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.
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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Monday, March 31, 2014

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rules For Watching Psycho

«We won’t allow you to cheat yourself. You must see PSYCHO from the very beginning. Therefore, do not expect to be admitted into the theatre after the start of each performance of the picture. We say no one — and we mean no one — not even the manager’s brother, the President of the United States, or the Queen of England (God bless her)!»

Read/watch the full article on Open Culture. (Thanks, Laura)

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Katerina Kamprani

via/full artice: MMM

Friday, March 28, 2014

Psychopath

Can you tell a psychopath-dragon by the way he speaks?

SFX & Son (Action Movie Kid)

Here's a Friday action clip pack! Please find the official ActionMovieKid page right over here on YouTube. (via ufunk)
ActionMovieDad Daniel HashimotoDaniel

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Blue Pencils

As above.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Friday, March 21, 2014

Reference: Potoo Bird

Brilliant, feast for the eyes! (via)



Potoos are a group of near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called Poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. There are seven species in one genus, Nyctibius, in tropical Central and South America. (Wikipedia)

There's A Duck In My Guinness Pint

Maybe it's just me. Occasionally, I start seeing a duck in/on the head of my beer.



I BTW did a speed-sketch of the skeleton, the other day. Just for the fun of it...

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Angoulême, April 2014



My dear friends at Tigobo Animation Studios are about to bring off their 5th edition of the magnificent 'Meet Ze Artists' event. From April 18th until April 20th 2014, artists such as Robert Valley and Eric Tiemens will rock Angouleme, France.




Here's some additional rough process material. The drawings here are BTW out of a large pool of unpublished and all new materials for my new book... of which more later.


Man Of The Abyss

Really, really great shot. At the first moment I was thinking this is a Seaquest film set of sorts. But anyways, the photo shows the Christ of the Abyss statue, located in the Mediterranean Sea right off San Fruttuoso on the Italian Riviera. (via Pour 15 Minutes...)

BTW, did you spot Patrick Star?

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

New Ride

I had a lot of fun with this here. But, finally, I decided to go for a different idea instead. So, here you are, blog.

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Boxduckdoodle

Warm-up-telephone-ball-point-doodle-thingy... kind of.



... I BTW had my reference right in front of the window, today:

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Birdish Pirate

Apropos playing oldies, this here is another old piece, slightly updated, recently.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Federico Babina: Archist City

I can't pick a favourite. See full article/list here...
© Federico Babina. World rights reserved.

Sunday, March 09, 2014

Colour Candy

One million dollar colour reference.

Saturday, March 08, 2014

Meet Me In My New Office

The Office of the future at New York World’s Fair, 1964. (via)

Friday, March 07, 2014

Sylvain Chomet's Simpsons Couch Gag

Well, I know, I'm late with sharing this. It's already all over the internet. But I couldn't resist sharing it here, too. It's so unbelievably well done.

Thursday, March 06, 2014

I'm Playing Oldies, Am I?

Another sample from the very days I did all the line work on real paper with real pencils.



And this is (see below) like how I sketch today. Sort of. (via)

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Another Sample From My Sketchy Past

Strongly inspired by Austrian actor Paul Hoerbiger. And Bob Ross, kind of.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Flight

Old sketch (2009) I still like very much...

Monday, March 03, 2014

I'm Loving It

McBugbear! Great photo reference ;-)

Sunday, March 02, 2014

Dirty Elly: Make My Day

Reference and final model. Nice (re)find. (reference photo re-discovered via Retronaut)

Saturday, March 01, 2014

One Million Dollar Advert: What The Heck Is Electronic Mail?

Hilarious Honeywell advertisement from 1977. (via)