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.
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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Javier, thanks! :) I use just regular brushes that come with CS4. BTW, in this case I did the early roughs on paper then scanned and pasted them in PS and traced over them.
Hello Florian, okay? My name is Edward Spencer, I am a humble illustrator, scouring the internet I ended up finding your blog and fell in love, because he always wanted since childhood to work at Disney. You would like to know what you want to cah in my work, I should improve since we do very childish and short cartoon. Thank you for your attention, and hopefully not bother being a follower of your work and congratulations.
Hello Florian, ok? My name is Eduardo Souza, I am a humble illustrator, searching the internet i found your blog and fell in love because he always wanted since childhood to work at Disney. Want to know what you want to cah in my work, I must improve what we do from a very childish and cartoon short. Thank you for your attention, and hopefully not bother to be a follower of your work and congratulations.
Apropos everybody's favourite frustrated fowl, here are some early test bits (ca. 2019/2020) from a yet untitled DD project by writer De...
About Me / Story
FLORIAN SATZINGER, SOKOL Prize winner 2023 (along with Gerald Scarfe), was a student of well-regarded Disney, MGM and Hanna-Barbera animator and animation director Ken Southworth («Alice In Wonderland», «Woody Woodpecker», «Tom & Jerry», «The Flintstones», «Peanuts», «The Smurfs») who influenced him greatly. Having worked for clients that include Warner Bros., Disney, Zanuck Family Entertainment, ReelFX, Space Age Films, Psyop, Ravensburger North America, Facebook, Budweiser, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Bahlsen and Snapchat, Satzinger is now developing under the umbrella label DUCKLAND projects such as «DUCK AWESOME» and «JOHN STARDUCK» with Paperwalker Studios SHF.
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.
Ask me anything:
Endorsements And Reviews
«Just put Disney, Franquin and Satzinger in a shaker... and here comes the magic liqueur.»
«[...] the school that made a deep and lasting impression was Vancouver Institute of Media Arts. That’s where Ken Southworth taught. [...] Ken could teach without teaching, say something without actually saying it. He encouraged Florian to see himself as a kind of reporter, whose job it is to observe his own characters and analyse what they do and how they behave.»
«Florian describes his own work as “fusion cuisine.” It combines two of the art styles he grew up with: first, the North American style of Disney’s Walt Kelly and Don Bluth, and Chuck Jones of Warner Bros. Second, the influence of European comic artists like André Franquin, Maurice De Bevere (aka Morris) and Giorgio Cavazzano. “I often get the feedback that my style has this Disney feel to it, but more zany, or angry.”»
«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.»
Internalising Ableism from a Young Age
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Jóhannsdóttir et al. (2022) studied internalised ableism based on four
focus-group sessions with young people (aged 18-35) who identified as
disabled. Th...
Eye Candy for Today: Theodore Rousseau etching
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ˆ, also here, Théodore Rousseau, etching, two states; roughly 4 x 7″ (12 x
17 cm), in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. In this
wonderful ...
Alphabet in Motion
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Kelli Andersin is a magician. Alphabet in Motion is an ABC Pop-up Book on
how about letters get their shapes. Mad respect for this work of art which
took K...
Mickey Mouse № 3597
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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 ...
On Bear Hunts
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*From the Inspirational Thought Unit*
There's a book I read maybe nine hundred times while my kids were little
called "We're going on a bear hunt." It'...
LUCKY LEEK
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Oh, the horror! Trude has to give an important presentation. On a Friday,
the 13th! With all the bad luck that comes with a day like this, will she
even ma...
Showreel 2023
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Even if my blog is broken on some browsers, it is still functionnal enough
to welcome a showreel update as I am currently looking for work in Animated
Feat...
Bernie Fuchs
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Bernie Fuchs.
1932/2009
Not really sure what to say about him that would be different from anybody
else’s point of view.
The man was THE man. The legend ...
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
any chance you're in dan diego this year man?
ReplyDeleteTom, I'm in NYC at that time!
ReplyDeleteYour art is amazing Florian, really awesome.
ReplyDeleteDo you use some special brush in PS for pencilling? or just one of the deffault brushes?
ReplyDeleteJavier, thanks! :) I use just regular brushes that come with CS4. BTW, in this case I did the early roughs on paper then scanned and pasted them in PS and traced over them.
ReplyDeletefor me. .. looking at your drawings is a high priority! Looks great.
ReplyDeleteNIIIICe Job ..!
ReplyDeleteWell done , I love skateboardin' and that duck looks like realy crazy...!
man, your work is very very good! congratulations! cheers, renato.
ReplyDeleteWow!!! :D
ReplyDeleteHello Florian, okay?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Edward Spencer, I am a humble illustrator, scouring the internet I ended up finding your blog and fell in love, because he always wanted since childhood to work at Disney.
You would like to know what you want to cah in my work, I should improve since we do very childish and short cartoon.
Thank you for your attention, and hopefully not bother being a follower of your work and congratulations.
Edu hug!
Hello Florian, ok?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Eduardo Souza, I am a humble illustrator, searching the internet i found your blog and fell in love because he always wanted since childhood to work at Disney.
Want to know what you want to cah in my work, I must improve what we do from a very childish and cartoon short.
Thank you for your attention, and hopefully not bother to be a follower of your work and congratulations.
Edu hug!