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.
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This is another early (rough) design for the Childwood project, made probably somewhere in 2005. It seems a bit that I'm really addicted to draw characters that draw.
May I introduce Mr. Phileas Forger, he is a sort of composite kind of character, literally meaning his mechanic body parts, and, in a transferred sense, meaning his temper, but most of all he is a fabulous blacksmith and a pretty important supporting figure in Toby Skybuckle I. He lost nose, chin and right hand while he was making dinner in his furnace, and not in that sanguinary battle with the barbarous steam-ogres, as some may believe.
From the projects that I enjoy working on the most, this one goes on second place, only beaten by my fave project Toby Skybuckle. (The piece from above is a sort of early title design, roughly speaking.)
Another sheet out of my "inspired by" sketch book. (It's not hard to see that Jake Parker'sMissile Mouse wielded influence on the design. Well, to be more accurate, I did this rat-character once before, but without that mech 'n' missile equipment and that retro-future-suit. Back then, I named the character Makepeace Thackertail aka The Rat in the Coat.)
A trip to the countryside, somewhere near Pluto. (I drew this pretty ugly Menschenfresser as an illustrated answer to Oliver Kurth's Flying Mon, last July)
La Befana is a character in the italian folklore, similar to Heiliger Nikolaus or Santa Claus. La Befana visits the children in italy (where I am on holidays, at the present) on the night of 6th January to fill their shoes and socks with goodies. (The image above is a rough concept piece out of a pile of pre-design sheets, I did for Toby Skybuckle I)
I just found this rough design on the harddrive of my notebook. I did this for one of the marketing departments of the gamehouse Ubisoft, somewhere along the line in 2005. There were plans to come up with a new game-rating character to promote kids-friendly games. I just know it was never made and that the cooperating magazine or agency involved would have prefered it in a more "manga-rish style".
Florian Satzinger is a member of the Creative Talent Network, a community for the world's leading creators of both traditional and digital animated films.
«I modeled these [penguins] from Florian Satzinger's designs. These became a focal point of my portfolio back in 2010 and ultimately landed me a Job at Disney. Huge respect to Florian's genius!»
«The quality of Florian’s sketches reminds me of the Golden Age mid-century Disney and Warner Bros animation where every line had a lively motion and projected a three-dimensional sense of volume of the character.»
«Great take on Daffy [Duck]. Hilarious. You’ve completely maintained his prick-ness. Real talent, Florian. This is the only real reboot potential Daffy I’ve ever seen. [...]» «More animated than most recent films, with just a simple still drawing. Amazing [...]»
«A classic vintage Mickey, with a Chaplinesque grin, follows the timeline of his past adventures... In the meanwhile, a new unseen Mickey is sipping a tea cup, waiting for new landscapes... Visions suspended between the past and the future, conceived by Florian Satzinger, the award-winning concept artist and character designer.»
«[...] this man is a duck fiend. Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, “duck-tape”—never have I encountered an artist more dedicated to the proliferation of duck-related media [...]»
«Florian Satzinger has a drawing style with a snap and verve that harken back to the best of classic Disney and mid 20th Century Warner Brothers animation.
The lines with which he delineates his characters zing, bounce and swoop so delightfully that they suggest lively motion even before they’re animated.
Satzinger credits Southworth as his major influence, and his work in the style of great classic hand-drawn animation shows his continuation of that tradition.»
«Florian Satzinger set the style for CTNX with the red "X" in the eyes in 2009. Florian designed the “X” in the eyes with his Ducks in such a appealing way that they have become a signature to CTN.»
Leather Bag for my Brompton
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I have become a proud Brompton owner during the pandemic. Not buying subway
cards was the perfect excuse to finally invest into one of these beauties!
But ...
Pffffff...
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This is another rough preliminary Mickey Mouse concept I did in preparation
for the official Disney exhibition in Desenzano del Garda (NOV 2018 - FEB
2019)...
Secondary action
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Having two characters sat at a table and exchanging lines is the most
boring kind of performance you can create so I always try to make the
action more spe...
PRINCESS AND DRAGON
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This short film features a princess who finally decides to split from her
misogynistic prince charming. She instead sets her eyes on the handsome
dragon wh...
