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* [[Green]]-Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: [[Twiddlebugs|Twiddlebug]], [[Sherlock Hemlock]], [[Farley]], [[Tony (Anything Muppet)|Tony]], [[The Salesman]]; also pictured: woman, police officer, farmer
 
* [[Green]]-Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: [[Twiddlebugs|Twiddlebug]], [[Sherlock Hemlock]], [[Farley]], [[Tony (Anything Muppet)|Tony]], [[The Salesman]]; also pictured: woman, police officer, farmer
 
* Little Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: [[Roosevelt Franklin]] (described as Reddish-Magenta); also pictured: [[Betty Lou]], [[Prairie Dawn]] (described as Bright [[Hot Pink]]); described, but not shown: [[Pumpkin]]-Orange
 
* Little Anything Muppet -- named and pictured: [[Roosevelt Franklin]] (described as Reddish-Magenta); also pictured: [[Betty Lou]], [[Prairie Dawn]] (described as Bright [[Hot Pink]]); described, but not shown: [[Pumpkin]]-Orange
* [[Lavender]]-Anything Muppet (with hands) -- named and pictured: [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[The Amazing Mumford]], [[Harvey Kneeslapper]], [[Granny Fanny Nesselrode]], [[The Mudman]]; also pictured: elderly man, [[Marty (Anything Muppet)|Marty]]
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* [[Large Lavender Live Hand|Lavender]]-Anything Muppet (with hands) -- named and pictured: [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[The Amazing Mumford]], [[Harvey Kneeslapper]], [[Granny Fanny Nesselrode]], [[The Mudman]]; also pictured: elderly man, [[Marty (Anything Muppet)|Marty]]
 
* [[Herry Monster]]
 
* [[Herry Monster]]
 
* [[Guy Smiley]] and [[Prince Charming]] -- color described here as warm gold
 
* [[Guy Smiley]] and [[Prince Charming]] -- color described here as warm gold
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* [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffle-upagus]] (photographs only)
 
* [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffle-upagus]] (photographs only)
 
* [[Ernie]], [[Bert]] & [[Rubber Duckie (duck)|Rubber Duckie]] (photographs only for Rubber Duckie)
 
* [[Ernie]], [[Bert]] & [[Rubber Duckie (duck)|Rubber Duckie]] (photographs only for Rubber Duckie)
* [[Oscar the Grouch]] (photographs only
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* [[Oscar the Grouch]] (photographs only)
 
* [[Grover]], [[Super Grover]], [[Cookie Monster]] & [[Herry Monster]]
 
* [[Grover]], [[Super Grover]], [[Cookie Monster]] & [[Herry Monster]]
 
* [[Frazzle (monster)|Frazzle]] and Some Other Monsters
 
* [[Frazzle (monster)|Frazzle]] and Some Other Monsters
 
* [[Guy Smiley]], [[Prince Charming]] & [[Don Music]] (photograph only for Don Music)-- Described here as [[Orange Gold]], Pantone 123
 
* [[Guy Smiley]], [[Prince Charming]] & [[Don Music]] (photograph only for Don Music)-- Described here as [[Orange Gold]], Pantone 123
* [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[The Amazing Mumford]] (photograph only), [[Biff]] (photograph only), [[Rodeo Rosie]] (photograph only) & [[Mr. Chatterly]] (photograph only) -- Described here as [[Lavender]], Pantone 529
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* [[Count von Count|The Count]], [[The Amazing Mumford]] (photograph only), [[Biff]] (photograph only), [[Rodeo Rosie]] (photograph only) & [[Mr. Chatterly]] (photograph only) -- Described here as [[Large Lavender Live Hand|Lavender]], Pantone 529
 
* [[Sherlock Hemlock]], [[Farley]] (photograph only), & [[Lefty the Salesman|The Salesman]]-- Described here as Yellow Green, Pantone 375
 
* [[Sherlock Hemlock]], [[Farley]] (photograph only), & [[Lefty the Salesman|The Salesman]]-- Described here as Yellow Green, Pantone 375
 
* [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Betty Lou]], & [[The Busby Twins]] (all photographs only)-- Described here as [[Hot Pink]], Pantone 820
 
* [[Prairie Dawn]], [[Betty Lou]], & [[The Busby Twins]] (all photographs only)-- Described here as [[Hot Pink]], Pantone 820
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File:Kercoll styleguide front.jpg|Kermit Collection Style Guide
 
File:Kercoll styleguide front.jpg|Kermit Collection Style Guide
 
Image:Swedchefstyleguide.jpg|[[The Swedish Chef|Swedish Chef]] Style Guide. 20 page CD size booklet with CD. Date unknown.
 
