COAT OF SMILES, parody art of iconic symbols. A duck's hat, a mouse's ears and a smiling yellow button. Three iconic things brought together in one artwork.
The PAPERWALKER Journal is the personal weblog of DUCKLAND creator and award-winning character designer Florian Satzinger – who worked on characters such as Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Silvester etc.), Pinky And The Brain, A.J.Hogg and Scooby-Doo, for studios such as Warner Bros., Disney, ReelFX and Zanuck Family Entertainment – in which he shares bits and pieces of his character design work, processes, visual development, inspirations and reference materials of current, past and future projects.
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PLEASE NOTE, the displayed parody artworks of classical cartoon characters are not copies but distinct satiric imitations/caricatures, by exaggerating and transforming the original characters and their related indica (see 'Coat of Smiles') in a way that creates new originals and new meanings, different from the intentions of the originals.

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Supermanmorning

Christopher D'Olier Reeve, Superman.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Today's Warm-up

Today's warm-up

Ein von Florian Satzinger Paperwalker (@floriansatzinger) gepostetes Foto am

Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Cool Brit

The Saint. Sir Roger Moore, ca. 1962.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Behind The Scenes: Planet Of The Apes (1967)

Lovely behind the scenes shots by the great Dennis Stock (via/courtesy of Dennis Stock and Magnum Photos). See more HERE

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Sunday Morning Awesomeness

I got Superman on the phone. (via Ufunk/Laura)

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Saturdaytoy: Batman Tinplate Robot

Japanese Nomura tinplate Batman robot from about 1966. (via/courtesy of)

Thursday, August 20, 2015

The Endless House

Inspiration of the day: Frederick Kiesler, Endless House (ca. 1960). Photo credit: George Barrows (via/more)

Frederick Kiesler (left) & Willem de Kooning, New York, May 4, 1960. Photo credit: Irving Penn/Copyright The Irving Penn Foundation.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Good Morning, Batman

Adam West on the set of the 1960’s Batman TV series. (photo credit/via TheChive)

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Pan Am

I just came across this graphic design gem from the past.


This BTW reminds me of another Pan Am piece. Actually, I already posted this here on the blog. But anyway, it's always worth a re-post: "At Pan Am the sky is no longer the limit."

Friday, August 14, 2015

Dark Star

One of my most favourite spaceship designs, still.

Sunday, August 02, 2015

'North By Northwest' Meets 'The Jetsons'

These kind of reference or inspiration charts I really enjoy putting together for development work.