Some of the artists which will be present:
CHAIM GARCIA (Illustration, Character Design) WILLPOWER STUDIOS (VR / Code) Diego Gisbert Artwork (Concept Art) Carlo Piu (Scuola Internazionale di Comics, Padua) Vittorio Bustaffa (Scuola Internazionale di Comics, Padua) Fufu Frauenwahl (Comics, Illustration)
Indulge in a lot of seminars and little workshops with our local teachers, and teachers from our international partner network Scuola Internazionale di Comics & specially the Scuola Internazionale di Comics – Padova!
PROGRAM
ROOM 1 / DELENN (event space) 13:00-14:00 CHARACTER DESIGN 14:00-15:00 CONCEPT ART 15:00-16:00 COMICS
ROOM 2 / IVANOVA 13:00-14:00 STORYTELLING 14:00-15:00 ANIMATION 15:00-16:00 ILLUSTRATION
ROOM 3 / O´BRIEN 13:00-14:00 BUSINESS FOR ARTISTS 14:00-15:00 COMICS 15:00-16:00 VR
16:00-17:00 Introduction & Overview: HERWIG KOPP (Director) 17:00-17:40 Artistic Director FRANK ESPINOSA
PLUS DELICIOUS ITALIAN FINGER-FOOD! As usual, we will cater non-alcoholic drinks, Prosecco, beer and delicious Italian finger-food made with love by MINI – Wine, Food and Cult Movies!
SPECIAL GUEST:
Frank Espinosa is an American animator and cartoonist and since July 2018 our Artistic Director. He has worked extensively for DISNEY and WARNER BROS., having redesigned the LOONEY TUNES characters in 1992, fashioned a series of Looney Tunes U.S. postage stamps, and designed the Baby Looney Tunes characters, among other achievements. I
n 2005–2006 Frank produced the comic book ROCKETO, published by Speakeasy Comics and Image Comics. His art can also be seen in a two-part back-up feature starring the Living Totem by writer Zeb Wells in Doc Samson (Marvel Comics) #4–5 (April–May 2006). In 2007 he drew the first two issues of the Image Comics series KILLING GIRL.
In 2006 Frank began teaching Character and World Design as part of the Comparative Media Studies program at the M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and in the same year he was nominated for three 2006 Eisner Awards: Best New Series (Rocketo), Best Continuing Series (Rocketo), and Best Cover Artist.
——————— Everybody interested in Comics, Illustration, Animation, Game Design, Concept Art, Virtual Reality, Storytelling and Business for Artists will be very welcome!
The event will take place in the new headquarters of College of X in Graefestr. 35, 10967 Kreuzberg, Berlin.