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13th With nearly 3 months left until we all gather in Berlin for the world's largest celebration of contemporary characterism, it's about time for the ingredients to snap into place. Which is exactly what they are starting to do... Meanwhile the line up of the upcoming Pictoplasma Conference has grown to epic proportion, promising to be the one event in 2017 you can not afford to miss: Adding themselves to the already announced artists taking the stage, such as Sean Charmatz (USA), Jack Sachs (UK), Miss Lotion (DK), Peter Millard (UK), Eran Hilleli (ISR) and Chris Haughton(UK), we have a shiny new batch of speakers to confirm: |
 Saschka Unseld (DE/USA), former Pixar director and current co-founder/Creative Director at Oculus Story Studio in San Francisco, where he explores and defines the future of VR storytelling. |
 Pikuniku (UK/FR), absurd puzzle Indy game in which 'You can't do much, alone' - currently being created by Remi Forcadell and Arnaud De Boc between Paris and London. |
 Kirsten Lepore (USA), LA-based director and animator with clients such as Google, Facebook, or MTV, famed for her Emmy-winning stop-motion episode for Cartoon Network's 'Adventure Time'. |
 DXTR (DE), artist, illustrator and founding member of the Weird Collective, pumping his uniquely bold, vibrant style into the world via large scale murals and character-heavy design-work. |
 Sophie Koko Gate (UK), Royal College of Art graduate living and working between London and Berlin, using her illustrative skills to create animated psychedelic journeys into poetry and neuroscience. |
 Mate Steinforth (DE), designer/director of former Psyop fame gone Creative Director at Sehsucht Berlin, where he recently created an immersive dystopian 360 VR music video for electronic act Moderat. |
All the above and more is yours - if you manage to secure a seat, so head over to pictoplasma.com, grab a festival pass and look forward to soon comfortably immerse yourself in Character! Additionally, as prelude to the Festival on May 8+9 and to help make your trip to Berlin worth while, a series of 2-day short courses invite designers and illustrators to enhance their skills in specific media and techniques – guided by the respective masters of the craft. |
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CHARACTER AND STORY DEVELOPMENT FOR BOOKS Do you have a character-driven story you've been trying to turn into a book for a long time? Are you stuck? The Academy tutors invite you to a two day development short course, covering how to create meaningful characters and stories that audiences can connect with – and how to get your picture books, comics (for kids or adults) and graphic novels published! |
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And happy can't be wrong. peter and lars
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