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Pose References

2012-01-27T09:07:00.008+01:00

Jane Goodall and baby chimp, "Photos: Women of National Geographic"

Update: Facial Expression References

Monkey self portrait via kottke.org

About this photo: "[...] A crested black macaque grabbed a photographer's camera and shot dozens of shots, including this fine self-portrait." (J. Kottke)

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Inspiration: Hanna Barbera Land Concept Art

2012-01-26T20:46:00.009+01:00

What a find! I worked in a theme park designing team a couple of years ago, too. This find is pure heaven to me! They must be from the late 70s or early 80s, I guess. Anyway, they're great!

Via Theme Park Review

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Disney Animation Research Library

2012-01-26T11:18:00.004+01:00

Via On Animation

By the by, I could watch this clip a million times:

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The Ferrari Needle

2012-01-24T18:33:00.003+01:00

Snow Jet!

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Inspiration: The White Night

2012-01-23T22:13:00.008+01:00

By Adolf Fassbender, 1936

Via kateoplis

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Modern Life

2012-01-19T18:14:00.015+01:00

Those modern mobile devices keep us connected, everywhere!

Lately, I kept my development artwork quite rough. These here are not finished clean-ups, but coloured roughs of sorts.

By the by, the next post will be without any antennas, almost without any ;) Anyway, did anbody enter the Eustace Tilley book bag contest? I just checked out the gallery of entries and this one is my absolute favorite piece: "Made In NYC", by CG23

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I just couldn't resist your product today because of the package

2012-01-19T12:23:00.005+01:00

I'm a great admirer of the style of magazine advertisements from the 1960s. This one here is from 1965:

Via Modern Mechanix

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Plumb Forgotten; NY Book-Bag Contest!

2012-01-17T12:30:00.024+01:00

Gosh! Did I ever post the photo reference I used for the header of this very blog? No, I'm sure I didn't. Here you are:

Photo via eoopilote

Apropos! Before I forget! There is an Eustace Tilley Book-Bag Cover Contest over at The New Yorker. The deadline is Midnight on January 18th. If you're fast and talented (and a permanent resident of the US or Canada), this is your contest: "Eustace Tilley appeared on our first cover, in 1925. To celebrate our 87th anniversary, we invite readers to create a book-bag version of our iconic dandy. Twelve winners will be featured in a slide show curated by The New Yorker’s art editor, Françoise Mouly. One grand-prize winner will get their design printed on a Strand Bookstore tote bag and a $1,000 Strand shopping spree."

Those duckish and bullish Tilleys here are some older designs I did a couple of years ago for the Huckleberry Finn project (a project that never got the green), I just thought it would be nice to post them along with the info about the Eustace Tilley contest.

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Toying With Gods

2012-01-16T10:40:00.017+01:00

Well, me and my antennas... anyway, I was toying around with this piece a little, just for the fun of it. By the by, the coloured version isn't really a regular clean-up, just a, say, fast test of sorts.

Mickey Mouse snippet © Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Photo via Retro Futurism

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Layout/BG Inspiration: 1960s Town House

2012-01-15T12:22:00.011+01:00

A playboy's dream home. The interior quite reminds me of Matt Helm's house or "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." series, no? Anyways, beautiful colour work. Apropos 1960s layout work, don't miss Hans Bacher's latest post!

(Images via Retro Futurism)

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Adam And The Dog

2012-01-13T09:31:00.004+01:00

Drop-dead beautiful trailer for Disney animator Minkyu Lee's short film.

(via Flooby Nooby)

Adam and dog Trailer from Minkyu on Vimeo.

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Inspiration: Streamlined Design

2012-01-13T00:25:00.004+01:00

Beautifully curated collection!

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Thursday!

2012-01-12T09:21:00.012+01:00

Weekend is coming... and I know, it's not much of a post, just some quick ballpoint thumbnail sketches I usually start the work day with, but... anyway :)

(Photo via Church of...)

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Some Tuesday Morning Inspiration

2012-01-10T10:38:00.007+01:00

I'm in awe with this pic. ~~I found it somewhere on the internet, unfortunately I forgot where I stumbled across it...~~

Photo via ripcordjerry (Thanks to SeaShadow!)

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More Old School Things To Come

2012-01-07T00:30:00.011+01:00

Stay tuned...

Photos © Satzinger & Hardenberg Feat. W.r.r.

