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The PAPERWALKER Journal is a regularly updated weblog of character designer Florian Satzinger in which he showcases his character design work, visual development, inspirations and reference materials of current, past and future projects, such as Toby Skybuckle© for France and Japan based Ankama Group LLC and John Starduck© for France and US based Tigobo Animation Studios. ©2013 World rights reserved.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Artificial Beak

Apropos inspiration (see also the previous post): I was truly fascinated by this eagle's "beak job". This greatly inspired my way of designing beaks with character, as you can see here from the samples below.

Eagle photos via WebEcoist (Photos © by their respective owners)

Oh, by the by, if you're in the New York City area I encourage you to stop in The Village Petstore And Charcoal Grill, 7th Avenue South. Here's one of my favorite pets from there (besides the hot dogs, of course):

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3 comments:

Derek said...

Interesting insight on your work, thanks!

Josh said...

You're my favorite online artist. Thank you for your posts. =)

Would you ever have the time to teach an online character design course? I'd sign up!

Tel Coelho said...

AMAZING JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!