Pictoplasma is an organisation dedicated to the art of character design

Character creation

Character creation is the process of defining a game character or other character. Typically, a character's individual strengths and weaknesses are represented by a set of statistics. Games with a largely fictional setting may include traits such as race and class...

, and are notable for bringing it into the mainstream. Since 1999, they have encouraged the international character design scene by publishing collections of characters

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

, organising character design conferences and by maintaining the Pictoplasma Archives, an extensive inventory, collection and showcase of contemporary character design.

External links

• http://www.pictoplasma.com The Pictoplasma Website
• http://www.pictoplasma.com/archives/index.html The Pictoplasma Archives