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Espresso Solo

2012-01-03T09:18:00.008+01:00

Since espresso is quasi an essential part of my daily design life - give me caffeine and the drawing gets better - I had to post about this machine by designer Shmuel Linski:

(via de zeen mag)

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New Year's Warm-Up Mouse

2012-01-01T13:37:00.008+01:00

Finally, I sat down with a pencil and paper and made this sketch, no Wacom, no Photoshop, just plain old sketching :) Hello 2012!

Photos © Satzinger & Hardenberg Feat. W.r.r.

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Plato

2011-12-31T09:13:00.004+01:00

Via OnAnimation

Plato from Léonard Cohen on Vimeo.

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Batbirds: First Snow!

2011-12-20T15:22:00.019+01:00

I hadn't the time to clean-up the lines, I right away coloured the rough sketchwork here. Smashing holidays and a Happy New Year, everyone! Later!

Photo references: via Church of... and Summer Bellessa (Twiggy)

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Super!

2011-12-18T19:25:00.004+01:00

This is just super!

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Space Age Rocketship Firebird I - Mod. Chandler 3000-Xi

2011-12-16T10:47:00.008+01:00

This is the finished rocketship design. I BTW posted some rough process pieces in a post before, right over here.

Here's the colour palette I was working with, accurately picked by Space Age Film's Robert Chandler:

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Warm-Up: Owl Inspired Critter

2011-12-13T12:34:00.006+01:00

Love the expression of the owl! (via)

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Some 70s Inspiration: Kill With Class

2011-12-12T17:10:00.002+01:00

Michael Caine is Jack Carter in "Get Carter", 1971. (via)

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Some Gauntly Inspiration: Christmas Demons

2011-12-12T11:27:00.008+01:00

Here in Austria, on December the 5th, we celebrate "Krampus", a kind of horned demon or devil who once a year comes to town and snatches up the naughty children. Really creepy tough stuff, isn't it? :) Anyway, I'll stay with the ducks...

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Today's Warm-Up Sketch

2011-12-09T11:44:00.002+01:00

A very fast one :) Plus inspiration.

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The Future Was Going To Be Glorious

2011-12-07T23:13:00.010+01:00

This is kind of... colossal! I'm so in love with this photo. It's real! No film set, no fiction, just smashingly real. (via The Church of...)

The first Salon de locomotion aerienne, 1909, Grand Palais, Paris

The influence on the pieces below is obvious, isn't it? ;-)

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Nice Reference Photo

2011-12-02T12:17:00.003+01:00

An interesting piece of art from obsolete technology (via Magazine13).

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Working With References: Space Age Rocketship

2011-12-01T14:52:00.008+01:00

This is quite a good example of how I go about using references for a new design. The reference photos are BTW all coming from the Modern Mechanix Blog.

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And The Winners Are...

2011-12-01T12:09:00.007+01:00

Alright, I printed and cut out all the participants' comments, put them in Laura's "fortune helmet" and drew 5 out of it (by the way, I decided to raffle 2 prints more off). The lucky winners of the Grand Motorbirds Art Print Giveaway are as follows:

Yair Katz, Owen Williams, Jon di Venti, Jeremiah Kuch, Edward C. Abarilla and Kelly Loosli!

Congratulations! Please email me your post address at helloATpaperwalkerDOTcom. I will send out the prints right during next week.

Thanks everyone for entering the raffle!

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CTNX 2011

2011-11-29T12:49:00.011+01:00

This sketch here pretty much describes my experiences at the CTNX 2011. I felt like one of my Motorbirds, no, like two of them in a networking spaceship or satellite, with dozens of antennas all over, directly interconnected with almost everybody in the animation industry. I did this drawing at one of my demos. By the by, it was supervised of sorts by Jake Parker. The two of us were sitting next to each other during our drawing demos. The other one I had the pleasure drawing side by side with was a guy named Bluth. Don Bluth! But that's just the tip of things that happened to me there in Burbank. I'll soon post more about it, like getting lost in LA with Oscar Grillo, having breakfast with Pascal Campion, cab sharing with Regis Loisel, ...

... Saturday night partying in John Nevarez suite with Bobby Chiu, Francisco Herrera, Jose Lopez (the man with the best Tequila in town, if I forgot somebody here in the party list, please blame it on Jose's Tequila shots he was "firing" at me), Leonardo Olea, Stephen Silver, Kei Acedera, Harald Siepermann and Oliver Kurth. In this connection, please check out the smashing posts at John Nevarez' and Dave Baldwin's and Dave Guertin's (CreatureBox) blogs.

