Partner up with Pictoplasma for all your character needs
WE ARE PICTOPLASMA…
… the world’s leading and largest platform for cutting edge contemporary character design and art.
Since 1999 we’ve been examining, accompanying and pushing forward the latest tendencies of a style defining visual vocabulary: Character Design.
CHARACTERS ARE UNIQUE,…
… they are the key graphical language to establish global communication, speak emotionally, bypass linguistic and cultural barriers, and are dominant in all visual genres and media – from illustration to animation, urban to fine arts, UX to game design, branding to fashion.
Scarygirl by Nathan Jurevicius
Characters R Us
Over the years Pictoplasma has grown a grassroots network of 700k+ international character designers, artists and visionaries – both offline and online – and collaborated with companies and brands such as Adobe, Nike, Uniqlo, Jonson&Jonson or WIX to enhance their reach and accommodate their character needs.
Character by Laurie Rowan
TODAY WE ARE …
… in the perfect position to offer hand-tailored proposals and concepts for any purpose, no matter what size.
We’re able to help amplify your message – with character, can enable you to tap into a growing scene of leading creatives, designers, and animators, find the pitch-perfect anthropomorphic vocabulary for your message, or place you in the field of view of a lively scene of worldwide makers and creatives, trailblazing the face of tomorrow’s visual culture…
OPPORTUNITY #1:
Pictoplasma IRL
Each April/May the annual Pictoplasma Conference transforms Berlin into the #1 meeting point for a global scene of 900+ key players, artists and creatives.
Referred to as ‘The Glastonbury of moving image’ by It’s Nice That, the event showcases the latest design trends in personal, focused artist talks, features workshops, panel discussions, art happenings and networking opportunities, and attracts a broad, enthusiastic and international audience.
Pictoplasma Berlin Conference
On the other side of the globe, a second annual conference brings Pictoplasma to New York City, while further tour stops – from London to Tasmania – spread Pictoplasma’s investigations into visual culture to a broad global audience, reaching more than 100.000 visitors to date.
Pictoplasma Holographic Installation Character Proximity
OPPORTUNITY #2:
Pictoplasma ONLINE
Pictoplasma.com is not just the online extension of our offline events.
It’s our 24/7 open, one-stop home for a global community to meet, stay in touch, exchange ideas, share their latest creation and get instant feedback, and fuel up on inspiration with an expanding archive of VoD artist talks and creative resources.
Regular live streaming events, such as the broadcast of the annual conference, allow Pictoplasma.com to reach a large audience of worldwide character enthusiasts, with up to 20k unique viewers per streaming event.
FaceOff Call for Entries by Matt Sharp
crowd knowledge
Pictoplasma regularly activates its worldwide community to inquire into the contemporary global visual unconsciousness – by releasing thematic calls for entries, character prompts and creative challenges, from illustration to animation.
FaceOff Call for Entries Exhibition
With thousands and thousands of submissions per call, Pictoplasma manages to promote topics within the community, while allowing trends and reoccurring motives to become apparent and determine shifts in design trends, emerging patterns and cultural differences in the perception and depiction of characters and iconic visuals.
FaceOff Call for Entries Tinder App
For All Your Character Needs
With a long history of hosting international events, curating exhibitions and publishing best-selling book compilations, we are in the unique position to offer companies tailored proposals how to bring character to their brand, help them determine the perfect visual match to amplify their message, or introduce their services to a global, dynamic community of makers and creators.