Pictoplasma Events

THE WORLD’S FIRST
SUMMER SCHOOL FOR
CONTEMPORARY
CHARACTER DESIGN AND ART

12 - 20 OCTOBER, 2013
BERLIN, GERMANY

The Pictoplasma Academy is a new intensified programme for higher learning and exchange, suited for all longing to expand their practise in a specific field related to the creation of characters – whether as illustrators, animation filmmakers, fine artists, or graphic, fashion, and product designers. Similar to a summer-school, the Pictoplasma Academy will admit a limited number of participants selected upon application and pair each with a supervisor for the duration of the full 9 day course. Under their professional guidance, participants will focus on refining their own projects and ideas, intensify their skills and further develop their work centered on the creation of characters.

Workshops challenge participants to bring their creation to various media, understand a diverse range of technics and refine the conceptual framework. Every day guest lecturers give inspiring incentives and act as additional critics to presentations by participants. These guests will not only give input from an artistic angle, but also offer insight on aspects such as copyright, licensing and production. Most of all, the Pictoplasma Academy aims to bring the participant’s personal project to the next level and help them find the strategic path to connect with key partners for its further development, leading to a group exhibition within the upcoming Pictoplasma Festival 2014.

APPLY NOW!

Deadline for applications to reach us is July 26.

First confirmed tutors, lecturers and supervisors include internationally famed, multi-facetted illustrators, artists, authors, game and toy designers such as RILLA ALEXANDER, NATHAN JUREVICIUS and MARK GMEHLING. 

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All details and information on how to apply for the first
PICTOPLASMA ACADEMY > HERE

Exhibition of
Contemporary Character Design and Art
23. May - 8 September, 2013

La Casa Encendida
Ronda de Valencia 2
28012 Madrid, Spain

madrid.pictoplasma.com

Call for Animation entries!

There is always a new Festival in the pipeline!

We are always on the hunt for fresh and convincing character design out there in the world of moving images to be included in future screenings! Should you be responsible for high-grade characters in animation, narration, music visuals, experimental work or motion graphics, please don’t hesitate to share them with us.

SUBMIT YOUR > ANIMATION ENTRY

Pictoplasma Talks #4: Peter de Sève

Never been to a Pictoplasma Conference? Here’s another reason why you should: As the 4th release in our ongoing series of edits from the very best artist presentations we now offer a 12 minute snippet of Peter de Sève’s lecture at Pictoplasma 2010.
More Talks by artists such as Risa Sato, David OReilly, James Jarvis and Tim Biskup will gradually be added to the Pictoplasma Talks site here:

VIEW ONLINE > PICTOPLASMA TALKS

Remember how it all started back in 2004?

The annual Pictoplasma Conference and Festival has established itself as the world’s most important meeting point for a growing, international scene of artists, character creators and producers.
With artist’s lectures, animation screenings, panels, exhibitions, workshops and performances, the festivals’s focus is less on distinctions of format, style or technique, than on the exploration of common territory.

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