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Win One of Three Artprints!

2011-11-28T15:23:00.009+01:00

This is just a reminder. Are you interested in winning one of three high quality art prints showing the concept artwork of the Motorbirds t-shirts? Then please enter the raffle in the comments section of the previous post (just scroll down), or, if you're reading this via a feed, just click HERE to go there! The giveaway ends on Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 10:00pm (MET) / 01:00pm (PST). I will announce the winners right here on Thursday, December 1st, 2011.

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Grand Giveaway: Win One of Three Art Prints!

2011-11-25T21:02:00.029+01:00

TeeBlitz extended the sale period of the Motorbirds T-shirt until Tuesday (to buy the tee just CLICK HERE). In parallel, I will give away here three signed art prints of the T-shirt's concept sketch (see below) and send the signed prints to three randomly selected blog visitors from this posting's comment section (if you're reading this via RSS feed or Email, please GO HERE to enter).

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION: The only thing you have to do is, say, to tell me who you are and what you do or how the weather is where you live or whatever you like to tell me. I'm just curious who comes around here. The giveaway ends on Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 10:00pm (MET). I will announce the winners right here on ~~Wednesday, November 30th~~ Thursday, December 1st 2011.

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WW2 Propaganda from Disney: Food Will Win This War

2011-11-23T15:25:00.014+01:00

I just stumbled across this at Super Punch. Except for the f#%*ing insignias the submarines' bow part look creepy good. I'm saying this of course isolated from the dramatic background of all of this and in view of the fact that this is a contemporary document of WW2.

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Last Call: Motorbirds Tee

2011-11-21T13:35:00.004+01:00

This is the last call, there are just a few hours left to get the tee. CLICK HERE to go to the TeeBlitz sales page.

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The Giant Beast Scale

2011-11-19T16:47:00.003+01:00

This here is a complete breakdown of the rough process.

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Selling Has Started: Motorbirds T-Shirt

2011-11-18T13:55:00.016+01:00

TeeBlitz has started selling the limited edition Motorbirds Tee, for just $10 the Motorpunkish peckers in their flying Motorglobe will be yours! ;)

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Motorbirds Going Places

2011-11-17T10:07:00.007+01:00

Here we go...

This here below are BTW the initially designs. As you can see the final design ended up quite different than originally planned. The first idea was to draw a rocketship for my producer friend Robert Chandler from Space Age Films. But then, I came up with a more corresponding rocket-idea (which I'll show another time) for Robert and changed the whole piece.

Photo via Church of God the Utterly Indifferent

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Taylor Krahenbuhl

2011-11-10T13:02:00.006+01:00

Ladies and Gents, may I introduce you to my uber-talented friend's brandnew portfolio site The Art of Taylor Krahenbuhl. Warning, highly inspirational! The images here below are both from his blog and his portfolio gallery site:

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Greg Brotherton's Sculptures

2011-11-06T21:50:00.003+01:00

Smashing! (via Colossal)

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Unusual Book Art by Thomas Allen

2011-11-06T08:29:00.007+01:00

Love this! Here's the link... (via Sean Cowen)

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JP Vine at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg: NOV 3-4, 2011

2011-11-02T09:41:00.006+01:00

After last year's visit of Hans Bacher (the students are still going into rhapsodies about Hans' visit), this year my fellow artist friend JP Vine ("Wallace & Gromit", "Chicken Run", "Shaun the Sheep") is following our invitation and is coming over for a talk and workshops at Campus Urstein. Jolly good, isn't it!

Here's BTW a lovley piece of animation JP designed and directed at Crew972, enjoy:

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Epic Reference Photo

2011-10-28T10:37:00.005+02:00

I just got this from my editor, this is the best character reference photo ever.

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UFO Treehouse!

2011-10-27T07:27:00.006+02:00

Just wow. (via Colossal)

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The Newest Gimmicks from the Past

2011-10-25T10:48:00.004+02:00

Apropos "The Chain of Inspiration", here's a pretty good example by what many of my absurd bird-controlled machines and communication devices get inspired. (Photo via Modern Mechanix)

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HUBO

2011-10-24T20:39:00.002+02:00

I'm a long time fan of Eric Oh.

