Vehicle design at BAE Paris

Here is a small excerpt from the live demos that I did at BAE Paris. As you can clearly see, André Franquin is somehow in every one of these lines. I think no one has had more influence on the way I see and draw vehicles than him.

#beauxartsentertainment #paris #masterclass #workshop #machinerydesign #vehicles #floriansatzinger #andrefranquin #influence

100th Anniversary: The New Yorker

The New Yorker celebrated its 100th birthday on February 17th. And with it the magazine's own iconic fictional character Eustace Tilley, drawn by Rea Irvin. This drawing is one of many attempts by me to portray this character, or rather, to cite certain elements of him, in my own very own way. I wasn't quite finished with this drawing, but I just left it unfinished, on purpose. I like the scratchy nature of it. Anyway, New York cartoonist Jason Chatfield wrote a wonderful article the day before yesterday about the anniversary of this unique magazine. His text also contains a comment on my Tilley mash-ups, which of course made me very happy and makes me a little part of this special anniversary: Jason Chatfield

#eustacetilley #thenewyorker #jasonchatfield

Two Face

The end justifies the means, but what the heck is the end?

#donaldduck #twoface #satireart #floriansatzinger

Full Body Duck Suit

As above. And in addition, it sums up my work process surprisingly well.

#characterdesign #anatomy #drawingprocess #floriansatzinger #references

Anatomy drawing study

Yes, this study doesn't make sense, that's what happens.

#donaldduck #offmodel #anatomy #armskeleton #caricature

Sky Marshals

The drawing shows a hot air balloon made of iron, piloted by two ducks. A giant fried egg is stuck to the outside of the balloon, which serves as the national emblem of the Duckland Air Force.

#floriansatzinger #characterdesigner #IronBalloon

Duckstein

No, I don't have a beer sponsorship contract, even though the name of the brand might suggest it; I just have a dear friend who thought this would be the right "fuel" for me. Thanks, Martin!

#friendswillbefriends #giftgiving

The Strange Case of Donald Duck and Donald Dark

The undisputed superhero of my childhood was Donald Duck's alter ego Phantomias (that's what he's called in German-speaking countries), Paperinik in Italy (where he was invented), Duck Avenger in the USA, Superduck in the UK, etc. The gadgets, the super suit, the flying 313, the jump boots, the secret elevator in the wardrobe; I can still feel the enthusiasm I had for him as a child - I might have been six or seven at the time - for him today.

The best thing was that around 2010 I was even allowed to put my hand to this wonderful character for Disney.

Be that as it may, what I'm getting at is that years ago I had the idea of trying to create my own alter ego version of Donald Duck. Which then led to Donald Dark. The difference to Donald's other alter egos is that he is not aware of this when he changes into the Donald Dark character. Similar to Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". And what better way to illustrate the transformation than to extend it to the 313.
After Donald's car was recently transformed into the "Six Million Dollar Car", today it is transformed into the "313 Dark". And as always, guided by the idea of ​​having to draw it in order to be able to see it.

#donaldduck #alterego #donalddark #persiflage #artsatire #charactersatire #floriansatzinger