[Commlist] Call for Papers: Concept Art and Character Design

*Call for Papers: Concept Art and Character Design – Critical and 
Creative Perspectives *

*University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey, UK*

*18 July 2025*

The School of Games & Creative Technology at UCA, Farnham, is hosting a 
one-day conference examining the role of concept art and character 
design across the culture industries.

The conference will explore approaches to understanding concept art and 
character design drawing upon multiple critical and creative 
perspectives. From avatars to animated characters, theme park rides to 
fast food mascots, these practices combine multiple strands of art, 
design and technology. Academics and practitioners are invited to submit 
proposals for presentations considering the industrial, artistic and 
ideological dimensions of these significant components of the 
contemporary culture industries.

Potential topics include:

  * Concept art as art
  * Histories of concept art and character design
  * Concept art in games and animation
  * Character design and comics
  * Virtual concept art and character design
  * Worldbuilding and concept art
  * Character design and mascots
  * Diversity and character design
  * Concept art and painting, portraiture, sculpture, architecture
    and/or costume design
  * Transmedia storytelling and concept art
  * Character design and avatar theory
  * Fan art, cosplay and the furry community
  * Concept art as paratext
  * Theme parks and concept art
  * Concept art and AI
  * Character design and/in live action media
  * Teaching concept art and character design

Please send 200-word abstracts for 20-minute presentations by Wednesday 
30 April 2025 to: (ewan.kirkland /at/ uca.ac.uk).

For full Call For Papers and further information: 
https://cacd2025.edublogs.org/ <https://cacd2025.edublogs.org/>

This is primarily intended as an in-person conference, but there is 
limited programme capacity for on-line presentations.


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