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Beetlejuice Costume; Yinka Shonibare

2011-10-24T12:44:00.009+02:00

Update: Hahaha, this is drop-dead hilarious, a Beetlejuice themed Halloween costume! (via Super Punch)

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In connection with this year's CTN Animation Expo maxim "The Chain of Inspiration" I thought it would be a nice idea to link here - on a non-regular basis - to non-animation artists who inspire me to create. Today, I begin with Yinka Shonibare:

Photos by Stephen White

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Gossamer?

2011-10-21T12:41:00.007+02:00

Okay, this red skipper is off-model, a little.

By the by, in my opinion those kind of large-scale characters work beautifully as cover sujets. Like with this test thingy here:

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PIXEL Afterthought: Conference Interviews

2011-10-20T11:34:00.009+02:00

Vienna based Martin Lorenz did really nice interviews with my buddy Christian de Vita (lead story artist of 'The Fantastic Mr Fox') and Andreas Deja (superduper animator of Disney fame) in connection with their talks at the Pixel Conference. The interviews are well worth a read:

Christian de Vita Interview | Andreas Deja Interview

Photos © Lorenz

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Limited Edition Motorbirds T-Shirt

2011-10-19T11:33:00.004+02:00

Here's a preview of the finished design for the Motorbirds t-shirt, it will be availaible at teeblitz.com soon...

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Sky-Writing Gun (1930)

2011-10-15T20:13:00.003+02:00

Just found this on the Modern Mechanix blog. This is so Batman!

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Pixel 7 Sneak Preview: Colossal Battle Motorsuit

2011-10-11T11:13:00.007+02:00

Last weekend, I did a quick battle poster rough cast for next year's 7th Pixel Conference. I used the 7's shape as a kind of base frame... the finished piece will follow sometime next year, I just wanted to put the idea down in a sketch preventively.

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Update: And here's some fun for your lunch break, today (via Flooby Nooby):

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Drawing Process Clip (Paperwalker TV)

2011-10-10T11:22:00.005+02:00

I accidently recorded only parts of the Motorbambi drawing process. Anyway, I pieced a clip together from the parts I saved. 'Hope you like it still...

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Apropos Motorbambi: Here's a hilarious pic I stumbled across at Superpunch, a dog in an AT-AT costume:

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HOW NOT to draw Disney's Bambi

2011-10-06T20:43:00.007+02:00

...but being inspired by the original character nonetheless. Voila, a birdish Motorbambi or something like that:

And here's HOW to draw Disney's Bambi with Andreas Deja:

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PIXEL 6 Poster Artwork

2011-10-03T10:58:00.028+02:00

The 6th installment of the Annual International Austrian Conference on Computer Graphics & Animation is just around the corner. Disney's Andreas Deja, Fantastic Mr Fox' Christian de Vita, Framestore's Martin Aufinger, Blizzard Games' Simon Yuen and many, many more "uber-bricks" will be in the house. So, if you're in the Vienna area this weekend check out this pretty unique event, located in the beautiful Academy of Sciences Palace: PIXEL 6, OCT 07 -09 2011, Vienna. See you there!

By the by, here's the complete break down process of this piece and the colour palette I was using:

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Inspiration: Lego Artist Mike Doyle

2011-09-30T19:12:00.004+02:00

Striking! (via Colossal)

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Motorbirds T-Shirt: Please Help Me to Decide

2011-09-28T19:31:00.009+02:00

Alright, here are two rough Motorbirds design blueprints but only one is needed for a t-shirt which will be available at TeeBlitz within a short time. Unfortunately, I've not the time to clean-up both of them, so please help me to pick the right one: #1 or #2? Please vote in the poll to the right in my blog's sidebar. THANKS! It is most appreciated.

Thanks, everyone, for voting and commenting! The poll is closed now and, obviously, the Motorglobeship won, hurray! By virtue of my office and for and in consideration of your votes I will clean-up #1! Great!

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Paperwalker TV: New Episode!

2011-09-26T13:15:00.007+02:00

I recorded my warm-up sketch this morning. It's a bird, surprise! The bird's eyebrows are copyrighted, in fact, by Uli Meyer, aren't they? ;)

Work In Progress 7 (2) from Florian Satzinger on Vimeo.

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DUCK Magazine: Rough Layout

2011-09-23T19:09:00.012+02:00

Here's is a layout I did some time ago. I quite like the pose the bird does.

