19th Century Firefighters Smoke Helmets

Darth Vader and C-3PO predecessors! (via CW/Thanks, Laura)

Monday Morning Ride Pipe Dream

The Hover Jaguar. (via/by/more)

Thursday Morning Jawdropper: Josef Sudek, Photographer

"Labyrinth in my atelier" (1960), Josef Sudek (1896 - 1976).

Photos via and Google Image Search, the images are courtesy of their respective owners.

WW II Millenium Falcon, Sort Of

I can't call this an inspirational photograph, well, of course, nothing Nazi can be inspirational, but it's generally an interesting reference. This is a Blohm & Voss BV 141, a World War II Nazi German tactical reconnaissance aircraft, notable for its uncommon structural asymmetry, which reminded me of the Millenium Falcon a little. (images via Gizmodo and Google image search)

Jaguar R-Type

Jaguar R-Type

Ein von Florian Satzinger Paperwalker (@floriansatzinger) gepostetes Foto am Jan 1, 2015 at 5:56 PST

Happy New Year! Nearly There!

Been at this one for a while. But we're nearly finished with the John Starduck launch formula for 2015. With this in mind, Happy New Year!

Image courtesy of Time Inc. For personal non-commercial use only.

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

«A snowball fight in Central Park, New York City, after the first snowfall of 1938.» Via GagDaily (Photo courtesy of Tucker/Getty Images)

Inspiration: Vintage Chicago

A couple of beautiful shots from Chicago's past. Sources/©: cta and The Magazine (Photographer: Yasuhiro Ishimoto)

Thoughts, Face

One Million Dollar reference photo, by Jeannick Gravelines. (via)

Ice Storm

'Frozen 2' references, anybody? Lower Austria, Forest Quarter, yesterday. (Photos © Einsatzdoku/Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Reference And Effect

Paperwalker Journal's Most Favourite Reference/Inspirational Photos, Part 11

Tourists ride horses past a life-size Apatosaurus statue in Dinosaur Park, near Rapid City, South Dakota, c. 1955. (via)

1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special

I really envy my characters for their ability to drive any dream car they like. (Photos via Google images - © by respective owners)

E.T.

Carlo Rambaldi (1925 - 2012), 'father of E.T.' (Thanks, Laura)

Weekend Plan

(source/via)

Make A Wish: 1959 Cadillac Cyclone Concept Car

John Starduck: DuckMe

Throwback reference... this kid on the reference photos is me, a couple of million years ago. Badass tee, isn't it? Anyways, I'm using this past-mini-me as reference/basis for the entire outfit design of the John Starduck character. This here is the first rough sketch of the process.

Paperwalker Journal's Most Favourite Reference/Inspirational Photos, Part 9

Lunch break with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Billy Wilder (c. 1960, source unkown: photograph © by its respective owner. All rights reserved).

Paperwalker Journal's Most Favourite Reference/Inspirational Photos, Part 8

Girl reading comic book in newsstand, c. 1940–1945. Photograph by Charles “Teenie” Harris, courtesy of Eyes on Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum of Art. (via)

Carl Barks At His Drawing Table

ca. 1962/1963