Image:Swedchefstyleguide.jpg|[[The Swedish Chef|Swedish Chef]] Style Guide. 20 page CD size booklet with CD. Date unknown.
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Image:MBStyleGuide1.jpg|[[The Muppet Babies]] Character guide. Date unknown.
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Image:MBStyleGuide2.jpg|Baby Kermit character guide
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Image:MBStyleGuide3.jpg|Baby Animal character guide
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Image:MBStyleGuide4.jpg|Baby Gonzo character guide
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Image:MBStyleGuide5.jpg|Baby Piggy character guide
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Image:Mupbabiesstyleguide.jpg|[[The Muppet Babies]] Style Guide. 20 page CD size booklet. Date unknown.
 
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Image:Fragglestyleguide.jpg|[[Fraggle Rock]] Style Guide. The guide contains photography, design elements, illustration, reference materials and packaging guidelines. Date unknown.
 
Image:Fragglestyleguide.jpg|[[Fraggle Rock]] Style Guide. The guide contains photography, design elements, illustration, reference materials and packaging guidelines. Date unknown.
 
Image:Hoobsstyleguide.jpg|[[The Hoobs]] Style Guide. The Style Guide is 100 pages and 2 CD's with spiral binding, and has a foam die cut cover featuring the shows main characters. The book is filled with photos, illustrations, patterns, borders and packaging guidelines, all to aid in product development to support the show. Date unknown. '''External link''': [http://issuu.com/jenniferredding/docs/hoobs_sg The Hoobs Style Guide]
 
Image:Hoobsstyleguide.jpg|[[The Hoobs]] Style Guide. The Style Guide is 100 pages and 2 CD's with spiral binding, and has a foam die cut cover featuring the shows main characters. The book is filled with photos, illustrations, patterns, borders and packaging guidelines, all to aid in product development to support the show. Date unknown. '''External link''': [http://issuu.com/jenniferredding/docs/hoobs_sg The Hoobs Style Guide]
Image:Mupbabiesstyleguide.jpg|[[The Muppet Babies]] Style Guide. 20 page CD size booklet. Date unknown.
 
 
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Ever since the Muppet characters have been used for merchandising, as a result of a production not initially meant to sell a product, The Jim Henson Company and Children's Television Workshop have made Character Books available to developers to ensure that character consistency is maintained when reproducing outside of the respective companies. These style guides serve to establish a definitive manner in which characters will be drawn or scuplted. Most notably, guidelines are given to ensure proper proportions and colors. In some cases, the Pantone scale is used to reference a particular color -- an agreed upon system of coloring defined by numbers.

Sesame Street

1973

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All character pages are a combination of black and white photographs and pencil drawings.

1979

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Photos and drawings by Mel Crawford, Michael Frith, Bill Pierce, Joe Mathieu, Judy Ross, Chuck Rowan, Neil Selkirk, Joe Veno and Rick Wetzel
Art Director/Designer: Sue Schiller
Produced by The Children's Television Workshop, NY, NY. 80 pages.

Introductory Material
  • Color photograph of the Sesame Street cast, Season 8
  • Size comparison chart, in color, with photos of various Muppets for which the lower bodies have been draw in in color (except for Big Bird, whose entire body is shown as a color photograph)
  • Color guide
  • General Muppet description and Muppet index
  • Credits
Character pages

Unless otherwise noted, all character pages contain a combination of black-and-white photographs and drawings in black ink.

Sesame Street Set Scenes

1988

2000 (Architecture Guide)

2001

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Sesame Workshop produced the Sesame Street Muppets Drawing Guide, Illustrated by Nancy W. Stevenson. The 2001 Drawing Guide contains mostly pencil drawings, which show much greater detail than the previous Character Books and include guidance for depicting Sesame Street Muppets in various positions and from multiple angles.

The Guide consists of a cover page, table of contents, 4 introductory pages, and 12 character pages featuring extensive pencil drawings. The character pages cover 10 Muppets:

  • Bert
  • Big Bird
  • Cookie Monster (2 pages)
  • Count Von Count
  • Elmo
  • Ernie (including one drawing of Rubber Duckie)
  • Grover & Super Grover
  • Oscar the Grouch (2 pages, which include several drawings of Slimey)
  • Rosita
  • Zoe

Excerpts from the Drawing Guide appear in the liner notes for the 40 Years of Sunny Days DVD set.

Also in 2001, Sesame Workshop produced a separate Sesame Street Style Guide that provides information such as guidelines for representing the Sesame Street Muppets and preferred fonts for use in advertising typography.


Sesame Street Babies

Style guide issued for the Sesame Street Babies brand.

Other Sesame Street Style Guides

The Muppets

Guides created for the Muppet characters have included photo packages and drawn illustration books. Each of the versions have featured various angles of the puppet and character positions.

1976 Photographs

1979

1989 (Muppet Kids)

1993? (Jim Henson's Muppets)

2002

2005

Other


Muppet Babies

Other

Guides were created for other Henson/Muppet Television shows.