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And finally, some inspiration: This short documentary gives you a sneak peek into the personal works from Dreamworks artists. (via On Animation)

Moonshine from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

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And something to smile about, by Yum Yum London:

Parallel Parking from Yum Yum London on Vimeo.

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Jolly Cool: 3D Googles from the 1970s

2011-09-23T11:22:00.005+02:00

While searching for references I stumbled across this hilarious photo on Modern Mechanix. It strongly reminds me of those headgrears I often equip my ducks and birds with:

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Jolly Good News

2011-09-22T14:33:00.007+02:00

Finally, Harald is planning an art book, as he announced on his blog, recently. I for one would leave the cover just like it already is, no?

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International Designers Show, Shanghai 2011

2011-09-22T11:32:00.010+02:00

I just got sent a bunch of photos in connection with the International Designers Show where a range of my works were exhibited... I'm glad that I took part of it.

Photos © by NEWS.CN and Shanghai Designers Association. W.r.r.

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I Changed My Mind...

2011-09-20T10:55:00.015+02:00

I discarded the rough design in the post before. I don't know, the new concept I like way better than the previous one. The previous one was kind of... boring? The new one deploys a nice sort of battle or wrangle. That is, I guess, what I was looking for actually. Anyway, the finished piece will follow in a bit...

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By the by, what is your favorite memory? (via Colossal)

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By the by (2), an often asked question is what does your work place look like? Well, at this very moment I'm working at our kitchen table. There is not much of a reason for that. I'm just enjoying the feeling or vibe of not going to the office today...

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PIXEL 6, Oct 07-09 2011, Vienna

2011-09-17T10:54:00.011+02:00

This here is the rough design of this year's PIXEL BATTLE poster sujet (BTW, you can view last year's poster over here). Even it's just a pretty rough piece I thought it would be nice to show this here as a teaser or preview. I'll upload the finished piece by Monday or Tuesday then.

Anyway, what's important is that the PIXEL's line-up is really incredible, this year. As for instance, my bro Christian de Vita ("The Fantastic Mr Fox", "Frankenweenie") as well as Disney superduper star Andreas Deja will join the PIXEL fest. For more about this click here...

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Frostbite

2011-09-16T12:21:00.003+02:00

Just incredible, a frozen statue (via Colossal, photo © by Miika Järvinen).

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The Captain of This Blog is Still on Board...

2011-09-15T14:17:00.006+02:00

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I had too much to do and too much to take care of...

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Jaw-Dropping Concept Car From The 1950s

2011-08-29T10:56:00.011+02:00

I'm back to my ancestral drawing desk. Right now, I'm finishing a character design job which I guess would make every other animation designer's heart sing too, having this on the desk :) Anyway, this post is not about the job itself but rather about some inspirational things related to getting the right "designing spirit" or mood for the project, in the means of shapes and forms. Like the Alfa Romeo B.A.T. (Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnicas)

More about this beautiful concept car over here...

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Apropos inspiration, I found this aircraft gem somewhere on the internet, fantastic, isn't it?

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Behind The Margins

2011-08-23T15:29:00.005+02:00

I did this rough piece a little more than a week ago or so. I was playing around with the idea or question what on earth is happening behind the margins of the CTN animation expo's poster. And this is the answer, at least from my motorpunkish point of view.

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Möbius

2011-08-12T09:14:00.002+02:00

Lucky Melbourne! A collaborative stop motion sculpture:

via Colossal

MÖBIUS from ENESS on Vimeo.

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Rough Sketch: Reporters

2011-08-10T10:44:00.005+02:00

No beaks included :) Apropos, I'm quite happy with the french retro-design touch on the car. A little bit of a Lincoln Futura is involved too I guess.

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Hyungkoo Lee

2011-08-07T20:08:00.009+02:00

Hyungkoo Lee's skeletons of cartoon characters always were and always will be a big inspiration to my design work.

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Take-off: Dynamic Eagle

2011-08-03T09:47:00.006+02:00

My today's warm-up sketch is an interpretation of Jimmy Jammz' (aka Jeremy Townsend) brilliant but crazy dynamic eagle drawing.

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We are all connected

2011-07-26T12:14:00.004+02:00

Really like this split screen clip. Via Colossal.

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Production Artwork Pieces (1966-1967): Planet Of The Apes

2011-07-21T09:44:00.014+02:00

Apropos apes, here are some drop-dead beautiful production pieces from the 1960s. I'm so much in love with those utopistic designs from the past, especially the ones from the 1960s and early 1970s. They leave so much space for own interpretations, ideas and inventions. I guess, one can see this specific influences they have on my work in this process clip which I posted on Vimeo not so long ago. For more "apes-art", just click here.

