FEBRUARY 2016
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PICTOPLASMA ACADEMY SHORT COURSES MARCH 2016 APP DEVELOPMENT FROM CONCEPT TO DESIGN WITH YATATOY What on earth could be more rewarding than publishing your own, beautiful, slick, well crafted app? And now there’s a workshop for that! Lucas Zanotto/Yatatoy of award winning Drawnimal, Miximal and Loopimal fame is here to personally guide you through all the steps of successful app development, from concept and workflow, to collaborating with the right programmer and sound designer, all the way to prototyping, publishing and promotion. With the help of iOS and full stack developer Niels Hoffmann, Lucas will teach you how to bring an idea to a stage where you can easily ally with a programmer. REGISTER HERE > 3D ILLUSTRATION WITH MARK GMEHLING Of all dimensions the 3rd is the best! But it’s also the most difficult to master. No worries, we’ve got you covered and are offering two separate 3D workshops - for beginners and advanced: Cinema 4D master Mark Gmehling will personally help you exponentially extrude your software skills and wrap your mind around the x, y and z-axes. All you always wanted to know about splines, rigging, texture mapping, virtual lighting and even animation. During the course, Mark will devote his full attention to help you translate your very personal drawing style to 3D illustration. REGISTER HERE > |
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12th 4 – 8 MAY 2016 Fast forward 10 weeks from now, and once again Pictoplasma will transform sunny Berlin into the world’s most exciting meeting point for a diverse scene of international artists and creatives, trailblazing the face of tomorrow’s visual culture. Latest additions to the truly eclectic line-up of presenting artists include: Parisian born and bred master of the fine-liner Ugo Gattoni is currently gathering quite some attention for his high-end collaboration with Hermès. His surreal and exquisitely detailed portraits, depictions of cityscapes, and strange, otherworldly artefacts are a monochromatic whirlwind of minute details with an unparalleled level of skill. |
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Amelie Fléchais, children’s book author and visual development artist for Cartoon Saloon and Dreamworks Animation, is renown for her intricate, textured and colourful illustrations. Her whimsical and joyous work is full of inventive fantasy creatures that seem to have popped out of a mythical world of her own invention. |
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With a background as ‘headbuilder’ of the legendary TV programme ‘Spitting Image’, London based artist Wilfrid Wood is known for his dis-figurative sculptural portraits of made up personalities, celebrities, friends, or strangers that he simply likes the look of – always getting as much character as possible out of the lump of clay he’s using. |
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Having developed a distinct aesthetic over the years, UK artist Ben Newman is famed for his contemporary fusion of bold shapes, bright colours and playful characters, often described as ‘bauhaus fuzzy felt.’ Apart from producing work for a large range of clients, his practice extends into best-selling children’s books, worldwide exhibitions, paintings and three dimensional collaborations. |
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French born, Germany based illustrator Cécile Dormeau worked in graphic design agencies and as art director in advertising for two years before starting her artistic career. From body-aware selfies to uncontrollable hair growth, using simple bold lines and bright colours, she creates cheeky illustrations and GIFs that playfully explore the image we have of our body and tongue-in-cheek gender issues. Hop on over to conference.pictoplasma.com to secure your ticket, view the growing cast of contributing artists and check by regularly as more details on the accompanying animation festival screenings, exhibitions, group shows and art happenings are revealed… Countdown to eye contact, peter and lars
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