SNOW BEAR - A Hand-Drawn Animated Short Film by Aaron Blaise

My dear friend Aaron Blaise (director of Disney's «Brother Bear») has released his short film «Snow Bear» on YouTube. Backgrounds, design, animations, were done by him alone. A brilliant individual achievement, practically unimaginable:

The Wrapped FAT 313 Saloon:The Six Million Dollar Car's Four Million Dollar Upgrade

It's over – or better – it's a wrap. The time has come to say goodbye to my beloved «The Six Million Dollar Car».

It's been an immense pleasure working on it, but before I get bogged down in repetition, I'm going to bring the «FAT 313» series to a close. And what better way than with a fitting final design, staying true to the original concept of using modern art as the driving force behind the design?

While the original idea was to transform Donald Duck's 313 into a «FAT 313», modeled after Erwin Wurm's «Fat Car», and then, as a further step, to turn the «FAT 313» into «The Six Million Dollar Car» using Maurizio Cattelan's «Comedian» conceptual artwork (duct-taped banana), I've now chosen the work of a late giant of modern art to help bring the series to a fitting conclusion and to place the «FAT 313» safely and securely in my garage – pardon – archive:

«The Wrapped FAT 313 Saloon: The Six Million Dollar Car's Four Million Dollar Upgrade», 2025, Florian Satzinger
Reference artwork: Wrapped 1961 Volkswagen Beetle Saloon, 1963–2014, Christo

*The four million dollar upgrade is calculated based on the asking price of the Christo VW Beetle at Art Basel 2024, so as not to throw around fanciful figures.😉

Please note that the accompanying photo of Christo's wrapped beetle is used here for reference and information purposes only, to better understand the underlying idea. The photo is the property of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation. Photo by Wolfgang Volz © 2014 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation. All rights reserved. Source: Via Finestre sull'Arte.

#artsatire #caricature #postpopart #christo #mauriziocattelan #erwinwurm #donaldduck #artbasel

↑ Christo, Wrapped 1961 Volkswagen Beetle Saloon (1961; tarpaulin with eyelets and ropes, 150 x 406.4 x 154 cm; private collection) Photo: Wolfgang Volz © 2014 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation. All rights reserved. Source: Via Finestre sull'Arte

Salvador Dali and Bugs Bunny, everything at once and yet not too much

I recently placed the cartoon rabbit playing a bread hat in a concert stage spotlight, similar to what you see in classically designed cartoon title cards. There is nothing new about the original drawing, only the lighting. With plenty of negative space.

By the way, there are still a few pieces left from this year's multiple original editions. I don't want to pressure anyone, I'm just saying: CLICK HERE

#artsatire #salvadordali #breadhat

All at once

Following the recent multiple original edition of «The Bather» (see previous posting), I've been continuously asked about pieces from the other editions released this year. The good news is, there are still a few left from each of the editions listed here. If you'd like to purchase one or more, here's the email address for ordering:

➡️ Email: order@satzingerhardenberg.com
FREE shipping worldwide.
Each piece goes for EUR 171,-

#caricature #parodyart #animationart #satireart #museum #multipleoriginals #postpopart

The Bather

Available now:
«The Bather»
EUR 171/piece
FREE shipping worldwide.
➡️ Email: order@satzingerhardenberg.com

Each sheet is a multiple original art print with a hand-painted part on it (the blue sailor shirt), limited to a number of 34 pieces. Printed on Edition Duerer® high quality textured drawing paper. Exactly the very paper I use for drawing.

Probably the most frequently requested of my Post Pop Art motifs is that of the bathing drake. The many inquiries about prints of this motif can now finally be answered with a "yes." Starting today, there is a limited edition of 34 multiple originals, which, unlike previous editions of my multiple originals, are finished with a glossy, colorless fixative spray to make them look like high-gloss photographs or posters. Incidentally, the blue sailor shirt is hand-drawn on each of the multiple originals. This Post Pop Art work faithfully follows the examples from the Pop Art movement of the 1950s-1970s, which places mass-produced goods and famous personalities – or "vulgar" comic book characters, as Roy Lichtenstein called them – at the center of artistic attention.

