StarDucks: Creature Design

Time is running...

"When the creatures come
out at night to play
with the clocks, blast
the alarm and get
into your socks..."

JASPER STARDUCK, bird

The Chilly Cans

Speaking of those very penguins, the original (design-)idea was inspired by the famous Red Bull cans (colours and shape). It was not for release. We thought it was too crazed or too alien of sorts. Anyway, I thought it would be nice to share the story behind...

BTW, thank you so much for all the many, many wonderful comments on those fogies! Thanks a bunch! Oh, some more, a recent post on Steve Ogden's blog pointed me to the terrific works of Andrew Severynko. Truly amazing pieces.

Image: Copyright © by Andrew Severynko. All rights reserved.

... And With Horns

Executive: "Penguins."
Designer: "Penguins? Oh no, not this again."
Executive: "Penguins."
Designer: "Only if I can make them pi**** off, big-headed and with horns..."
Executive: "Nice. There you go."

Kinghorn Penguins bg colour palette

Rough Bird

Rough drawing from yesterday's meeting... Btw, need some inspiration? Try booting your day from Pascal Campion's blog!

Inspiration

Austrian illustrator Jos Danilowatz (1877-1945). I would say his work still has a great influence on my work... like the obvious infuence of Danilowatz on this piece (what I had posted sometime back):

Photos: Satzinger & Hardenberg Archive