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The PAPERWALKER Journal is the personal weblog of award-winning character designer Florian Satzinger 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, such as 'Toby Skybuckle©' for France and Japan based Ankama Group LLC and 'DUCK AWESOME©' and 'John Starduck©' for Paperwalker Studios SHF. ©2019 by Florian Satzinger. World rights reserved. | 51,9M VIEWS |

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Hyungkoo Lee

I can't stress often enough how important it is to encounter Hyungkoo Lee's work.

Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Radar Men from the Moon

The Sky Marshal appears to defy the laws of gravity, for a moment at least, as he lands in the arms of a prop man during production of the film. Production photo, "Radar Men from the Moon," at Red Rock Canyon in the Mojave Desert, 80 miles northeast of Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 12, 1951 (via).

Monday, May 01, 2017

John says

"It is a monster, my rocket ship. It is not dead metal; it has a life of its own."

John Starduck, freely adapted from Guenter Wendt's quote

Friday, April 28, 2017

Weekend treat: Carl Barks, comic book cover artwork, 1962

Image: All copyrights belong to their respective owners.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Knife sharpened pencils

In my little digitally-drawing world going analog is like a breath of fresh air...

Friday, April 07, 2017

John Starduck References: Kurt Roeschl, space art

Kurt Roeschl (1923-1986) was an Austrian graphic artist and painter who illustrated various science-fiction stories in the 1950s.

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Keep-It-Loose-Meter

Monday, March 20, 2017

May the ducks be with me

May the ducks be with me

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Carl Barks: Magazine Donald Duck, model sheet

"Drawn with R. Esterbrook art & drafting pen #356"

Image courtesy: Disney

Friday, March 10, 2017

Legendary model sheet segment: Uncle Scrooge McDuck by Carl Barks

Carl Barks establishes some rules for drawing his creation, Scrooge McDuck (via)

Image courtesy: Disney

Thursday, March 02, 2017

DuckTales Reboot - First Look

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Beaks and peckers

For the love of beaks and peckers.

For the love of beaks and peckers. #characterdesign #sketch

Friday, February 03, 2017

Alternative science

New class (original photo via)

Alternative science #characterdesign #dragon

Friday, January 27, 2017

It's weekend, baby!

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Cat of the cloth

Speed sketching helps extract ideas ...

Friday, January 20, 2017

Warming up with Milt Kahl

Milt Kahl

Warming up with Milt Kahl

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

One perfect duck

Milt Kahl, concept sketch, from Disney's Robin Hood. (Image courtesy of Disney)

One perfect duck. Milt Kahl, concept sketch, from Disney's Robin Hood. (Image courtesy of Disney)

Sunday, January 08, 2017

DUCK Corp. silhouette design kit update

The kit will come with full instructions (eggs not included).

The kit will come with full instructions (eggs not included).

Monday, January 02, 2017

DUCK Corp. silhouette design kit

Silhouette design kit

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Duck

Unfinished test from a DD project, a couple of years ago. This was a personal warm-up piece, to become ready for the "operation".

Endorsements

«This Austrian artist [Florian Satzinger] has drawn some of the world's most iconic animated characters.»

Gary Evans,
ImagineFX Magazine

«I modeled these [penguins] from Florian Satzinger's designs. These became a focal point of my portfolio back in 2010 and ultimately landed me a Job at Disney. Huge respect to Florian's genius!»

Ryan Tottle,
Modeling Supervisor, DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS

«Florian Satzinger is an animation expert, trust us, we know.»

KLEAR,
Leading Data Influencer Marketing Software Platform

«Florian Satzinger has a drawing style with a snap and verve that harken back to the best of classic Disney and mid 20th Century Warner Brothers animation. The lines with which he delineates his characters zing, bounce and swoop so delightfully that they suggest lively motion even before they’re animated. Satzinger credits Southworth as his major influence, and his work in the style of great classic hand-drawn animation shows his continuation of that tradition.»

