Seen: Pictoplasma Day 1 & 2 from Triclops Robotboy

The Pictoplasma Conference  (10.11 - 14) in Berlin is the place-to-be with the top character designers from around the globe showing off their creations and skills.  We couldn't make it out but thankfully Robotboy of Triclops has stepped up to cover the event.  Day 1 and 2 have come and gone and he has just dropped a sweet report -- loaded with his pics and observations. It sounds like an amazing time.  Here's Triclops Robotboy's  report [with slight edits] + mad pics.  Enjoy!

Coo what a corker of a show we are enjoying out here in Berlin. It's a surreal experience, walking along is like a who's who of the designer toy scene, lots of celebs to spot. Yesterday (the first day) was the Character Walk, a guided tour of 30 venues showin' special bits n bobs especially for the show and they were all situated amongst oodles of fantastic street art and stick-ups (like decals rather than armed robberies you understand). [Day 2] was based at the FestSpiele, a great big theatre with guest speakers from Tim Biskup to Doma and everything in between (well maybe not quite everything).  My camera is poop at dark spaces, shutter speed is all wrong but fellow Triclopsian Tattooman has got some good pics (I'm hoping) of the projected images accompanying Tim Biskup's awe-inspiring and intimate presentation. This whole experience is quite incredible, it's great to get  insight into what makes these guys tick. The Tim Biskup show in town is also phenomenal, I'd never seen any of his work in real life before (you guys in the US are spoilt!) but more of those pics will follow tomorrow once I've uploaded.  

Didn't get round all of the character walk just yet, we were wandering around with the guys from Clutter mag and Kidrobot's very own Baroness so it was easy to get distracted. Nathan J's sketches in biro were also awesome, as was the Emily the Strange stuff. Soooo much eye candy! Hope I'm gushing enough here, i'm probably sleep deprived!

Today there was a doodling workshop with Jon Burgerman and Sune Ehlers as instigators.  I chatted with Jaz of  the London Police as he doodled. [His] mastery of the free hand circle is absolutely against the laws of nature and has to be seen to be believed!  Enough already, I'll rant some more with my next post...

-Triclops Robotboy

 

Be sure to click through (below) to the full post for the eighty plus pics.

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