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UPCOMING EVENTS CONFERENCE, FESTIVAL, TOUR STOPS

11th

PICTOPLASMA 

NYC

 

September 25—26, 2025

In its 11th NYC edition, Pictoplasma, the world’s leading festival and conference on contemporary character design and art returns to the US to challenge our common understanding of character representation in the era of generative image production and fading pictorial hegemonies. 

Limited Early Bird tickets available!

Balkans2025

3rd

Pictoplasma BALKANS

Varna, Bulgaria
PictoOutpost

Sept 20 – 23, 2025

2nd

Pictoplasma 
LONDON

London, UK
Picto on Tour

Nov 6, 2025

22nd

Pictoplasma
BERLIN

Berlin, Germany
Conference

May 7 – 10, 2026

ACADEMY MASTERCLASSES

PICTOPLASMA
ACADEMY

 

Pictoplasma brings the experience, knowledge and expertise of its conferences to a new level of inspiration and intensity with a unique series of masterclasses and summer schools. 

CHARACTER HOME ONLINE COMMUNITY

PICTOPLASMA 

HOME

Welcome to our 24/7 online home for international character designers and creators: share and find character art – all without data mining, algorithm, AI or adds …

PICTO TV (PRO)* 300+ VOD PICTO TALKS & LIVE ONLINE CONFERENCE BROADCASTS

PICTOPLASMA 

TALKS

 

Unlock 24/7 on demand access to a growing archive of 300+ PictoTalks from previous PictoConferences, with exclusive new talks added regularly, featuring the Who’s Who of global character design and art!