Happy Tree Friends: Illustration and Artwork is a book about concept art of Happy Tree Friends that was originally released in Japan on 2015. It contains many pages with a lot of pictures of the characters with different looks and doing different things. Some images have been used for the merchandise, DVD covers and some from different episodes, but others appear to be more interesting, like the Turn Around Art and Original Pictures.
Turn Around Art and More!
There is Turn Around Art for every character, but Lammy & Mr Pickels. The pictures were likely made before they were added to the series, possibly around the time of the TV series, but Lammy & Mr. Pickels still have other art dedicated to them.
Cuddles
Translation: "A rabbit boy with fluffy fur. He wears his favorite pair of pink bunny slippers."
Giggles
Translation: "A cute chipmunk girl. She has a charming, shy giggle."
Lumpy
Translation: "A light blue moose with an upside-down antler. He works at a store, drives a bus, among other jobs, but is very clumsy."
Toothy
Translation: "A cute beaver boy with freckles on his cheeks. He is proud of his large front teeth."
Petunia
Translation: A very friendly skunk girl. She wears a tree-shaped deodorizer, giving her a sweet smell."
Nutty
Translation: "A green squirrel with a spinning pupil. He loves sweets! He always has candy stuck to his face."
Flippy
Translation: "A green bear who is a war veteran. Because of his fierce battles, he is often emotionally unstable..."
Flaky
Translation: "A red porcupine with dandruff. When scared or in danger, she becomes sharp like a needle."
Handy
Translation: "A beaver boy. Even though he doesn't have hands, he's very skilled at building houses and fixing cars."
Lifty & Shifty
Translation: "Twin raccoons. The one wearing the hat is the older brother, Shifty. The other one is the younger brother, Lifty."
Sniffles
Translation: "A genius anteater. A hard worker who is eager to learn and is always reading books."
Mime
Translation: "A purple deer who is a pantomimist. His charades are difficult to understand and often lead to misunderstandings."
Russell
Translation: "A pirate sea otter with a hook on his right hand and peg legs. He hides his favorite shellfish in his hat."
Pop & Cub
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Translation: "A bear family, consisting of a kind father, Pop, and a cute baby, Cub."
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The Mole
Translation: "A blind mole. Somehow, he is constantly able to avoid trouble."
Disco Bear
Translation: "An afro-haired bear who loves music and dancing."
Splendid
Translation: "A blue flying squirrel who strives for justice. He's a superhero who soars through the sky to help anyone in danger."
Cro-Marmot
Translation: "A green marmot caveman who wields a club. He is encased in ice cold enough to freeze the ocean."
Lammy & Mr. Pickels
Artwork
This part of the book includes additional art, like art that has unique styles, art that includes multiple characters and also comics.
Original Pictures
This part of the book shows off early sketches of some of the characters and other sketches as well.
Character Pictures
These pictures seem to of been the finalized versions of the characters that were made after "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya" because Giggles has her marking on her head and her buck teeth (when she is showing her standard expression), and Toothy does not have his two long hairs on his head. Giggles and Toothy look different in "Spin Fun Knowin' Ya", so these pictures must have been made after.
There are pictures of Cuddles, Toothy, Giggles, Nutty, Lifty, Shifty, Handy and Flippy.
Other Pictures
Here seems to be two early versions of Cuddles and the other being a side view of Handy.
These pictures seem to show some concept ideas for different episodes, but ended up never being used. Also the cheerleader picture shows The Mole's full face; this is the only time that his full face has been shown.
The picture of Handy falling off the ladder and landing on his tools and nails appears to have been been one of the original concepts for the episode “Shard at Work”. But was changed to him biting the bulb and falling with the glass from the bulb in his mouth instead.
This picture appears to be a concept for the Complete Disaster DVD cover, with Petunia and Splendid (who were missing in the final version) included.
And this image seems to be an early version of the cut out that can be seen in "The Process" from the Happy Tree Friends TV Series Volume One DVD Bonus Features.