Inspired by Paul Cézanne's paintings of bathers, this Post Pop Art piece depicts a popular mass media cartoon duck character bathing. I have swapped Cézanne's riverbank and surroundings for a sober white advertising setting and a transparent, colorless drinking glass filled with sparkling water.

* Edition Duerer® A4 high quality grained drawing paper, measurements are 210 mm width x 297 mm high (21 cm x 29.7 cm or 8.3 in x 11.7 in). Picture frame/passe-partout not included.

John Starduck- The Game -

Here's a first look (teaser) at one of my passion projects. John Starduck is a character who has been with me for a long time, now. His story draws on everything I've always wanted to explore narratively. It's also interwoven with all my personal longings and preferences for adventure, science fiction, space travel, rocket ships, crazy creatures, and unexplored worlds, triggered by my lifelong fascination with Jules Verne's novels and – at the same time – the futurism of the 1960s and 1970s. For me, it's important to emphasize that John Starduck's world doesn't follow the "usual" paths of heroic stories, threats, and their combat, but, despite all the fantastic abundance of danger and catastrophes in his world, also makes room for the everyday. By this, I mean that the characters are beings, are people who don't just wrestle for victory and with danger.

Be that as it may, today is the day I can announce the start of production for the first time. There's probably still a long way to go until release, but at this moment, prototypes are already being diligently developed. I sincerely thank my Dutch producer/showrunner and his crew of incredibly talented developers and animation artists for their energy and enthusiasm. The duck is in the best hands.

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

The Purple Monster - John Starduck's rocket ship. A significant factor in John Starduck's world is his rocket ship, which serves as the main catalyst for his journeys into the depths of space. For John, his ship is more than just dead metal. John talks to his ship as if it could hear him.
*John Starduck, freely adapted from Guenter Wendt's quote.

Right, one more thing about John Starduck's ride. I based – figuratively, not literally – the shape of the spaceship on a creature. The vessel itself isn't alive; it just feels that way to John Starduck. «The Purple Monster» rocket ship blends the following elements: first, an actual dragon-like shark-ish creature, and second, the design language of retro sci-fi blaster or phaser as imagined in the 1950s and 1960s. Mixed with a whole lot of André Franquin flavor. At least there is an attempt there.

JUNE 2026

There will be another museum exhibition next year. The title "Motor Ducks" is still a bit of a working title, but it already reveals a lot about the focus of the show. I'll leave it at that for now and report further.

JABBA!Here we go!

Tomorrow it all starts. I'm flying out to southern Italy for the Jabba! Festival in Acaya, near Lecce. I'll be bringing two special limited editions of multiple originals produced exclusively for this event: "The Taped Duck" and "The Six Million Dollar Car II" (The Pimped Ride). In both cases, they're reworkings of earlier parody art motifs, redrawn and with new details.

#floriansatzinger #multipleoriginals #limitededitions #parodyart #caricature #satire #museumart #fatcar #ducttaped #MaurizioCattelan #erwinwurm

JABBA!

I'll be in Italy for the JABBA! Cinecomics Festival the weekend of September 20th-21st, 2025. I'm really looking forward to it.

Venue: Acaya (Lecce, Salento), Italy
Film, games, comics
#jabbacinecomics #floriansatzinger #festival #workshops #livedemos

* This one here right below, by the way, is a parody of my own work. A blend of my most important influences: Bruno Bozzetto, Carl Barks, Chuck Jones, and André Franquin. Basically, the four of them sit in my pencils and help control them:

Donald and Mickey, based on the actual anatomy of a duck and a mouse

The multiple originals are finished! It was incredible to watch this anatomy parody go viral a few weeks ago. To date, it has over 2.5 million views and 84.5k likes on Instagram alone.