Charley Parker,
LINESANDCOLORS.COM

«Florian Satzinger: a Carl Barks on steroids.»
(Florian Satzinger: um Carl Barks com esteróides)

via MARCAMARIA.COM

«Some beautiful character work from [...] Florian Satzinger, who blogs over at the Paperwalker Journal.»

Michael Canva,
THE WASHINGTON POST

«Florian, you've been an amazing influence on my art for almost ten years now, and will be for years to come!»

Jay Fosgitt,
Comic Artist, MARVEL COMICS

«Florian Satzinger set the style for CTNX with the red "X" in the eyes in 2009. Florian designed the “X” in the eyes with his Ducks in such a appealing way that they have become a signature to CTN.»

CTN,
THE CREATIVE TALENT NETWORK®

«A classic vintage Mickey, with a Chaplinesque grin, follows the timeline of his past adventures... In the meanwhile, a new unseen Mickey is sipping a tea cup, waiting for new landscapes... Visions suspended between the past and the future, conceived by Florian Satzinger, the award-winning concept artist and character designer.»

Federico Fiecconi,
DISNEY'S MICKEY: The True Original Exhibition, Castello di Desenzano, Italy

About Me / Story

Florian Satzinger was a student of well-regarded Disney, MGM and Hanna-Barbera animator and animation director Ken Southworth («Alice In Wonderland», «Woody Woodpecker», «Tom & Jerry», «The Flintstones», «Peanuts», «The Smurfs») who influenced him greatly. Having worked for clients that include Disney, Warner Bros., The Zanuck Company, ReelFX, Psyop, Red Bull and Snapchat, Satzinger is now developing «DUCK AWESOME©» and «JOHN STARDUCK©» with Paperwalker Studios SHF.

Besides his industrial career, he holds a lectureship for character design, analog animation and animation history at the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg (Urstein, Austria) and works as a dozent at art schools such as VIA University College's Animation Workshop (Viborg, Denmark), Film University Babelsberg (Potsdam, Germany) and Film Academy Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg, Germany).

Florian Satzinger is a member of the Creative Talent Network, a community for the world's leading creators of both traditional and digital animated films.

DUCK - The Mag For The Birds Presents: Florian Satzinger's BIRDS AND PENCILS

"A superb book filled with some of the best character and vehicle design around the wit involved is fabulous. This book is especially for those of you who loved the Ducktales and Darkwing Duck cartoons of the late Eighties and early Nineties."
Amazon UK

"End of the year must have cartooning products [...] DUCK: Birds And Pencils"
The Daily Cartoonist

"$24.95 USD"
Brandstudio Press

"In a world that is dominated by ultra realistic cg, stuff like this is like a breathe of fresh air. Such great poses, lines of action and true composition[...]"
via FlightPattern

"[...]a wild and awesome collection of duck sketches in crazy flying machines and other fantastic adventures[...]"
Arjan Wilschut

Sample pages:

'Birds And Pencils And Sundry Other Things And Hobs' by Florian Satzinger (Brandstudio Press)

Hard cover, 8.5x12 inches, 48 pages, full-color, full bleed, sewn pages.

"[...]inspired by old school animation but at the same time is so much fun[...]makes me want to pick up a pencil and start creating"
Labyrinth Books

Nemoland

Behind the scenes of science fiction and fantasy

NEMOLAND (NEMO NT)

In May 2009, Florian Satzinger gave workshops within the scope of The Genio Fiorentino 2009, on the occation of the Nemoland event/conferment of the Nemoland Special Award in the Aula Magna at the Instituto Statale d' Arte of Florence, Italy. Former Nemoland workshop hosts/award recipients were animation directors and animators such as Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Alex Orrelle (Pixar) and J.P. Vine (Aardman Studios). Besides that, there was an exhibition of Florian Satzinger's original artwork at the Gipsoteca of the Instituto Statale d' Arte.

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Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Monday, March 20, 2017

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Friday, March 10, 2017

Thursday, March 02, 2017

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Friday, February 03, 2017

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Sunday, January 08, 2017

Monday, January 02, 2017

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

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