Disney Topolino № 3597Special Edition, Lucca Comics 2024

I just realized that I am the very first international artist to design/draw a Disney Topolino magazine cover. I thought I was the first Austrian, but to be the first worldwide is surprising.

What makes it special for me personally is that there is no shortage of world-class Disney artists in Italy - they don't really need anyone to "help" them. Seriously, Italian artists in particular have always given the Disney comic books universe a unique dynamism and elegance in line, design and stories.

#topolino #mickeymouse #paperino #donaldduck #disneyartist #disney #paninicomics #floriansatzinger

Mickey Mouse № 3597

Now the time has come, yesterday it was officially announced by Topolino, my limited edition variant cover for the Mickey Mouse/Topolino Magazine No 3597 will be released in time for the Lucca Games & Comics Con, OCT 30th - NOV 3rd 2024, available at the Panini Comics Pavilion. Here is the cover illustration by me.

By the way, the colors for the beast here, I borrowed a little from Elliot, Pete's dragon. I thought, if it's going to be Disney, then it should be all Disney.

#MickeyMouse #DonaldDuck #Topolino #Paperino #Disney #coverart #limitededition #floriansatzinger

A duck in a draft

When you draw right next to an air conditioner that is set too high.

#DonaldDuck #pencilssketch #caricature #satire #floriansatzinger

Baguette Hat

'Bugs Bunny playing the Baguette Hat' (2024), Florian Satzinger.

Salvador Dali's 'Bread Hats' are the origin of this series of mine. It all started with a pink donut hat for Pink Panther, now Bugs Bunny had to have a go at it, just to his taste of course.

#bugsbunny #salvadordali #artsatire #caricature #museumart #floriansatzinger #breadhat

Please note: The photo which shows Salvador Dali here is the property of its respective owner (via 'Sudden Chic'). It is used here only as a reference.

An amalgam of Popeye and Donald Duck

To warm up and get into the swing of things, I celebrated my return to the drawing board by reworking, or actually completely redrawing, one of my favorite Donald Duck parodies, an amalgam of Popeye and Donald Duck.

Well, I already have so much new stuff lying around here. I don't even know where to start.

No, I know exactly where I'm going to start! 🚀

Every super villain's dream

'Donald Dark: Instant World Domination Button' (2024), Florian Satzinger, mixed media.

#DonaldDuck #Satire #DonaldDark #FlorianSatzinger

“Don't you dare!”

I think that reflects Donald's attitude on some days.

#DonaldDuck #FlorianSatzinger #originalart #satire #museumart

Donald Duck and I

I think this special bond between me and Donald Duck can't really be tied to any particular biographical detail about me. It's more a combination of the character's design and story that made him so appealing to me to work with.

#DonaldDuck #FlorianSatzinger

Donald Duck, Homer Simpson

The advantage of my work reaching into the realm of contemporary art is that I can ask questions there that I probably wouldn't be allowed to in the industry. Like for example: does Donald Duck sometimes feel the same way about one of his nephews as Homer Simpson does about his son Bart?

This picture can't really be misunderstood, because I think it is obvious, but I'm including it anyway just to be on the safe side: This is satire, it is a satirical allusion to the physical father-son conflicts between Homer and Bart Simpson. And the interesting thing is that it feels – of course – wrong to see Donald doing this. Although I think Donald is perfectly capable of sometimes feeling like "attacking" one of his nephews, but never actually doing it.

#DonaldDuck #satire #Simpsons #HomerSimpson #BartSimpson #ContemporaryArt #museumart #lowbrow #karikaturmuseumkrems #kunstmeilekrems #FlorianSatzinger #originalart

Image: Fox

Don't be alarmed!

The teeth are brushed, the pencils are sharpened, the whole thing can begin now. And please don't be alarmed by Donald Duck's strange appearance here, he's just happy as a wolf at the breakfast table with ten sheep visiting.

#DonaldDuck #Paperino #Topolino #paninicomics #FlorianSatzinger

“Chirp!”

Here I wanted to try out what Donald Duck would look like as a songbird. Chirping instead of quacking, as a side effect.

By the way, I have used a different line drawing technique here, only very roughly, it is not a final clean-up drawing, but I am happy with the result. I normally prefer highly pigmented dark pencils to regular inking tools, but at the moment I am working on something that requires rich and clear black lines, my usual lines would be too sketchy for that.

#DonaldDuck #Songbird #characterdesign #FlorianSatzinger #semicleanup #inkingtools #drawingtest #linework

Facial Expresso Expression

Apropos facial espresso (see posting from June 17th), here is the facial espresso expression.

#DonaldDuck #facialespresso #facialexpression #preliminarydrawing #roughsketches #FlorianSatzinger

I suffer from André Franquin syndrome

So, measuring my freehand Donald usually leads to the result that I end up with the elongated forms of Andre Franquin.

#DonaldDuck #shapes #AndreFranquin #forms #poses #FlorianSatzinger

Facial Espresso

'Facial Espresso' (2024), Florian Satzinger.
There's not much else to say other than that I just wanted to try it out. I intentionally spilled the espresso on Donald's face, purely for effect.

#donaldduck #facialexpression #facialespresso #floriansatzinger #originalartwork #museumart #popartlife

Somehow wrong

A Donald Duck that deviates greatly from the usual design and features a kind of facial expression machine.

#DonaldDuck #offmodel #facialexpression #pencildrawing #FlorianSatzinger

Mister Duck Fantastic

My Donald Duck adventure is about to begin, so it doesn't hurt to do a few stretches with the main character. I intentionally kept the drawing itself very rough in order to keep the line quality as close as possible to the preliminary drawing.

#DonaldDuck #MrFantastic #stretchingexercises #museumart #popartreverse #originalart

... And The Brain

This is probably my favorite piece I've done of 'The Brain'.

#PinkyAndTheBrain #takingovertheworld #theBrain #MickeyMouse #ClubHouseHat #TakingOverDisneyworld #artparody #characterparody

Facial Expression

Don't let your duck drink plasticizer.

#facialexpression #donaldduck #drawing #floriansatzinger

Freely adapted from Pino Pascali

Being the huge Pino Pascali (1935 - 1968) fan that I am, the 'Vedova Blu' got me to do this one here, recently.

I consider these works of mine as pop-art in reverse. I take something purely high-brow and transmute it into a mass culture thing.

#PinoPascali #LaVedovaBlu #DonaldDuck #homage #popartlife #FlorianSatzinger #museumart
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Portrait

Donald Duck, blue pencil on drawing cardboard.

#DonaldDuck #bluepencil #characterstudy #FlorianSatzinger