Character Design & Children’s Publishing

Sticky Paws

Sticky Paws began during a conversation with Robert Strickland at Barnes & Noble. In less than thirty minutes, the idea of a raccoon character built around honesty, integrity and strong values was born.

The project grew into a cast of characters, a published book, interior illustrations, web concepts, stickers, apparel and promotional materials.

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The Adventures of Sticky Paws the Raccoon: The Shiny Medal book cover by Robert Strickland — The Shiny Medal • Published Book Cover

Character Sheet

Sticky Paws • Character & Color Sheet

Sticky Paws facial expression sheet — Sticky Paws • Expression Sheet

Main Character Development

Early sketches exploring Sticky Paws’ expressions, poses and character design.

Early Sticky Paws expression studies — Expression Studies

Early Sticky Paws character studies — Early Character Studies

Sticky Paws pose development — Pose Development

Sticky Paws character development — Character Refinement

Supporting Character Sketches

Character studies for the cast of Sticky Paws.

Billy Bulldog character sketch

Sammy Snake front sketch

Sammy Snake profile sketch

Mama Paws character sketch

Papa Paws character sketch

Suzy Paws character sketch

Mr. Eli character sketch

Ozwald Owl character sketch

Interior Page Sketches

Scene layouts and drawing studies developed for the book illustrations.

Breakfast scene sketch

Breakfast conversation sketch

Sticky Paws count down to race day

Suzy Paws doubts Sticky

Sticky Paws humiliation on the school bus

Sammy and Billy laughing at Sticky Paws

Mr. Eli interior scene sketch

Sticky Paws pose sketch

Sticky Paws illustration sketch

Sticky Paws trains for race day

Sticky Paws visits Oswald Owl for guidance

Sticky Paws and the Shiny Medal

Classroom integrity scene sketch

Supporting Characters

Billy Bulldog character and color sheet

Sammy Snake character and color sheet

Mama Paws character and color sheet

Papa Paws character and color sheet

Suzy Paws character and color sheet

Mr. Eli character and color sheet

Ozwald Owl character and color sheet

Interior Pages

Sticky Paws and Mama Paws at breakfast

Sticky Paws breakfast conversation

Sticky Paws walking through the woods

Sticky Paws at school — Sticky Paws gets laughed at on the school bus

Billy and Sammy laughing

Mr. Eli in his office

Sticky Paws yes illustration

Ozwald Owl reading with Sticky Paws — Sticky Paws seeks knowledge and Guidance from Oswald Owl

Sticky Paws holding a book — Receiving knowledge and wisdom

Sticky Paws days of the week illustration

Mr. Eli and Sammy in the classroom

Additional Produced Materials

Promotional Artwork

Sticky Paws coming soon promotion

Sticky Paws and the shiny medal promotional artwork

Sticky Paws book promotional flyer

Sticky Paws promotional card designs

Website Concepts & Stickers

Sticky Paws website concept one

Sticky Paws website concept two

Sticky Paws sticker designs

Apparel Designs

Black Sticky Paws T-shirt front and back design

White Sticky Paws T-shirt front and back design

Accessories

Sticky Paws book bag designs

Sticky Paws mug designs

Sticky Paws cup designs

Sticky Paws pencil designs

Produced Apparel

Produced Sticky Paws T-shirt front

Produced Sticky Paws T-shirt back

Planned Book Covers

Cover concepts for additional books planned for the Sticky Paws series.

You Don’t Need a Cape to Be a Hero planned book cover — You Don’t Need a Cape to Be a Hero

Manners Are Important planned book cover — Manners Are Important

It’s Good to Share planned book cover — It’s Good to Share