EXCLUSIVE 2 DAY WORKSHOP BY AARON BLAISE

The Art Department Eindhoven 2022

Brace yourself for a fantastic opportunity! Enhance your character design for animation skills! Get specific and exclusive insights directly from the legendary Aaron Blaise.

Join a 2 day intensive workshop in which you can pick the brains of an artist that worked on some of Disney’s most loved animations such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Brother Bear and Mulan, among others.

Aaron will be there to help you improve anything about character design you might be struggling with from storytelling, anatomy, movement or character’s expression. Make use of his 30+ years of character design experience to up your skills with tailored-made hands on advice!

Dates and locations:

30 April + 1 May | A-Lab in Amsterdam | 10.00-17.00 [update 13 April – SOLD OUT] – you can be put on the waiting list. Just send an email to ticketing@weareplaygrounds.nl and we’ll inform you if a spot opens up.

12 May + 13 May | Drink and Draw Berlin |  10.00-17.00

Fee: €350 including coffee/tea/water + lunch
Maximum seats: 20 participants per workshop – tickets available here.

Tentative program, all rights reserved.

Confirmed artists

BUCK
art, design & technology agency
artist talk
KENNETH ANDERSON
illustrator and character designer
artist talk
JESPER EJSING
fantasy artist
artist talk
AARON BLAISE
painter, illustrator and legendary Disney animator
artist talk
TOMM MOORE
co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, animation director & producer
artist talk
JÖRG ASSELBORN
illustrator, draughtsman and Urban Sketcher
demo
ESBEN LASH
concept artist & illustrator for Riot Games
artist talk
ARMEL GAULME
not to miss amazing illustrator
artist talk
JEREMY HOFFMAN
amazing character designer with a detour in his career
interview
ETHAN BECKER
digital artist and animation story director
artist talk
DNEG
concept art & vxf for Venom: Let There Be Carnage’, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and The Matrix Resurrections
artist talk
GOLDEN WOLF
animation production company
artist talk
NINOC STUDIO
2D animation studio specialized in storyboarding and concept art
artist talk
IHOR PASTERNAK
concept artist and illustrator
artist talk
JUSTIN VAN DER LEK
vxf for ILM and Lucasfilm
artist talk
SUBMARINE
building your portfolio
artist talk
JOB, JORIS EN MARIEKE
Dutch best known animation collective
artist talk
AAYNA VINAYA
illustrator & art director
artist talk
PAULINE VOß
Procreate demos by astonishing digital artist and illustrator
demo
DIDIER KONINGS
director & concept artist A Wrinkle in Time, Tomb Raider and Mouse Guard
artist talk
CYARIN
digital artist & illustrator
interview
BJÖRN HURRI
concept artist and art director
interview and demo
GUERRILLA GAMES
talk together with Karakter
artist talk

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