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Duck controlled fake dragon...

Btw, some inspiration came from here (© Builders Studio):

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Update: Hovig does not post often on his blog, but when it's always a blast, isn't it? (image © Hovig Alahaidoyan)

Snippet

This is just a tiny snippet of a much larger sujet which I will show you on the next time... the whole sujet/illustration is inspired by two European comics icons that were btw quite a source of influence on StarDucks.

Hell CO2

Voila, a birdish reindeer critter of sorts. Oh, by the way, Happy Thanksgiving, Turkey!

Teravolt Supervogel aka The Big Yellow Fellow

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Update: I just found this post about wash painting on the Animation Archive Blog. It's a "killer"!

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The most popular comic book series in Birdtown... and the most stupid name for a superhero. But the birds love it, I tell you... btw, do you know Floriane "Floony" Marchix's work? Smashing!

Critter-Family Portrait

This is the sujet (put together of pieces mostly dating from 2006 to 2008) for the upcoming exhibition in Linz (Austria), Ars Electronica Centre, February 2010. In this connection, many, many special thanks to the Academia Nemo for their support and for piecing together this large collection. Viva Firenze! :o)

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Btw, before I start working on this kind of "title card" work I often browse through the Movie Title Screenshots Database for inspiration, ideas and things. (screen shot © av-geek.com)

Something Rough

Something pretty, pretty rough...

Apropos rough and drawn (drawn being the operative word), Jerry Beck posted Gene Deitch's keynote-speech-video for the Xiamen Animation Festival here: Gene Deitch: Quo Vadis Animation?

This is btw a sort of manned crittered kite balloon. Some inspiration came from here [>>].

Photo/File: Wikimedia

Here's another piece of inspiration. A painting (this dates from 1913) by one of my favourite artists, the Austrian painter Jos Danilowatz ("Motor in der Karikatur", ROB Verlag Wien, 1925).

Photo: Satzinger & Hardenberg Archive