Paperwalker: December 2014

The PAPERWALKER Journal is the personal weblog of award-winning character designer Florian Satzinger 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, such as 'Toby Skybuckle©' for France and Japan based Ankama Group LLC and 'DUCK AWESOME©' and 'John Starduck©' for Paperwalker Studios SHF. ©2019 by Florian Satzinger. World rights reserved. | 49,2M views |

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Happy New Year! Nearly There!

Been at this one for a while. But we're nearly finished with the John Starduck launch formula for 2015. With this in mind, Happy New Year!

Image courtesy of Time Inc. For personal non-commercial use only.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Painfully Beautiful

London 1978, homeless woman. ©Miron Zownir, photographer.

Inspirational Past

Behind the scenes at Disney Studios, 1953. "Quartet known as The Mello-Men bays in harmony before screen showing four canine characters whose voices they represent in the forthcoming Disney feature cartoon, The Lady and The Tramp."
(Via Vintage Everyday, Photos: Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; Thanks, Laura)

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Happy Holidays Deer-Thingy

Basic construction sketch...

... and final artwork:

Happy holidays, everyone!

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Happy Holidays, Everyone!

«A snowball fight in Central Park, New York City, after the first snowfall of 1938.» Via GagDaily (Photo courtesy of Tucker/Getty Images)

Friday, December 19, 2014

Construction: Critter

The other day, I was asked by one of my fellow readers if I could post another (basic) construction/process clip. Now, here's a pretty quick one i've done recently testing out a new screen recording software.

Ein von Florian Satzinger Paperwalker (@floriansatzinger) gepostetes Foto am Dez 12, 2014 at 2:03 PST

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Skipped

A couple of months ago, I was about to clean-up this rough design and use it as the cover sujet of the new book we're developing here at PW but skipped it because of some story changes etc. Anyhow, I think it makes a nice posting anyway.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Inspiration: Vintage Chicago

A couple of beautiful shots from Chicago's past. Sources/©: cta and The Magazine (Photographer: Yasuhiro Ishimoto)

Monday, December 15, 2014

After The Sony Hack...

D*#%n it! After the Sony hack this super secret rocket ship design of mine got leaked too.

But, they didn't leak the super super secret stuff. Phew!

But, they didn't leak the super super secret stuff. Phew!

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Just Scribbling Away...

Ein von Florian Satzinger Paperwalker (@floriansatzinger) gepostetes Foto am Dez 12, 2014 at 6:07 PST

Decent Weekend Plan, Replicated

Here's the plan: (via Tee, Coffee And Books)

Friday Morning Inspiration: Disney's Professor Ludwig von Drake

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Thoughts, Face

One Million Dollar reference photo, by Jeannick Gravelines. (via)

Any Which Way You Can

«Anyone who believes in talking drawings should see a mental health professional.»

Why CTN eXpo Matters (by Dan Sarto)

"While it’s often easier to lure studio executives to Annecy than to Burbank, there’s no excuse not to participate in such an important event right in your own backyard." Read the full article HERE...

Monday, December 08, 2014

Whatever

Okay, this is... weird. (via)

Saturday, December 06, 2014

F#*k Parkinson's

Sorry for the dumb post title, but that was my first thought.

Thursday, December 04, 2014

Ice Storm

'Frozen 2' references, anybody? Lower Austria, Forest Quarter, yesterday. (Photos © Einsatzdoku/Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Chitty Chitty Chitty...

Monday, December 01, 2014

Rooooooooooooooooaaar

As above.

Reference And Effect

Rough Concept Piece

The idea behind the shape of this here was a chicken.

Endorsements

«This Austrian artist [Florian Satzinger] has drawn some of the world's most iconic animated characters.»

Gary Evans,
ImagineFX Magazine

«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!»

Ryan Tottle,
Modeling Supervisor, DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS

«Florian Satzinger is an animation expert, trust us, we know.»

KLEAR,
Leading Data Influencer Marketing Software Platform

«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.»

Charley Parker,
LINESANDCOLORS.COM

«Florian Satzinger: a Carl Barks on steroids.»
(Florian Satzinger: um Carl Barks com esteróides)

via MARCAMARIA.COM

«Some beautiful character work from [...] Florian Satzinger, who blogs over at the Paperwalker Journal.»

Michael Canva,
THE WASHINGTON POST

«Florian, you've been an amazing influence on my art for almost ten years now, and will be for years to come!»

Jay Fosgitt,
Comic Artist, MARVEL COMICS

«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.»

CTN,
THE CREATIVE TALENT NETWORK®

«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.»

Federico Fiecconi,
DISNEY'S MICKEY: The True Original Exhibition, Castello di Desenzano, Italy

About Me / Story

Florian Satzinger 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 Disney, Warner Bros., The Zanuck Company, ReelFX, Psyop, Red Bull and Snapchat, Satzinger is now developing «DUCK AWESOME©» and «JOHN STARDUCK©» with Paperwalker Studios SHF.

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 works as a dozent at art schools such as VIA University College's Animation Workshop (Viborg, Denmark), Film University Babelsberg (Potsdam, Germany) and Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

Florian Satzinger is a member of the Creative Talent Network, a community for the world's leading creators of both traditional and digital animated films.

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

"$24.95 USD"
Brandstudio Press

"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

Nemoland

Behind the scenes of science fiction and fantasy

NEMOLAND (NEMO NT)

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.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Friday, December 19, 2014

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Monday, December 15, 2014

Friday, December 12, 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Monday, December 08, 2014

Saturday, December 06, 2014

Thursday, December 04, 2014

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Monday, December 01, 2014

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