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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Monday, March 28, 2022

Drawing process, first blue pencil pass of two

Preliminary sketch (first pass) vs finished piece. Usually I do two blue pencil passes before starting the finish pass, this one here was the first one.

#DonaldDuck #parodyart #bluepencils #originalart #pencildrawing #colerase #karikaturmuseumkrems #austria #popartlife
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Friday, March 25, 2022

Ask me anything

Stylized/off-model Mickey Mouse, test, blue pencils and stylus.

#MickeyMouse #offmodel #parodyart #newshoes #AirJordan #bluepencils #preliminarysketch #animationart #artistsoninstagram
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Monday, February 28, 2022

Filming will start in May, in Berlin

#teaser
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Friday, February 25, 2022

Sonic!

Donald Duck distilled in a Sonic The Hedgehog game character.

... I think I put in some Daffy Duck fuel, too.
#donaldduck #akuankka #sonicthehedgehog #daffyduck #gamecharacter #satireart #parody #characterdesign #duckland #theakuankkasatireproject #popartlife
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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Valt Tisney's Tonald Tuck

'The Proofreader Is A Jerk' - The Aku Ankka Satire Project

#DonaldDuck #AkuAnkka #satireart #characterdesign #drawingprocess #TonaldTuck #popart #popartlife #PreviewArt
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Aku Ankka AKA Donald Duck

This is a rough preliminary layout for a large Aku Ankka satire painting I'm planning to realize sometime in the near future. It's highly interrelated with a future planned project contrived by Aki Hyyppä.

By the way, did I tell you, that my love for drawing ducks somehow started way, way back when I was on a sabbatical of sorts in Helsinki, Finland? It's quite a long story, which I will tell you another time.
#AkuAnkka #DonaldDuck #satirepainting #preliminarylayout #preliminarysketch #roughdrawing #drawingprocess #characterdesign
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Saturday, February 12, 2022

Duck, Bow And Arrows

Lovely news, Jorge Bompart ('Angry Birds') is at it, again. Expect nothing less than a wonder! This is the basic character design I provided for the animation.

#jorgebompart #animator #spine2D #characterdesign #drawingprocess #bowandarrow #duckpunk
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Thursday, February 10, 2022

FFF: Everybody's Favourite Frustrated Fowl

... way off-model.

#donaldduck #parodytribute #parodyart #satire #popart #throwbackpiece
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Friday, February 04, 2022

Throwback: Duck Drawing Process Bits

Current state of mind.

#DonaldDuck #parodyart #drawingprocess #roughvsfinished #artistsonblogger #duckyoga #throwbackart #characterdesigner
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Friday, January 28, 2022

Workshop Bits

Some live demo bits/process breakdown sheets from last weekend's workshop at Beaux-Arts & Entertainment/Theatre Trevise in Paris.

Photo credit: Polymagou - CC-BY-SA

#artistsonblogger #workshop #characterdesign #shapes #roughdrawings #drawingprocess #roughsketching #stylized #visualdevelopment
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Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Extended Duck

The Extended Duck. Heavily inspired by my good friend, former studio colleague and favourite architect, Axel Steidl.

#thisisnot #DonaldDuck #parodyart #roughdrawing #characterdesign #architect #artistsoninstagram #architectsoninstagram
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Fake Unicorn Method

Anger management exercise, falling drawing-sheets fixation hypnosis technique combined with a very specific cognitive behavioural therapy (AKA pencil-on-the-head or fake unicorn method).

#donaldduck #parody #parodyart #parodypainting #hypnosis #forducks #artistsoninstagram #unicorn
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Friday, January 07, 2022

Reminder

I don't want to spam you with too many of this, this is just a little reminder in regard to the upcoming class in Paris. For some time now BA&E and I have been trying to make this very class happen, finally it worked out: upcoming class in Paris.

#workshop #masterclass #drawingtechniques #animation #design #characterdesign #floriansatzinger #beauxartsandentertainment
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Thursday, January 06, 2022

Overlap Technique

Shape/form/weight demo piece for the upcoming class in Paris. I switch a lot between traditional and digital sketching, it's a kind of overlap technique I really enjoy doing.

#workshop #masterclass #drawingtechniques #animation #design #characterdesign #floriansatzinger #beauxartsandentertainment
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Wednesday, January 05, 2022

Stylized Character Design And Fictional Anatomy

'Stylized Character Design And Fictional Anatomy' workshop, Paris, France, January 22nd - 23rd 2022, Beaux Arts & Entertainment, hosted by Maryam Laura Moazedi and me.

Sign up: Beaux Arts And Entertainment
#characterdesign #workshop #paris #france #floriansatzinger #beauxartsandentertainment #artistsonfacebook
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Saturday, January 01, 2022

Let's start this year off right

My ducks will go museum, this year. July 17th 2022 until February 19th 2023, Karikaturmuseum Krems, Austria. I'll post more about it soonish.

This year's schedule is already packed, it really is, with all sorts of exciting things. The first gig abroad will already take place in January, in Paris. But about this more on Monday. Enjoy the New Year's weekend, everyone.

#KarikaturmuseumKrems #exhibition #ducks #atthemuseum #duckland #floriansatzinger #donaldduck #parodyart #beauxartsandentertainment #workshop
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