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, September 27, 2018

Thomas Fluharty and Sebastian Kruger

Last week, I had the pleasure to hang out with two of the most talented caricature artists of this very planet at the SOKOL Awards in Krems, Austria: Thomas Fluharty and Sebastian Kruger.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Tuesday dude

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Tuesday dude

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Tuesday, September 04, 2018

Seattle based Bliss Kolb is going Duck

Highly inspirational, in so many ways. You can explore the project in detail right over at BLISS KOLB AUTOMATA.
"Bliss Kolb has been designing and building wonderful things for over 30 years: custom cabinetry, furniture, theatrical stage sets & props, and video production design. Since 2010 he has turned to an early inspiration to create Automata, or mechanical moving creatures."
Images courtesy of Bliss Kolb. All rights reserved.

Monday, September 03, 2018

Star Wars, behind the scenes: 100 rare colour photos

For all photos please follow the link here: I-AM-BORED.COM