Today, I'm responding to the requests in the countless DMs and emails that followed this rush to make it available in hard copy. Voila, here they are, as usual, limited and hand-edited by me:

Character anatomy parodies
EUR 171/piece
FREE shipping worldwide.
The sale ends on September 26th, 2025.
➡️ Email: order@satzingerhardenberg.com

Each sheet is a multiple original art print with hand-drawn parts on it, limited to a number of 45 pieces. Printed on Edition Duerer® high quality textured drawing paper. Exactly the very paper I use for drawing. You can place your order (max. 2 multiples/person) VIA EMAIL ONLY by sending an email to the address above (on a first-order, first-served basis).
Payments have to be made via bank transfer (IBAN) or Paypal and strictly net (transfer fees etc.). (If you do not receive the order confirmation message within a few minutes, please check your Spam/Junk E-mail folder just in case the confirmation email got delivered there instead of your inbox.)

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* Edition Duerer® A4 high quality grained drawing paper, measurements are 210 mm width x 297 mm high (21 cm x 29.7 cm or 8.3 in x 11.7 in). Picture frame/passe-partout not included.
#contemporaryart #artparody #parody #mickeymouse #donaldduck #satire #caricature #museumart #homages #floriansatzinger #limitededition #multipleoriginals

Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, ...

... for real. Or, if you take the anatomy references too seriously.

The piece here displays Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, and attempts to show what they would look like if the actual anatomy of a duck and a mouse were followed.

#mickeymouse #donaldduck #floriansatzinger #originalart #caricature #charactersatire #museumart

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«What's Up, Albrecht?»

"What's Up, Albrecht?", Florian Satzinger, 2025
Almost exactly 523 years later. The original artwork is also intended to hang in a museum, just not in the Albertina.

Ever since I can remember, by which I mean since my childhood or school days, I've been using drawing pads with the red cover featuring Albrecht Dürer's hare. I like the rough surface and the warm white of this paper. It was bound to become a duck at some point, so the hare would eventually become a duck. It can also be understood as a kind of self-portrait.

#albrechtdurer #younghare #feldhase #albertina #editionduerer #paper #floriansatzinger #caricature

Donald Duck – Congratulations in advance

This old friend of mine has birthday next Monday, and I'm sending him my congratulations now because I won't be able to make it in the next few days.

#DonaldDuck #birthday #91stbirthday #floriansatzinger #congratulations

The Sailor And The Fashionista

Now available:

- Daisy Fashionista Extraordinaire
Female Duck, inspired by Daisy Duck and fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli who created the iconic shoe-hat (in collaboration with Salvador Dali). Part of the outfit also includes canned emeralds for the opera evening outfit emergency.

- Donald The Sailor
Male duck, inspired by Popeye The Sailor and Donald Duck. It was obvious to merge two of the most famous sailors into one character.

Character parodies/homages
EUR 171/piece
FREE shipping worldwide.
The sale ends on June 30th, 2025.
➡️ order@satzingerhardenberg.com

Each sheet is a multiple original art print with a hand-drawn part on it (Spinach Blob/Daisy Flower), limited to a number of only 34 pieces per sujet. Printed on Edition Duerer® high quality textured drawing paper. Exactly the very paper I use for drawing.
You can place your order (max. 4 multiples/person) VIA EMAIL ONLY by sending an email to the address below (on a first-order, first-served basis):

➡️ order@satzingerhardenberg.com
Payments have to be made via bank transfer (IBAN) or Paypal and strictly net (transfer fees etc.).
(If you do not receive the order confirmation message within a few minutes, please check your Spam/Junk E-mail folder just in case the confirmation email got delivered there instead of your inbox.)

About the work: these parody artworks of classical cartoon characters, blended with artists and works from modern art and culture, are not copies but distinct satiric imitations/caricatures, by exaggerating and transforming the original characters and their related indica in a way that creates new originals and new meanings, different from the intentions of the originals.
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* Edition Duerer® A4 high quality grained drawing paper, measurements are 210 mm high x 297 mm width (21 cm x 29.7 cm or 8.3 in x 11.7 in). Picture frame not included.
#contemporaryart #artparody #daisyduck #donaldduck #satire #caricature #museumart #homages #floriansatzinger #limitededition Edition Dürer

I also created a version of 'Daisy Fashionista Extraordinaire' with "big hair." Not only that, but I have to dig out all the preliminary drafts when I get a chance:

(Update) Speaking of which, a few sketches on the development of the fashionista and the sailor: