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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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Secret Workshop Time

The rough layout process is always the most fun to do.

The rough layout process is the most fun one, always.

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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Smartphone Punk

Thanks to Chad Townsend and Jose Lopez for talking me into Instagram, a little bit more than a year ago. It became a really nice side gig since: WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/FLORIANSATZINGER

Bat No3

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Saturday, April 18, 2015

Number One, She Is

I just came across something really interesting from our science fiction's past: USS Enterprise's very first officer (Number One) was a woman (in the very first Star Trek pilot "The Cage").



This is an absolutely fascinating article on how badly a woman in command was received back in those days: Quoting the "First Lady of Star Trek"


(images via trekcore/courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Clean-up Snapshot

Clean-up

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Jim Henson and/is Kermit

Photograph via Muppet Wiki, courtesy of The Jim Henson Company. (Thanks, Laura)

Sunday, April 12, 2015

19th Century Firefighters Smoke Helmets

Darth Vader and C-3PO predecessors! (via CW/Thanks, Laura)

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Live Action Environment Test

Sunday, April 05, 2015

Computer Generated

This here's a really nice take on my bull character I did a long time ago by 3D artist Sudhir Verma. He also did a nice one on one of Gregory Baldwin's (CreatureBox) designs. For more, check out Sudhir's site: DREAMCHAZER

BTW, here's the CG take on Greg's:

Nice sculpt take on one of my bull characters by 3D artist Sudhir Verma.

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Saturday, April 04, 2015

John Starduck: Reference/Inspirational Photograph

NASA Lunar Landing Training Vehicle Concept With Bell 47 Cockpit (via Amunt Log; thanks Laura)

Friday, April 03, 2015

Live Action Winnie The Pooh Teaser Poster Leaked!

Plus some top-secret behind the scenes material:

"I'm your father, Winnie!"

Thursday, April 02, 2015

Silhouette Machine

Silhouette party!


Apropos silhouette party, I recently came across this (see below) lovely Scrooge McDuck marker sketch by legendary Italian uber-artist Georgio Cavazzano. What a beauty this little sketch gem is. (image via/courtesy of)

Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Icons Wednesday: Stan Laurel And Oliver Hardy

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy reading Spy Smasher, ca. 1928 1950. (via Disney History blog, image courtesy of Mark Evanier)