Gossamer?

Okay, this red skipper is off-model, a little.

By the by, in my opinion those kind of large-scale characters work beautifully as cover sujets. Like with this test thingy here:

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PIXEL Afterthought: Conference Interviews

Vienna based Martin Lorenz did really nice interviews with my buddy Christian de Vita (lead story artist of 'The Fantastic Mr Fox') and Andreas Deja (superduper animator of Disney fame) in connection with their talks at the Pixel Conference. The interviews are well worth a read:

Christian de Vita Interview | Andreas Deja Interview

Photos © Lorenz

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Limited Edition Motorbirds T-Shirt

Here's a preview of the finished design for the Motorbirds t-shirt, it will be availaible at teeblitz.com soon...

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Sky-Writing Gun (1930)

Just found this on the Modern Mechanix blog. This is so Batman!

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Pixel 7 Sneak Preview: Colossal Battle Motorsuit

Last weekend, I did a quick battle poster rough cast for next year's 7th Pixel Conference. I used the 7's shape as a kind of base frame... the finished piece will follow sometime next year, I just wanted to put the idea down in a sketch preventively.

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Update: And here's some fun for your lunch break, today (via Flooby Nooby):

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Drawing Process Clip (Paperwalker TV)

I accidently recorded only parts of the Motorbambi drawing process. Anyway, I pieced a clip together from the parts I saved. 'Hope you like it still...

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Apropos Motorbambi: Here's a hilarious pic I stumbled across at Superpunch, a dog in an AT-AT costume:

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HOW NOT to draw Disney's Bambi

...but being inspired by the original character nonetheless. Voila, a birdish Motorbambi or something like that:

And here's HOW to draw Disney's Bambi with Andreas Deja:

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PIXEL 6 Poster Artwork

The 6th installment of the Annual International Austrian Conference on Computer Graphics & Animation is just around the corner. Disney's Andreas Deja, Fantastic Mr Fox' Christian de Vita, Framestore's Martin Aufinger, Blizzard Games' Simon Yuen and many, many more "uber-bricks" will be in the house. So, if you're in the Vienna area this weekend check out this pretty unique event, located in the beautiful Academy of Sciences Palace: PIXEL 6, OCT 07 -09 2011, Vienna. See you there!

By the by, here's the complete break down process of this piece and the colour palette I was using:

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Inspiration: Lego Artist Mike Doyle

Striking! (via Colossal)

© by Mike Doyle. World rights reserved.

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Motorbirds T-Shirt: Please Help Me to Decide

Alright, here are two rough Motorbirds design blueprints but only one is needed for a t-shirt which will be available at TeeBlitz within a short time. Unfortunately, I've not the time to clean-up both of them, so please help me to pick the right one: #1 or #2? Please vote in the poll to the right in my blog's sidebar. THANKS! It is most appreciated.

Thanks, everyone, for voting and commenting! The poll is closed now and, obviously, the Motorglobeship won, hurray! By virtue of my office and for and in consideration of your votes I will clean-up #1! Great!

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Paperwalker TV: New Episode!

I recorded my warm-up sketch this morning. It's a bird, surprise! The bird's eyebrows are copyrighted, in fact, by Uli Meyer, aren't they? ;)

Work In Progress 7 (2) from Florian Satzinger on Vimeo.

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DUCK Magazine: Rough Layout

Here's is a layout I did some time ago. I quite like the pose the bird does.

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And finally, some inspiration: This short documentary gives you a sneak peek into the personal works from Dreamworks artists. (via On Animation)

Moonshine from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

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And something to smile about, by Yum Yum London:

Parallel Parking from Yum Yum London on Vimeo.

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Jolly Cool: 3D Googles from the 1970s

While searching for references I stumbled across this hilarious photo on Modern Mechanix. It strongly reminds me of those headgrears I often equip my ducks and birds with:

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Jolly Good News

Finally, Harald is planning an art book, as he announced on his blog, recently. I for one would leave the cover just like it already is, no?

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International Designers Show, Shanghai 2011

I just got sent a bunch of photos in connection with the International Designers Show where a range of my works were exhibited... I'm glad that I took part of it.

Photos © by NEWS.CN and Shanghai Designers Association. W.r.r.

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I Changed My Mind...

I discarded the rough design in the post before. I don't know, the new concept I like way better than the previous one. The previous one was kind of... boring? The new one deploys a nice sort of battle or wrangle. That is, I guess, what I was looking for actually. Anyway, the finished piece will follow in a bit...

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By the by, what is your favorite memory? (via Colossal)

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By the by (2), an often asked question is what does your work place look like? Well, at this very moment I'm working at our kitchen table. There is not much of a reason for that. I'm just enjoying the feeling or vibe of not going to the office today...

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PIXEL 6, Oct 07-09 2011, Vienna

This here is the rough design of this year's PIXEL BATTLE poster sujet (BTW, you can view last year's poster over here). Even it's just a pretty rough piece I thought it would be nice to show this here as a teaser or preview. I'll upload the finished piece by Monday or Tuesday then.

Anyway, what's important is that the PIXEL's line-up is really incredible, this year. As for instance, my bro Christian de Vita ("The Fantastic Mr Fox", "Frankenweenie") as well as Disney superduper star Andreas Deja will join the PIXEL fest. For more about this click here...

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Frostbite

Just incredible, a frozen statue (via Colossal, photo © by Miika Järvinen).

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The Captain of This Blog is Still on Board...

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I had too much to do and too much to take care of...

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