STICKYBONES

During Erik Baker's career as a Character Animator, working on feature films such as TRON: Legacy, Transformers 2 & 4, Rio 2, Real Steel, he collaborated within a large team of artists, technicians, and engineers. It was during this time, he saw a need for a solution to express visual ideas faster and more playfully. Driven to empower artists and toy enthusiasts with high-quality products that ignite the imagination, Erik designed and engineered our first product—the ultra-poseable figure that helps artists, animators, and toy enthusiasts realize their ideas and tell their stories quicker than ever before. Inspired by Stickybones' amazing community, and everyone's enthusiasm for Stickybones' line of poseable figures and accessories, Erik is "ridiculously excited" to expand their line of products, and add a whole lot of magic and play into the world!

Lauren Wells Baker is one of the two original Stickybones Cofounders. Since its founding and to this day she is intimately involved in the multifaceted daily operations of the company. Prior, she had worked for years in the fast-paced, intense and highly competitive feature film animation world. She's worked at numerous world-class studios and contributed animated performances in a variety of styles ranging from highly-realistic, scary creatures to zippy, cute, and cartoony Rio birds to (her favorite) the groundbreaking style of the Peanuts Movie. When Erik pitched her the idea for Stickybones, she was IMMEDIATELY on board, knowing first hand the need for such a tool in the art world. She joined Stickybones full-time once the prototype was ready and helped plan for and launch the Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for the manufacturing of this product she fully believes in.