The Rat Chinese Zodiac Art Bundle
The Rat Chinese Zodiac Art Bundle is one of 12 animal-specific bundles in the Chinese Signs Collection. Each bundle pairs a Chinese zodiac animal with two complementary art-style interpretations — a traditional cultural reading and a cinematic photoreal one. The Rat bundle contains 48 print-ready digital files: 8 original designs (4 per style), each rendered in three aspect ratios and both PNG and JPG formats.
The two styles are designed to pair on a wall or to stand alone. The Chinese Animals series leans on classical visual language; the Hyper Realistic Chinese series leans on cinematic portraiture. Buyers don't pick one — the bundle includes both.
Built By Josh Studio is the zodiac art brand of Built by Josh Studio LLC, a Kansas-based independent creative studio. Every design is original work — concepted, generated, curated, and finalized by a single founder.
What Makes the Rat, the Rat
- Element: Water
- Yin/Yang: Yang
- Order in Zodiac: 1st
- Years (most recent): 2020, 2008, 1996, 1984
- Compatible Trine: Rat, Dragon, Monkey
The Rat is the 1st animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle — the sign that begins the twelve. Associated with the Water element and Yang energy, the Rat represents intelligence, adaptability, and resourcefulness in Chinese tradition. Rat years run on a 12-year cycle — 2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, and so on. The Rat's compatible trine includes the Dragon and Monkey.
The Two Art Styles in the Rat Bundle
The Rat bundle contains 8 unique designs across 2 art-style series. Same animal, two complementary visual readings.
Chinese Animals
Traditional, culturally rooted depictions of the Rat with classical Chinese aesthetic — flowing line work, traditional palette inspirations, symbolic iconography. Designed to honor the cultural origins of the Chinese zodiac while still feeling original and wall-worthy. 4 numbered variants in this series.
Variant 1
Variant 2
Variant 3
Variant 4
Hyper Realistic Chinese
Photorealistic portraiture of the Rat with cinematic lighting and material detail — fur, scale, feather, gleam — rendered with hero-pose presence and gallery-quality realism. The Hyper Realistic counterpart to the more traditional Chinese Animals series. 4 numbered variants in this series.
Variant 1
Variant 2
Variant 3
Variant 4
Across the two styles, the bundle contains 8 unique designs of the Rat. With three sizes (1:1, 4:5, 2:3) and two formats (PNG, JPG) per design, that's 48 files in total.
Who Buys the Rat Bundle
- People born in a Year of the Rat (2020, 2008, 1996, 1984, and every 12 years before and after) who want their zodiac animal as wall art
- Buyers shopping for someone born in a Year of the Rat — birthday, housewarming, or culturally meaningful gift
- Etsy, Printful, and Redbubble print-on-demand sellers expanding into Chinese zodiac inventory with explicit POD licensing
- Buyers building a multi-animal Chinese zodiac wall arrangement — pair Rat with the other 11 animals as a complete set
- Interior decorators working in Lunar New Year contexts or culturally themed spaces
- Collectors who already own the Rat, Dragon, Monkey trine and want to complete it
What's Included With Every Rat Bundle
Every Rat Chinese Zodiac Art Bundle is a complete digital download. After purchase, you get instant access to 48 image files organized into 2 art-style subfolders — no shipping, no waiting, no physical product mailed to you.
Each design is delivered in three aspect ratios: 1:1 square (4800 × 4800 pixels), 4:5 portrait (4800 × 6000 pixels), and 2:3 portrait (6000 × 9000 pixels). Every size is provided in both PNG (lossless) and JPG (92% quality) formats. All files are saved at 300 DPI in standard sRGB color space — the industry standard for high-quality print reproduction across home printers, professional print shops, and print-on-demand services.
The bundle also includes two PDF documents: a License Agreement & Terms of Use covering personal use, print-on-demand rights, and the 100-print-per-design cap, and a Print Guide & User Manual explaining file structure, recommended print sizes, paper selection, and troubleshooting tips. Both are tailored to the Chinese Signs Collection.
Pricing is $14.99 for the full bundle. One-time payment, instant download, secure checkout via Lemon Squeezy.
Licensing & Print-on-Demand Rights
The Rat Chinese Zodiac Art Bundle ships with a clear, plain-English license — not a vague "for personal use" disclaimer.
You may
- Print and display the files in your own home or personal space
- Sell physical print-on-demand products (framed prints, posters, canvases, mugs, t-shirts, phone cases, etc.) made from the designs, up to a cumulative cap of 100 physical units per individual design across all formats, vendors, and time periods combined
- Use the prints as personal or commercial gifts within the same 100-print-per-design cap
You may not
- Redistribute, share, sell, or transmit the digital files themselves to anyone, in any format
- Use the files as input, training data, or seed images for any AI model
- Mint or tokenize the files as NFTs or other blockchain assets
- Exceed the 100-print-per-design cap (it does not reset and is cumulative across all channels)
- Claim authorship of the designs or register them as your own intellectual property
AI disclosure: The designs in the bundle were created using a combination of human creative direction and AI image generation tools, including Leonardo.ai, with selection, curation, refinement, and final arrangement by Built by Josh Studio LLC. This is disclosed in full in the license agreement.
Need more than 100 prints per design? Extended commercial licensing is available — contact josh@builtbyjoshstudio.com before exceeding the cap.
Read the Chinese Signs License (PDF) → Read the Chinese Signs Print Guide (PDF) →