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, May 17, 2020

Scoob! (2020)

The new Scooby-Doo movie premiered last Friday, so, here are a couple of very, very early design explorations I did on it for ReelFX, back in 2015. (© Warner Animation Group/ReelFX)
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#scoobydoo #scoob #warneranimationgroup #reelfx #conceptart #characterdesign #animationdesign #visualdevelopment
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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Saturday Morning "Pin-Up"

Two-page spread in the July 1964 issue of McCall's magazine (via The Walt Disney Family Museum):
«Once upon a time ... in the Magic Land of Hollywood ... there lived the Greatest One-Man Show on Earth!»
«Yesterday he invented Disneyland, and the likes of us. Today he's the genie of the New York World's Fair. Can you guess what he's dreaming of next?»
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#WaltDisney
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Thursday, May 14, 2020

1932 Donald Duck, re-created

This is a re-creation of one of Donald Duck's earliest appearances, third 'Mickey Mouse Annual', 1932.
(Reference material via Kaya Özkaracalar's Disneyville)
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#donaldduck #mickeymouseannual #characterdesign #recreated #parodyart #tributesketch
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Crash test duck

"Ready or not, I'm doing this now."
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#stuntduck #acmegear #roughlayout #characterdesign #crashtestduck #digitalsketching
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Why do you want to play chess with me?

About using references in character design and drawing a cartoon duck's beak front view. This was a speed demo from a couple of weeks ago. (Reference stills: Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal", 1957. All rights reserved.)
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#workingwithreferences #creepycharacter #drawingdemo #speeddrawing #characterdesign
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Monday, May 11, 2020

Drawing process thingies

Following up the last posting. By the by, this very painting by Carl Spitzweg always automatically pops up in my mind when drawing characters associated with delivery and all sorts of postal services. It's a universal reference to me:
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#drawingprocess #roughsketch #digitaldrawingprocess #theduckisalwaysright
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Sunday, May 10, 2020

ACME postal services and gears

The Original ACME TNT Letter SBP (Standard Blasting Power) vs. The Original ACME Letter Box MD (Mod. Dobermann)
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#acmepostalservices #acme #tntletter #letterbox #theduckisalwaysright #characterdesign #propdesign
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Friday, May 08, 2020

Donald Duck of Mars

Over-the-top frame, deleerit character concept. It's a perfect fit.
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#DonaldDuck #parodyart #donaldduckofmars #offmodel #characterdesign #theduckisalwaysright
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Wednesday, May 06, 2020

Ritual

Practising my personal ritual of devotion to slipping away from original proportions.
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#parodyart #donaldduck #characterdesign #personalritual #digitalsketching #roughdrawing
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020

Flo Duck vs. Super Flo

Super suit within the budget limits of a three year old.
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#supersuit #superhero #characterillustration #characterdesign
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Saturday, May 02, 2020

Once upon a duck ...

Art vs. artist, or rather, self-portrait vs. me as a kid.
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#artvsartist #measakid #selfportrait #duckdrawing #coolshirt #waybackinthedays #theduckisalwaysright
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Friday, May 01, 2020

Terror Duck

Franz (AKA Terror Duck) and his enoying propeller-hat started to drive us all insane. Self image vs public image:
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#franzartfridays #parody #thebirds #alfredhitchcock #terrorduck #propellerhat #parodyart (BG: please note, the original 'The Birds' film poster illustration is the property of its respective owners.)
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