While summer in Berlin is struggling to deliver, we’ve already gone into autumn-count-down-mode - and are feverishly looking forward to our return to the Americas for the upcoming Pictoplasma Academy in Mexico and Pictoplasma NYC Conference…

PICTOPLASMA MX
Academy Character Development Course


Coming October 25 - November 1 the Pictoplasma Academy opens its sunny Campus in Mexico City for an intense one-week Character Design Development course - a marathon of daily hands-on workshops, master-classes, personal mentoring sessions and artist lectures, offering participants the unique chance to bring their character projects and style to the next level.

The program challenges illustrators, designers or animators to push their skills right across the media spectrum, from the creation of a professional character bible to fine art sculpture and visual storytelling, explore new techniques and conceptual frameworks, find the right path for their further development and get close, personal feedback by international leading creators and artists.

Application review deadline is 1st of September!

More info and how to apply here in ENGLISH or ESPAÑOL

Next stop:

PICTOPLASMA NYC
Conference on Contemporary Character Design and Art


After that, on November the 4th, Pictoplasma and Parsons School of Design invite all creatively curious for a dense full-day program of inspiring artist talks, state of the art animation screenings, serious networking and playful celebration of today’s best character design and art!

Newly confirmed speakers joining Jean Jullien (FR) and Julian Glander (US) on stage include animator, writer, and producer Ben Bocquelet (FR), famed for his animation series 'The Amazing World of Gumball‘; children’s book author and illustrator You Jung Byun (US), creator of detailed narrative and commissioned work inhabited by strange beasts and lost children; Jaime Álvarez (PE), renown for his 3D rendered Mr. Kat universe, fusing pre-Columbian with contemporary kawaii aesthetics; and Martina Paukova (SK), illustrator with an incredibly fast-paced career, whose jam-packed images in a trademark palette and Memphis-inspired patterns mirror our mundane lives in the digital age. And there’s still more to follow…

Good news for all willing to snap into action fast: we still have a small but reasonable batch of wallet-friendly Early Bird tickets awaiting you at nyc.pictoplasma.com

Oh look, it seems the sun just came out,

peter & lars