Creative Characters in Context – investigating the art and impact of adventurous figurative representation across genres and cultures
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Jean Jullien joins next year’s Pictoplasma Berlin Conference!
The famed French artist pairs bold, gestural black lines and flat, vibrant colour with witty, warm-hearted observations of modern life.
📍 29 April - 2 May 2027 at
🎟️ Reclaim Pictopia: Tickets now available
PictoLondon conference coming up end of next week: from meticulously hand-crafted character worlds to
wide angled minimalist vignettes, from pitch black tales of a society in crisis to viral one liners...
Only a handful of tickets left!
Do you want to practice your animation project’s elevator-pitch?
Pictoplasma London’s rapid-fire industry speed-dating offers attendees precious one-on-one access to these great studios:
Buck, Disney, Duolingo, Jelly, Snafu Pictures, and Studio AKA.
Only at Pictoplasma!
Do you want personal feedback on your illustration portfolio?
Pictoplasma London’s rapid-fire industry speed-dating grants attendees fast-paced face-to-face time with these fine agents:
Big Active, Brilliant Artists, Handsome Frank, Jacky Winter, and Pocko.
Submit your animated shorts for next year’s official 🅿🅸🅲🆃🅾🅿🅻🅰🆂🅼🅰 🅰🅽🅸🅼🅰🆃🅸🅾🅽 🅵🅴🆂🆃🅸🆅🅰🅻 selection!
Everything welcome: from character-driven narrative shorts to human-hand-made experimental psychedelia.
➡ pictoplasma.com/animation
End of the month we’re back in the UK for the 3rd PictoLondon – and thrilled to announce the final speaker: Alex Norris, queer Welsh cartoonist famed for their viral webcomic series – with millions of online followers celebrating the same punchline for over 10 years: “oh no”!
End of the month Pictoplasma heads back to London – for a full day character creativity conference!
Confirmed speaker: Cat Johnston, illustrator and model maker working in stop-motion, inspired by her love of folklore, weird horror films and nature.
Pictoplasma heads back to London’s Royal College of Art for a full day character creativity conference!
Confirmed speaker: Anna Ginsburg, award winning filmmaker with a diverse skillset, known for inventive transitions, visually rich storytelling and a fearless perspective!
if you are - as am I - into human made fonts, may I recommend:
schfonts.com
End of the month Pictoplasma heads back to London’s Royal College of Art for a full day character creativity conference!
Confirmed speaker: Conor Kehelly, animaton Wunderkind from Ireland, creating playful, dark, textural scattershot portraits of a society in crisis.
Announcing the 23rd PictoBerlin Conference:
🔜 Early Bird offer goes online next week, October 6, at noon (CET)!
Set your alarm, mark your calendar, and prepare to ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 ℙ𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒
berlin.pictoplasma.com
End of the month Picto heads back to London for a full day character creativity conference!
Confirmed speaker(s): Plantopia, French creative animation duo perfecting playful camera movements and wide angled perspectives to turn minimalistic moments of life into surreal vignettes.
It's happening!
End of October Pictoplasma heads back to London for a full day character creativity conference!
Confirmed speaker: director, animator, illustrator and designer AJ Jefferies — master of ridiculously adorable characters.
Limited Early Bird tickets now available!