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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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Duckland: Hand Studies


#handstudies #yellowgloves #cartoonhands #roughsketches #duckland #exhibition #kasematten

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

And now for something completely different

I just finished the last preliminary concept for the - altogether - ten large scale parody paintings I'm about to prepare any time soon. This one will go with the title 'Mesolithic Mouse'.

#parodyart #mickeymouse #lowbrowart #mesolithicmouse #wollmaus #woolmouse

The Grand Duckland Egg Hunt

Join 'The Grand Duckland Egg Hunt', April 3rd-5th, 2021, Kasematten Theatre, Castle Hill. Opening hours: 10:00AM - 07:00PM.

#ostereiersuche #duckland #exhibition #kasematten

Monday, March 29, 2021

Duckland main visual: further cast-out bits

Background paintings by Albert Bierstadt (church forecourt) and Carl Spitzweg (library scene).

#duckland #castoutmaterial #WolfgangAmadeusDuck #floriansatzinger #kasematten #exhibition #visualdevelopment #conceptart #carlspitzweg #albertbierstadt

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Duckland: Egg Hunt

Process bits from the jarg easter bunny sujet.

#duckland #exhibition #kasematten #floriansatzinger #drawingprocess #characterdesign

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

And now for something else ...

A duck-free process sheet.

#visualdevelopment #characterdesign #animationdesign #paperwalker #floriansatzinger #drawingprocess #processbreakdown

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Upcoming Special Event at Duckland

For now, I'm just posting the drawing I did for it; and the John Wayne reference. Talk soon ...

#specialevent #duckland #exhibition #kasematten #johnwayne #pinkrabbit

Duckland's Concierge Canard

Early, very rough character layouts.

#characterdesign #characterlayout #visualdevelopment #conciergecanard #duckland #exhibition #kasematten #roughsketches

Sunday, March 21, 2021

Duckland: ... and then some

Here are two more cast-out pieces from the Duckland main-visual tests. At this test stage, I don't go for clean-up quality, that would take me too long, but for atmosphere.

#duckland #visualdevelopment #castout #artwork #floriansatzinger #behindthescenes #conceptart #kasematten #exhibition

Friday, March 19, 2021

Duckland: The Alchemist

As I already said, there were a lot of Duckland main-sujet tests. This one here is based again on a Carl Spitzweg painting, 'The Alchemist' (ca. 1860). I didn't spend much time on it and kept it very, very rough and sketchy, I early discovered that is was way too dark, in terms of too less light, for the main visual of the show.
#duckland #castout #artwork #exhibition #floriansatzinger #kasematten #carlspitzweg #roughtest #visualdevelopment #conceptart #thealchemist

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Superheroes

These are mine. Giorgio Cavazzano, Achdé and Bruno Bozzetto, three extraordinarily talented and famed gentlemen who substantially supported the Duckland show. Many, many thanks.

#achde #brunobozzetto #giorgiocavazzano #duckland

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Duckland: Yet another rough cast-out poster sujet test

Wolfgang Amadeus Duck has a weakness for mechanic sound effects. Moreover, this very machine makes excellent chocolate truffles, of course.

Apropos, I did a lot testing, so stay tuned ;-)

#duckland #wolfgangamadeusduck #visualdevelopment #animationart #paperwalker #kasematten #exhibition #floriansatzinger