Creating Yabbit the Rabbit: Merging Fan-Favorite Character Designs

Yabbit the RabbitCharacter DesignIllustration ProcessBehind the Scenes
Written By KD Schnee

In one of our recent videos (watch on YouTube), we shared several new sketches of Yabbit the Rabbit, our main character in the upcoming children’s picture book The Rabbit in the Moon. We asked our community to vote for their favorite facial design, and you delivered!

After going through every comment and message, we selected the two most loved designs: Rabbit #3 and Rabbit #6. Both sketches had qualities that readers, parents, and picture-book lovers consistently pointed out: warmth, personality, and an expressive face that children will instantly bond with.

Rod, our incredible illustrator, took those two fan-favorite sketches and merged their strongest features. Today, we’re revealing the result, and we couldn’t be more excited to include your opinions in the character-development process.

Watch the YouTube reveal here

Are we getting closer to the Yabbit the Rabbit you imagined? Your feedback truly matters, and seeing how our audience helps shape this character makes the entire process more meaningful. We're building a children’s picture-book hero that feels timeless, lovable, and memorable.

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KD Schnee

KD Schnee is a children’s author from Pittsburgh, PA. He was raised in Bull Valley, IL on a former Christmas-tree farm. He spent his childhood roaming the woods and listening to nightly read-alouds from his dad, and early favorites like A Cricket in Times Square helped plant the seeds for storytelling.

His debut picture book, The Rabbit in the Moon, introduces Yabbit the Rabbit, a character first imagined by KD’s mother and inspired by his own childhood tendencies to hesitate or avoid. Today, KD writes hopeful stories that help kids (and the child in all of us) face fear, feel brave, and grow.

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