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. Image
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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.

All reference/inspiration material here (i.e. all material not originated by the author of this blog) is solely the property of their respective owners, the use here does not imply that you may use the material for any purpose other than for a similar parodistic, informational or inspirational use. This blog journal is basically dedicated to inspire professional animation artists, animation students and everyone who is interested in the animation art form to use their talents. If you find any content here that belongs to you and you want it down or has not been properly attributed, please contact 'hello[at]paperwalker[dot]com', thank you.

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Feed Your Pets

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By the by, ...

Recently, I started posting snapshots right from my drawing desk on Instagram. Expect a lot of rough blue stuff ;-)
INSTAGRAM.COM/FLORIANSATZINGER

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Big Things Start Small...

Happy Holidays!
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Giant Duck Man

Among a lot of other things, the Giant Duck Man (see my first DUCK book from 2010) is supposed to come back soon. I'll keep you posted about this, I'm pretty excited about it.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

John Ford, Maurizio Cattelan, Alfred Hitchcock

Three highly inspirational portrait photographs. Many, many thanks to Laura Moazedi for this very tip...

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White Duckish Monkey: Complete Clean-Up Process

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Is There Anybody There?

By the way, it seems that only a few people leave comments here anymore, compared to the past. Well, there is still a lot of traffic here on my weblog, even more than before actually, but all the very commenting kind of shifted to Facebook etc, didn't it?

Anyways, I'll keep posting here, thanks everyone!

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Image source: Cookie Monster viaSesame Workshop). I posted this image just because of Cookie Monster's inspirational charisma. And because I love cookies.

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Alice

This is my contribution for the new book of my talented pal, Nicolas Kermamidas.

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reference photos via (Pat Lillich)

Pop Culture Icons Digitally Produced Wood Sculptures

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via (Thanks MLM)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Late Night Finding: Conrad Jon Godly

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CTN Animation Expo 2013 Demo Sketch

Location: Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, Convention Center, CTNX 2013, Atrium Stage, Digital Demonstrations

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'Masters of Anatomy' Kickstarter Ends Today

There's only a couple of hours left until the Masters of Anatomy campaign I'm part of ends. Most recently, even my pals Gregory Baldwin and Dave Guertin ('CreatureBox') joined the project. GO!


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Monday, November 18, 2013

Half And Half

Some rough process fun, half pencil/paper, half PS.

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Friday, November 08, 2013

Duckish Eustace Tilley

I updated my old Eustace Tilley Duck a little, just for sketching fun.

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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Inspiration: Kellogg's Ad From 1960

I've a weakness for these kind of ads from the past. Brilliant sujet, hilarious facial expression! (via)

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By the by, here's another stellar Kellogg's piece from that very era:

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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

John Starduck: Concept Car Speed Sketch

Based on the Peugeot 404 Diesel Record concept car (1965).

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Reference: 1964 Peugeot Diesel Record concept car

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Sunday, November 03, 2013

Hot Dogs and Devils

Some belated Halloween greatness. BTW, this guy reminds me a little of Zach Galifianakis, doesn't he? (via Dark Roasted Blend)

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