Pictoplasma meta.section

PICTOPLASMA ON TOUR — IN LONDON 2025

This November, Pictoplasma heads back to London’s Royal College of Art for a 1 day refill!

Call for Entries: # Picto Cubism

It's time to think inside the box!

Pictoplasma NYC

This September 25+26, the 11th Picto NYC conference brings together world-renowned creators to explore the future of visual storytelling and character-driven design

Call for Entries: #Character Kitsch

Update: 5 winners announced!

Essay

Takashi Murakami: About Japanese Character Culture

I believe that characters will continue to repeatedly transform in the future, creating areas where new characters can live.

PictoTV

Join Picto|Berlin 2025 Online

Lean back and enjoy the full broadcast ✨recordings✨ from your HOME!

Call for Entries: #CharacterMatters

Announcing the 100 character-powered public service announcement posters to be exhibited at Pictoplasma Berlin 2025!

Aman Khanna: Embracing Imperfection

Dysfunctional sculptures based on human behavior

Ýrúrarí: Knitting With Tongues

Using humour, characterization and wearable knits to lighten the mood

Felix Colgrave: Animation Is Sensory

How experimenting and letting the medium take over can lead to 170 million views

Okuda San Miguel: Coloring the World

On feeling secure when fully focused on creativity

New Call for Entries: #SpiritCraft

Pictoplasma challenges you to get hands-on – literally – and give the intangible a bodily manifestation by creating a sculpture of a spirit, soul or shadow!

Renee French: Drawing the Air

The joy of veering away from straightforward storytelling

Picto NYC 2024 Online Broadcast

Re-watch this September's program from your sofa!

Tomas Ives: Painting for the People

Growing up in a convulsive political environment, where expression is a synonym of resistance

Past Call for Entries: #PoisonedCharacter

Pictoplasma asked you to poison a beloved classic character – for their own good!