Metalrat!

Design for Threadless' Chinese New Year: Year of the Rat challenge! The Chinese Zodiac assigns elements as well as animals to each year, and 2020 is the year of the METALRAT. I wanted to evoke a little bit of that apocalyptic fantasy found on heavy metal album covers, including custom logotype. I also thought it was hilarious to give a hooded rat a cloak with a hood. The illustration itself was done in Clip Studio Pro while the logo was built in Illustrator and then imported to Clip. This week the design is up for vote on Threadless! https://www.threadless.com/designs/metal-rat-3