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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Ten years ago, in May 2010, I had the pleasure to host a couple of hand-drawn animation related workshops, under the Nemoland 2010 Award's programme, in Florence, Italy, along with legendary Disney/WB director and animator Eric Goldberg. At breathtakingly beautiful and at the same time almost intimidating places like Palazzo Vecchio and Liceo Artistico di Porta Romana.
However, the point I want to make here is not shamelessly bragging about hanging with Eric in Florence back then (what I already did, didn't I) but that Eric is a genius. He truly is. Which - finally - leads to these two line drawings of Wile E. Coyote and Daffy Duck done by Eric, here.
'Feed the Kitty' was the first of an animated short series directed by Jones using the two characters. Three cartoons focus on the dog and kitten duo, Feed the Kitty (1952), Kiss Me Cat (1953) and Cat Feud (1958). They also appear in one Claude Cat cartoon, 'Feline Frame-Up' (1954).
Breathtakingly lively layout drawings by Chuck Jones, for the animated short 'Compressed Hare' (1961).
"This [Compressed Hare] is the final first-run Golden Age short in which Wile E. Coyote speaks, although he speaks again in the 'Adventures of the Road Runner' featurette a year later." (Wikipedia)
Legendary WB Daffy Duck studio model sheet I treasure and adore, hanging here right next to my drawing desk. All poses are from Chuck Jones' original character layouts. Poses are from Robin Hood Daffy (1958), The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961) and The Bugs Bunny TV Show.
Every year in August, the two duck members of the local Mouseketeer Club have a jolly Carl Spitzweg themed adventure balloon ride. This year, they mounted a confetti cannon to the balloon's nacelle, for hunting paper kites in the sky.
Reference painting: Carl Spitzweg, 'Der Projektenmacher', year of origin ca. 1870-1975.
This rough layout here was one of the concept pieces I did for the Mickey - The True Original exhibition, back in 2018/2019. I didn't clean it up, finally, because I had a way too long list of pieces for the exhibition. This here didn't make it on my shortlist in the end.
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.»
LearnFromMasters YouTube channel
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If, like me, you enjoy YouTube videos about art and artists, you may have
come across a number of slideshow style videos showcasing the art of
historic pai...
The captain is on the bridge
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I never finished drawing this rough layout draft. I still enjoy looking at
it.
#steampunkwillie #steampunkboat #mickeymouse #roughlayout #cockpit #bridge ...
Swimming upstream in a sea of ageism
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*"We all swim in a sea of isms. They emerge as humans develop and apply
stereotypes as shortcuts to avoid engagement with our fear of difference.
Once they...
DRAGONS & ELEVATORS
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This weekend, Tier is furious with Trude for sending him into the cave of a
fearsome dragon. He’s very reluctant to forgive her, even though Trude
explains...
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'...
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 ...
Kid Lucky pour Novembre
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Dernière semaine de vacances avant de m'y remettre pour un nouveau Lucky
Luke avec Jul au scénario. Pour Novembre mon petit Kid sera dans les bacs
en atten...
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
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