Pictoplasma Conference NYC

• Location
  New York City, United States
• Attendance
  In-person Event
• Host

  Pictoplasma
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Berlin-based Pictoplasma Conference returns to New York to present today’s most trailblazing and trendsetting character design—and plumb the depths of the creators’ thinking and working methodologies. The featured speakers excel in the genres of animation, illustration, comics, toy and digital design and include Orion Tait, creative director, co-founder and partner at Buck, the design-driven animation production company with studios in New York, Los Angeles and Sydney; Félicie Haymoz, character designer of Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ and ‘Isle of Dogs;’ Paul Budnitz, co-founder of Kidrobot, Ello, Budnitz Bicycles and recently Superplastic, the world’s leading creator of art toys and accessories; Réka Bucsi, independent filmmaker from Hungary with a soft spot for human-animal relationships and more than 50 international festival awards under her belt; award-winning webcomics author Alex Norris, famed for his three panel ‘oh no’ series ‘Webcomic Name;’ Miranda Tacchia, working in the Los Angeles animation industry, renowned for her powerful, humorous and very sexy drawings; and Jeron Braxton, the emerging star of animation, Sundance 2018 winner in the animated shorts section.

Schedule

November 7

02pm — Doors Open / Registration
03pm — Lectures: Mike Perry, Sophie Koko Gate
05.30pm — Lectures: Jeron Braxton, Réka Bucsi
08pm — Screening: Characters in Motion 2018 (part 1)

November 8

11am — Doors Open / Registration
12pm — Lectures: Paul Budnitz, Taili Wu, Peter Sluszka
03pm — Lectures: Félicie Haymoz, Orion Tait / Buck
05.30pm — Lectures: Miranda Tacchia, Alex Norris
08pm — Screening: Characters in Motion 2018 (part 2)