Done for  The_Char_Char. A while back I offer a few people a freebie art of my lucky animals I love doing.

Each of theses is my way of wishing luck to people.

Right Paw raised
inviting money and good fortune.

Bell (silver or gold)
brings good fortune

Bib and Bell together
wealthiness and material abundance.

Yellow Cat
brings good relationships

Calico Cat
traditionally the luckiest cat of all.

White Cat
purity, positive things to come.

Green Cat
sometimes health or educations/studies.

Carp:
strength, courage and determination

Daikon is a giant white radish frequently used in stir fries and other meals. It has decorated several Maneki Neko figurines, though it is still fairly unusual. It is a fairly obscure symbol signifying good fortune, plenty and bounty. It does not seem that Daikon itself is thought to be lucky, but more of a representation of things the bounty and good fortune hoped for, represented by a big, perfect vegetable.

Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma, who transmitted Zen Buddhism to China from India. It's said that he sat in meditation so long that he lost the use of his legs. Daruma dolls are usually made from paper mache, and have only white eyes when purchased. One fills in the first eye when a resolution or wish is made, and paints in the second eye when the goal is achieved. Daruma is often considered to be good luck.

A blue Daruma is for luck in sucsess!

Hyotan is a hollowed out dried gourd in which Sake (Rice Wine) and other beverages were traditionally kept. Fukurokuju the god of wisdom and longevity, is one of the seven lucky gods of Japan. He is frequently posed with a hyotan drinking vessel, which may have led to their being associated with luck. Gourds in general are also considered to be good luck, which may contribute to Hyotan appearing in the paws of Maneki Neko.

On the Hyotan depiction of the god Fukurokuju on the Hyotan. A popular deity of wealth, fuku 福, happiness, roku 禄, and longevity, ju 寿, and also associated with the Southern Pole Star, nankyokusei 南極星. The origin of the god may lie in the story by Yangzheng (Jp: Yousei 陽城), advisor to Emperor Wu (Jp: Butei 武帝, 464-549) of the Liang dynasty, which holds that Fukurokuju counseled the emperor to end conscription of slaves from a certain province and thus earned the reputation as a god of happiness in the region. An auspicious subject in Chinese and Japanese painting, he is usually accompanied by a bat and tortoise, and occasionally a stag with a small body and elongated bald head, Fukurokuju is often confused with *Juroujin 寿老人, but can be differentiated by the animals shown with him. Fukurokuju is included among the seven gods of good fortune.
.( this paragraph was found here :http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/.....fukurokuju.htm )

I have the jolly God with an ant, admiring their tenacity.

Golden Ingot is of Chinese origin. In ancient China, precious metals such as gold and silver were kept in a boat like ingot form, which was easily stacked. The golden ingot is now a symbol of wealth and financial prosperity, as well as an easy life. Many people place brass replicas of ingots around their homes.