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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PLEASE NOTE, the displayed parody artworks of classical cartoon characters are not copies but distinct satiric imitations/caricatures, by exaggerating and transforming the original characters and their related indica (see 'Coat of Smiles') in a way that creates new originals and new meanings, different from the intentions of the originals.
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Sunday, November 03, 2019

Only Eleven More Sleeps

TIGOBOSCHOOLPRO.COM
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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Welcome to Duckland, Promo Sujet No2, "Yodel"

I'm really looking forward to this!
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Wednesday, October 09, 2019

Welcome to Duckland

'Meet Ze Artists', Nov 14-15 2019 - 'Welcome to Duckland', Brainchild vs Finished, Pop-up Exhibition, TigoboSchoolPro, Campus International De Cannes, Cannes, France.
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Friday, September 20, 2019

Ducks and Cameras

The past days, I had a film crew in the house. Here are a few behind the scenes shots from the filming.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Bragging Tuesday

Bragging Tuesday: In 2015, Luca Chiarotti made me an amazing gift, an original animation drawing from the 1970s 'Vicky The Viking' production (Season 3, Episode 4, 'Vicky and the Horse').
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Thursday, August 22, 2019

Duck, Howard the

Blue col-erase pencil on drawing paper, A4, 100g.
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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Sunday!

"Walt Kelly (1913-1973) was one of the greatest cartoonists who ever lived, and Pogo is his undeniable masterwork."
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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Character design, rough digital sketch bits

Figuring out the right level of detail for this duck's super suit, not sure about adding a mask to it, let's see.
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Tuesday, July 09, 2019

The Smiling Skull Quatrychon

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Saturday, July 06, 2019

Beaks and (digital) Pencils

A pencil is to me as a beak is to a duck. (loosely based on J. R. R. Tolkien)
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Jolly Roger

Just for the fun of it, logos nobody was waiting for.
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Friday, June 07, 2019

The Duck Laboratory

Some shape thingies from my duck laboratory, simple beats complex.
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Tuesday, June 04, 2019

The Juxtapose Thing

The world's greates super hero.
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