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Monday, June 04, 2007
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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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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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Besides his industrial career, he holds a lectureship for character design, analog animation and animation history at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg (Urstein, Austria) and worked/works as a visiting dozent at art schools such as VIA University College's Animation Workshop (Viborg, Denmark), Film University Babelsberg (Potsdam, Germany), Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Beaux-Arts & Entertainment (Paris, France) and Accademia Nemo (Florence, Italy).
Florian Satzinger is a member of Los Angeles based Creative Talent Network, a community for the world's leading creators of both traditional and digital animated films.
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DUCK - The Mag For The Birds Presents: Florian Satzinger's BIRDS AND PENCILS
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That's unbelievable!! This design is the limit!
ReplyDeleteThis artwork is so amazing! The character pose and expression is looking so natural, and the dragon is such excelent. As always, your work is the bomb. How do you create the "smoke" (sorry, I can´t find the right word) effect at the background?
ReplyDeleteNice attitude on Floyd. And great dragon. I love the way the lower jaw bites in. Great.
ReplyDeleteThis is the most inspiring blog ever. I'm in love with your work! Thank you for posting so much great art so often. AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteI love the color contrast between the boy and the dragon! You draw the best stuff... I love your work!
ReplyDeleteI love the monster. He reminds me of Cecil since he looks like one long sock puppet!
ReplyDeleteReally nice how you have a fade on the bottom!
great updates!
ReplyDeletereally interesting character Floyd, he's not the same appealing boy, he have adult somatic traits and looks tormented.
the imaginary friend's monster looks like James Heatfield, he singer of Metallica :)
it's good to see how any single concept project have a different color map and different mood.
really good work.
Flaviano
p.s. but you only create characters in your job? wow, lucky guy!
lovely pencilwork!!! :O
ReplyDeleteand fantastic sketches and drawings all over your superb blog!
truly inspirational!! :o)
super sketches and drawings!!!
ReplyDeleteamazing!
Dear colleagues! THANK YOU!
ReplyDeletePit! That green smoke or fume is just painted on a single layer in photoshop. In this context it is a great help to think negative space, not subject.
Flaviano! Yes, in this blog, it seems that I'm a "character maker" almost entirely. But in almost the same manner I do a lot of art direction work and writing/development work, here at S&H.
what a great post!! really interessting to see your workflow
ReplyDeleteThanks for answering Florian, the fume effect is wonderful and it applys perfectly to a character´s introduction. I´m so anxious to see what will be your next post!
ReplyDeleteHey Florian, I have been admiring your work on here for quite a while but haven't commented before. I love your designs!! You have some truly amazing artwork and characters on here! Where did you get that kind of imagination? I especially love your Star Ducks stuff. Anyways keep it comng, you've got a fan right here.
ReplyDeleteyOU knw theres nothin as refreshing as to see all your new work here...
ReplyDeletetheres only request sir, if you can showcase as how your working procedure is...am sure we all would able to grow with it...it will really nice for a fellow like me to learn something....sitting so far from artists like you...
Ben, many, many thanks!
ReplyDeleteGulzar! I can't promise but I'll try. At the moment, my problem is that I have not enough time.