Quoting Lemmy Kilmister
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*“I don't see why there should be a point where everyone decides you're too
old. I'm not too old, and until I decide I'm too old I'll never be too f***
old...
film composition
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this is a bigger post, I could have spread it into smaller ones over
several days. but it is just more work, wordpress doesn’t make it easy
nowadays to pos...
Dragon Girl Olivia
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[image: Olivia.jpg] [image: OliviaCalvin.jpg] [image: OliviaCalvinBio.jpg] [image:
OliviaActionPose.jpg]
This is a collaboration I did with my son Calvin...
Memahami Bermacam Tipe Bahan Peledak Tambang
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Memahami Bermacam Tipe Bahan Peledak Tambang. Kala industri jasa drilling
serta blasting melaksanakan peledakan, pastinya hendak memakai bermacam
berbagai ...
website!
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guys n gals! i've finally cooked up a website fresh out the interweb oven.
check it out at www.williereal.org that's right... i'm organic? an
organism?...
#SharkWeek
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I’ve been posting a shark a day for sharkweek. The weekend sharks either
turned out awfully (I drank too much wine on sunday) or I ran out of time.
Got to ...
My challenge for my 40th birthday...
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On my 40th birthday I felt an urge to start something new. In the next
stage of my professional development I want to have more fun and worry less
about ho...
Promotional Project - Dance Test
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Here is the video link to our 3D Dance Test of Mr. Mini Wheat. Enjoy!
http://vimeo.com/58923469
All modelling, texturing, rigging, lighting, rendering...
Sculpting a Maquette with Tony Cipriano: Part One
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I met Tony Cipriano in 1991 when we worked together on "Beauty and the
Beast" at Walt Disney Feature Animation's studio in Florida. Tony had a
most unusua...
DUCK - The Mag For The Birds Presents: Florian Satzinger's BIRDS AND PENCILS
"A superb book filled with some of the best character and vehicle design around the wit involved is fabulous. This book is especially for those of you who loved the Ducktales and Darkwing Duck cartoons of the late Eighties and early Nineties." Amazon UK
"End of the year must have cartooning products [...] DUCK: Birds And Pencils" The Daily Cartoonist
"In a world that is dominated by ultra realistic cg, stuff like this is like a breathe of fresh air. Such great poses, lines of action and true composition[...]" via FlightPattern
"[...]a wild and awesome collection of duck sketches in crazy flying machines and other fantastic adventures[...]" Arjan Wilschut
Sample pages:
'Birds And Pencils And Sundry Other Things And Hobs' by Florian Satzinger (Brandstudio Press)
Hard cover, 8.5x12 inches, 48 pages, full-color, full bleed, sewn pages.
"[...]inspired by old school animation but at the same time is so much fun[...]makes me want to pick up a pencil and start creating" Labyrinth Books
CTN Animation Expo 2011
Nov 18-20 2011, Burbank, CA
"The renaissance begins again - registration is open"
Florian Satzinger is one of the members of The Art Center, a place where artists from Disney, Dreamworks, Lucasfilm, Fox Animation, etc. share ideas, tips and tutorials. The Art Center is a sister site of the popular Character Design weblog.
In May 2009, Florian Satzinger gave workshops within the scope of The Genio Fiorentino 2009, on the occation of the Nemoland event/conferment of the Nemoland Special Award in the
Aula Magna at the Instituto Statale d' Arte of Florence, Italy. Former Nemoland workshop hosts/award recipients were animation
directors and animators such as Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Alex Orrelle (Pixar) and J.P. Vine (Aardman Studios).
Besides that, there was an exhibition of Florian Satzinger's original artwork at the Gipsoteca of the Instituto Statale d'
Arte.
In Loving Memory
Ken Southworth (September 22, 1918 - December 6, 2007) worked for a number of major animation studios, including Walt Disney Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Warner Bros., MGM, Walter Lantz and Clokey Productions. His credits includes Disney's Alice In Wonderland, Cinderella and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as well as Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry and The Flintstones and Walter Lantz' Woody Woodpecker.
JANUARY 10-14, 2011 Willie Real and Florian Satzinger will team up to host a character design programme at VIA University College's Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. ANIMATIONWORKSHOP.DK
MARCH 4, 2011, 20:00h Maryam Laura Moazedi and Florian Satzinger will give presentations about stereotypes in character design and visual design for computer games at the Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria. ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER