Free raccoon SVG files

The mask and the rings in one colour

A raccoon is known by two things, the black mask across its eyes and the rings on its tail, and both are a pattern of dark on light. In these files the dark parts stay and the light parts are cut away: the white brows above the mask and the white muzzle below it are windows, and each pale ring of the tail is a window with a rim of about 2 mm left along both edges so the tail holds together. Cut a raccoon once from black or dark grey, put white or pale grey behind it, and the face is finished.

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. The face is the sturdiest design and cuts well down to 40 mm. The side views have fingers and toes about 1.5 mm across, so keep those at 80 mm or more.

Hands, not paws

A raccoon has long, separate fingers, and its front print looks like a small human hand. The peeking raccoon and the raccoon in a trash can both use that: each has a hand of five fingers hooked over an edge. Line the ledge of the peeking raccoon up with the top of a pocket, a letter box or a shelf label, and the animal seems to be climbing out from behind it.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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