Book Review: Birds and Pencils and Sundry Other Things and Hobs

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Quote:For those of you who don't know who Florian Satzinger is (and there aren't many of you) He's an Austrian animator designer/illustrator and all around super friendly guy with a talent approximately the size of New Jersey. This is also his first ever book published in America but not his last one., and what a beauty this book is. luckily for me, I don't need to describe the book, see for yourselves and order it before it disappears. Don't email me a couple of months from now saying "hey man, do you still have some copies of "Birds & Pencils?".

Florian Satzinger has a style that you just don't see that often these days. His designs are reminiscent of the earlier Disney and WB days with some clear inspirations from Donald Duck and Ducktales. There are some really unique characters in here. This really feels more like a sketchbook rather than an artbook. First off there are far too few pages. Only 48. The majority of the book are sketches with a few colored images. But even his colored images seem loose and unfinished. Maybe that's what he was going for. Despite this, they're all still very creative and fun too look at. If you love bird characters and you're looking for something just a little bit different then this is a great pick up for you.

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

Purchase a copy HERE

Check out his blog HERE

Nice interview with him HERE