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Apes

2011-07-21T01:42:00.007+02:00

Gosh, what a stunning preview piece. I always was a big fan of everything Planet of The Apes, I hope that will be a nice new take on this a wee bit well-worn theme.

via onanimation

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Willie Real's Google Doodle

2011-07-20T09:57:00.021+02:00

Isn't it a beautifully rendered piece? My good friend and ex-teaching colleague Willie Real, after a couple of years at Blue Sky he's with Google now, did today's brilliant Gregor Mendel tribute. I instantly recognised Willie's style:

Here's the link (click on the picture below) to the Google doodles logo library where you can browse through all the Google logos:

BTW, sorry for the lack of posts here involving my personal work, I had two quite stupid mountain bike accidents in short succession and I'm still recovering from hand and forearm bruises.

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Smiling Dog

2011-07-14T09:48:00.011+02:00

Update: Here's a really, really decent pic I stumbled upon at Superpunch. This is real-time character designing, isn't it:

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A Day in the Life of John Lasseter

Impressive daily routine, I just wouldn't let JL furnish my home theater... if I had one ;-)

via Spungella

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Inspiration: Otherwordly

2011-07-13T22:44:00.008+02:00

An installation by artist Gregory Euclide, enjoy:

via colossal

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Biddington And Birtwhistle: 100 Years City Of Burbank - The Animation Capital Of The World

2011-07-12T11:58:00.020+02:00

Biddington and Birtwhistle are two birdish side characters out of Toby Skybuckle© (a project I'm currently developing with France based Ankama Media Group). Besides, I brought those birds to use with this sujet below, which I was asked by CTN's Tina Price to create for Burbank's Centennial. I had a lot of fun designing this.

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Johnny Seven, Secret Sam And Agent Zero M

2011-07-05T17:16:00.027+02:00

Even though, or just because of that, this looks and sounds quite strange from today's perspective, I wanted to share this "James Bond-ish" or rather "cold-war-ish" or just "war-ish" Johnny Seven vintage toy commercial that I stumbled upon again recently. Which by the way inspired the gun design of this older big-game hunter character sketch I did a couple of years ago.

Not forgetting Topper Toys' Secret Sam, Mattel's Agent Zero M (Zero M is the young Kurt Russel, right?) and American Toys' Dick Tracy Raygun Target Game:

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Rough Process: Another Eustace Tilley Pecker

2011-07-01T18:15:00.018+02:00

A character with a beak, surprise!

Update: Here're the early pre-sketches of the rough concept above. I was testing the angle, the character's beak size and shape, the hat's style etc.:

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Trevor Spencer: Monsters!

2011-06-29T13:54:00.012+02:00

Trevor is a hell of an artist as well as a really smashing monster designer. I guess that "Muppetish" kind of look to them is one of the (many) reasons why I like his monster designs here so much. Anyway, here's the link to his blog!

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Split Screen!

2011-06-28T16:15:00.003+02:00

Another great find, today! Enjoy:

Splitscreen: A Love Story from JW Griffiths on Vimeo.

via colossal art + design

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The Broccoli House

2011-06-28T14:20:00.005+02:00

Hahaha, this one made my day:

via swissmiss

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Pixar's Brave Teaser Trailer

2011-06-28T00:48:00.003+02:00

Via Onanimation.com

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Take The Bus

2011-06-17T11:46:00.012+02:00

Lovely character design on the ants.

Via Onanimation.com

Update: By the way, Davide (see comments) is absolutely right, the clip with the penguins is indeed a funny and well designed one, too :) Love the design on the Orca whale:

And last but least, here's the one with the fireflies:

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Robot Commando!

2011-06-16T15:22:00.003+02:00

Frankly, robots always make my day :) Oh boy, how much I like those kind of 1960s toy commercials!

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Vehicle Design: Jaguar E Type Inspired Submarine

2011-06-15T11:40:00.023+02:00

Legendary cars are always good "shape-helpers" to me...

Photo: Wikimedia

By the way, this bird controlled and Jaguar inspired submarine is part of a range of designs of mine (mainly out of "Toby Skybuckle" and "Motorbirds" visdev things) which will be exhibited at the Top International Designers Show in the scope of this year's Shanghai Design Exhibition.

