Exploring the outer edges of contemporary character driven creativity
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.
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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 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, featuring the Who’s Who of global character design and art, with exclusive new talks added regularly!
Now available for only 5,75€ per month (billed annually / or 8€ billed monthly) – you can cancel and renew at any time!
LATEST PICTOTALK ADDITIONS
Jonathan Djob Nkondo (FR)
French artist animator and filmmaker delving into the unexpected relationships between characters and objects, exploring social dynamics through striking, fluid visuals
Jimmy D. Lanza (IT)
Italian artist and ceramicist creating handmade limited editions with an uniquely eclectic and underground style, embracing surrealism entwined with nature
FROMM (UK)
British 3D studio founded by Vince Ibay and Jessica Miller, crafting worlds and experiences rooted in camp, kitsch and pop-culture
Daniella Stoeppel (DE)
Assistant professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich with a focus on the self-constitution of modern art, with links to the history of design, the writing of art history and the criticism of modernism at the time
MICHAEL FREI (CH)
Swiss game designer investigating complex topics such as decision taking or the finiteness of human life with little more than a minimal style of line drawing
MURUGIAH (UK, LKA)
Multi-disciplinary British-Sri Lankan artist, illustrator and designer creating candy coated visuals to explore the complexities of his South Asian identity
NOBODY SAUSAGE (BR)
With a distinctive style that has amassed 35 million followers across social media, the Nobody Sausage phenomena explores humor, social media trends, and universally “relatable” moments
JILL SENFT (DE)
Illustrator and artist dividing her time between freelance work with analogue tools for magazines, brands, and publishers – and building large scale sculptures for exhibitions and public spaces