AOI Discusses: Evolving through new approaches

This AOI Discusses looks at the benefits of exploring techniques and materials to form a new approach to your illustration practice.

The work of illustrators tends to naturally evolve over time, often subconsciously. But there are periods when a sense that exploring new methods and materials could be beneficial, either through a desire to build on your existing practice or move it forward.

Our guests will be discussing the challenges of starting to work with different materials, what opportunities this brought, any adjustments they may have made in their working practice, the commissioning areas open to their approaches, and more

We will be in conversation with Inès Pagniez and Mike Slane of the duo, Practice.

Our Speakers

Inès Pagniez is a French illustrator and animation director, and having always appreciated the charming imperfection and accessibility of plasticine, she decided after 10 years of working in 3D animation productions in London, to move away from computer based work and start using her hands. Her plasticine work is characterful, playful and beautifully depicts the everyday mannerisms and nuances of human expression.

Practice are Mike Slane and Adrian Bishop, a creative duo of animators, directors, writers, cand rafters whose work is offbeat and upbeat, combining lo-fi and digital techniques, stop motion, puppetry, live action, stagecraft and 3D. Mike will be joining us from the US to talk about his shift from motion design and visual effects to the more lo-fi, the importance of trial and error in improving your craft, and the experimentation at the core of Practice’s craft.

We invite you to join us to consider the benefits of new approaches and resulting opportunities, along with working with 3D materials.

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General Admission 

A limited number of general admission tickets are also available.