Photo: Wikimedia

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Mr. Bubble (1950s); We Learn About The Telephone (1965)

2011-06-13T00:15:00.008+02:00

Update: OH WOW, WHAT A FIND, how beautifully and smoothly animated this commercial is. A real treasure for classical hand drawn animation lovers:

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Apropos, I really love the animation parts of this educational film from the 1960s, too:

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The Machiniac

2011-06-09T11:23:00.015+02:00

Do you want to know where I go first when I need some inspiration and some decent reference materials for vehicle designs and things? Machiniac is the answer...

Update: Best of behind the scenes photos (via swissmiss).

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Deja View

2011-06-08T00:31:00.007+02:00

No way! Disney's Andreas Deja started blogging!

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Toby's Hands

2011-06-07T20:45:00.005+02:00

Practice at drawing hands is always worthwhile. At Toby Shelton's blog is a beautiful post from last year about this topic worth revisiting:

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Brilliant Animation Test

2011-06-01T12:54:00.012+02:00

Well, I wouldn't call this a test, it's more like a brilliantly done little movie, wonderfully deployed by SONY's uber-talented Chris Williams.
"Here's an early performance test I animated for the Mayor in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. This is unfinished and is still quite rough in terms of timing and lip sync, but it gives you an idea of where we were heading with this little guy. Enjoy!"

Rough Animation Test for Mayor Shelbourne from Chris Williams on Vimeo.

(via OnAnimation.com)

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Update: Here's a nice Q&A with 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' titles co-director Todd Hemker:

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Radio Controlled Pet In Manhattan

2011-05-31T13:01:00.027+02:00

Last year, we spent about 4 weeks in NYC. I've done a lot of sketching there, at places like Central Park, Bryant Park and Union Square... Bryant Park by the way I liked best regarding sketching around, watching people and stuff.

That summer, we also had the joy to meet up with Tina Roth Eisenberg in her studio in Brooklyn. I still owe her a swiss-miss-branded duck. Which is so very nearly finished since last year, only the final clean-up is missing...

(above from left: Maryam Laura Moazedi, Tina Roth Eisenberg and me behind the camera)

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The Mountain

2011-05-30T01:12:00.003+02:00

Purely tremendous (via OnAnimation):

"This was filmed between 4th and 11th April 2011. I had the pleasure of visiting El Teide. Spain´s highest mountain @(3718m) is one of the best places in the world to photograph the stars and is also the location of Teide Observatories, considered to be one of the world´s best observatories."

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

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Mattias Adolfsson: The First In Line

2011-05-27T11:55:00.014+02:00

I'm a great admirer of Mattias Adolfsson's work and style, now, his first personal book is out, full of selected artwork from his sketchbooks. Yay! Check out his blog for more details... and don't forget to view the assorted pieces section!

Via lines and colors

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How To Draw A Duck

2011-05-25T11:28:00.006+02:00

This is the very man who is behind my enthusiasm for drawing ducks and all kinds of bird-like characters. Jeremy Townsend aka Jimmy Jammz from Super Experts U.S.A., enjoy:

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Apropos Future of The Past: Yesterday's Cars of Tomorrow

2011-05-24T10:41:00.013+02:00

As a visual development artist I collect reference materials a lot. Like this very clip which inspired pretty much several vehicles I did some time ago for a Red Bull project. In one of my next postings I'll give an example of exactly how, in detail, those "retrofuturish" things affect my design work.

By the by, this here is one of my all time favourites, the Bugatti Atlantic. They only built 3 or 4 of them: Click here for the YouTube clip

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Pure Inspiration: Magic Highway USA (1958)

2011-05-23T22:18:00.007+02:00

How Disney saw the future of highway transportation. I really love the art direction on this.

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Motorbirdcopter Super Suit 3000e

2011-05-18T11:33:00.009+02:00

This is the rough design of a little gift for my pal Achdé I'm working on. It's a sort of further stage of the "Lucky Duck" I did 2 years ago. I stressed the "Motorbirdpunk" features a little more than in the earlier version. I'll post the finished/coloured piece at a later time...

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Alex Orrelle

2011-05-10T10:38:00.006+02:00

This is the current Animation Reel of my uber-talented blood brother Alex. He's a true wiz in every aspect of animation, enjoy:

Alex Orrelle Animation Reel from Alex Orrelle on Vimeo.

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