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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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Duck-taped

In contrast to the unaffordable Banana duct-taped to a white wall at Art Basel Miami, I can announce the arrival of the affordable Duck taped onto a white T-Shirt available at Zazzle: ORDER ONLINE
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Sunday, December 08, 2019

Nine Postings, Over One Million People

Wow, these are my top nine 2019 on Instagram, sorted by reach. Totalled up, these nine little postings alone reached more than one million people. That's smashingly crazy and flattering, many thanks for stopping by my little Duckland here and over at IG, I highly appreciate that. Cheers!

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Wednesday, December 04, 2019

I'm on a pencils diet, since forever

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Good Bye, Cannes!

Thanks for having us!

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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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