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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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Duck and War

A reflection/satire on World War II propaganda featuring popular cartoon characters.

Related: Smithsonian Magazine
#satire #propaganda #WW2 #donaldduck #mickeymouse #karikaturmuseumkrems #kunstmeilekrems Karikaturmuseum Krems
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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Otto Waalkes

Who would have thought it? German comedian and cartoonist Otto Waalkes' first encounter with my very ducks at Caricature Museum Krems, a couple of days ago.

This is really something, it feels like things have fallen in place, finally. For the simple reason that my very, very first commission - I think it happened when I was 12 or 13 years old - was about drawing Ottifanten, initiated by a friend of mine, Stefan. He wanted me to draw as many Ottifanten as possible on a large drawing cardboard. Now, after this long time, I drew a new one.

And it felt awesome.

On the photos you can see the museum's director Gottfried Gusenbauer showing Otto Waalkes around at the museum.

#OttoWaalkes #Ottifanten #FlorianSatzinger #KarikaturmuseumKrems #comedian #cartoonist #kunstmeilekrems #kremsanderdonau #museumart #originalart
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The Big Bin
on Killmotor Hill

Carl Bark's original 'The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill (1951)' vs some visual development sketches from my drawing desk.

#visualdevelopment #DonaldDuck #DenisPierreFilippi #FlorianSatzinger #roughsketches #designprocess #preproduction
©Disney Corp. All rights reserved.
*The very first appearance of Scrooge McDuck’s iconic money bin building in the 1951 Carl Barks classic, The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill.
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Thursday, April 13, 2023

The Blue Hornet

Donald Duck is 'The Blue Hornet', development test art, Filippi/Satzinger 2023, clean-up process test.

#visualdevelopment #donaldduck #DenisPierreFilippi #FlorianSatzinger #test #thebluehornet #alterego #sketchvsfinal #superhero #supersuit #DonaldDuckMobile #gadgets
Donald Duck © Disney Corp. A.R.R.
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Thursday, April 06, 2023

Destination Moon

Rough concept vs finished sujet, 🚀 'John Starduck' (ca. 2018). I think that I never posted the initial sketch of this, which was BTW inspired by a production still from the Sci-Fi classic 'Destination Moon' (1950).

#visualdevelopment #characterdesign #conceptart #FlorianSatzinger #JohnStarduck BG: #CarlSpitzweg #hijackedpainting #artseries #satire #parody
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