabbit illustrations (1–10)
Write it in 3 minutes! Ultra-simple New Year’s card with a brush pen
For those who find using a traditional brush for New Year’s cards a bit intimidating, we recommend a brush pen! While a brush pen may not quite match a brush dipped in ink, it saves you the trouble of preparation and is less likely to stain clothes or desks, making it a great tool for beginners.
Another advantage is that brush pens come in a wide range of colors, not just black! Even simple lines can be expressive just by varying their thickness.
Rabbits have distinctive features like ears, tails, and whiskers, so they should be relatively easy to draw.
Add festive accent colors like red or gold, and you’ll have a simple yet stylish New Year’s card.
Watercolor painting of a rabbit
Watercolor paintings are characterized by their distinctive bleeding effects, making them perfect for natural, sketch-like, soft and airy designs.
You can sketch a rabbit at a place like a zoo, or of course an imaginary rabbit is fine too! Start with a light pencil sketch before you begin painting.
The trick with watercolor is to apply colors from the lightest to the darkest.
By adding the next color before the first one dries, you can enjoy unpredictable blends and blooms! To preserve the charm of watercolor, avoid laying the paint on too thickly.
Adding moderate shading will give your piece a sense of depth and three-dimensionality.
A colored pencil drawing of a rabbit
Colored pencils are easy to use among art supplies and are user-friendly.
They can create a wide range of expressions, from realistic art to illustrations! If you’re struggling with a New Year’s card design, I highly recommend trying colored pencils.
When drawing next year’s zodiac animal, the rabbit, you’ll probably use pink.
Because colored pencils change expression depending on pressure and how you layer or shade, you can draw a very cute rabbit using just a single pink color.
You can also add depth with a darker pink to create shadows.
For a professional touch, use white Posca at the end to add highlights.
Muted colors, too, make for a sophisticated, ink-wash-style art with soft tones.
Have you heard of Emozutan, which has been attracting attention in recent years? Emozutan is an art medium released in 2020, known for producing tasteful hues just by grinding it and loading it onto a brush.
Using Emozutan, you can easily create art with a mature atmosphere.
By the way, while Emozutan specializes in soft, pale tones, there’s also Emozumi-Akari, which focuses on bright colors, as well as Emozumi, which sits in between.
You can likely combine multiple inks to create illustrations, too.
If you’re interested, start by looking up how to use Emozumi-Akari.
Extraordinarily cute brush-lettering art
Brush-lettering art can be combined with any design.
Brush-lettering art refers to artwork created by drawing characters with a brush pen.
Of course, it’s not just about writing them as-is—you can add flair by deforming the shapes or giving them a calligraphy style.
For example, you might draw the kanji for “rabbit” in a way that resembles a rabbit character.
Another approach is to render a New Year’s greeting in brush-lettering art instead of using an illustration.
Try coming up with a design that incorporates your own unique brush-lettering art.