This playful drop-in, all ages and abilities workshop will engage participants in character design illustration through a series of tasks. Using elements of game play, creative writing and drawing each participant will design a unique Dungeons and Dragons style character sheet. This activity will be supported by Daniel Locke, an award wining graphic novelist and role playing game artist.

Join Stewart Easton for relaxed patch-making workshop where we’ll use felt and hand stitching to create your own good-vibe wearable. Share a bit of your positivity and together we’ll create a wearable reminder to stay cosmic!

Join Paper Artist, Helen Ferry, in making a 3D Paper Toadstool. In this workshop, Helen will guide you through the 3D techniques of cutting your templates out of paper, scoring and folding lines into your shape and glueing it all together with a glue syringe. Whether you're a first timer or a pro in papercraft, this workshop is a chance to spend an afternoon making something with your hands, and by the end you'll have a fun, autumnal toadstool to take home with you.

We’ll be hosting portfolio review sessions with a range of industry professionals - Murugiah, Lucy from Yuk Fun, Niamh from Flying Eye Books, Tom from Breakdown Press.

This is a chance to share your work, get feedback, and make valuable connections. Whether you’re refining your portfolio or just starting out, it’s a great opportunity to gain insight, confidence and direction from those working in the field.

Review sessions must be pre-booked - apply here

Join for a deck doodling workshop, getting creative with drawing to customise your very own Blast Skates mascot deck. At the end of the workshop you will take home your very own decorated Blast Skates mascot skateboard deck to hang on the wall, or even add hardware to skate if you want!

Please note that this workshop requires a separate ticket - get yours here

Join author, illustrator and character designer, Dapo Adeola, for some Super Fun storytelling and illustration shenanigans with his brilliant new picture book “Super Goat Girl”.

Literary Agent Katie Blagden reveals the dos and don'ts on finding the right agent for your Graphic Novel work, and walks us through the process of getting your graphic novel published. Katie is a literary agent with The Ampersand Agency, specialising in Graphic Novels for Children, Young Adults and Adults.

Fame and Fable is a fantasy board game created by Owen Davey. It was funded on Kickstarter in 9 minutes at the beginning of 2025 and the project garnered the support of over 6000 backers. Owen shares his journey of designing and publishing a board game by himself, from inspiration to crowdfunding and beyond.

Join Tat Vision for a lively, unpredictable session blending art and lols. Part talk, part creative free-for-all, it offers a peek into Tat’s wonderfully chaotic world — from offbeat projects to spontaneous drawing - with plenty of chances to grab a pen and get involved.

Join us for an in-conversation with illustrator Tara Booth. Lucy Sherston will delive into Tara’s creative journey, the influences that shape her work, and the bold, expressive style that’s made her a standout voice in contemporary illustration.

Come hear MURUGIAH speak on finding his creative voice - navigating projects covering public art, fine art sculpture & painting along with commercial art for various clients.

Join for a deck doodling workshop, getting creative with drawing to customise your very own Blast Skates mascot deck. At the end of the workshop you will take home your very own decorated Blast Skates mascot skateboard deck to hang on the wall, or even add hardware to skate if you want!

Please note that this workshop requires a separate ticket - get yours here

Come and join us as we dive head first into storyland. We'll be creating characters and bringing them to life in split pin puppet form. Eleanor Sykes is a freelance illustrator exploring playfulness through image based storytelling.

Come and join Tat Vision touring charity shops in Brighton! Find some good bits of tat while adventuring through the streets of Brighton. He’s never been before so hopefully you don't get lost. Afterwards there will be a show and tell to see what bits and bobs you've found.

Please note that this workshop requires a separate ticket - get yours here

Sasquatch? Mothman? The Loch Ness Monster? Nahhh — it’s time for some new cryptids for modern times. Join cutout artist Wyrdewoods for a playful, drop-in workshop where you’ll dream up, draw and build your own wonderfully weird creature to inhabit our urban woodland. From sentient fatbergs to foxmen of Portslade, anything goes — all ages and abilities welcome!

Pippa Toole will have you covered on Sunday afternoon! She’ll be bringing her badge maker and plenty of templates to get you started. Drawing materials will be provided, but if you fancy bringing your own bits to play with (magazine pages work especially well!), you’re more than welcome to.

Join author-illustrator Katherine Child, The Notted Island, and Senior Commissioning Editor Niamh Jones (Flying Eye Books) in a Q&A as they explore how animals and insects talk through colour, whether that be to camouflage themselves or send a warning to potential predators. How can illustrators take inspiration from these creatures and use colour in an exciting way?

What happens when illustrators and agencies truly collaborate? Join Owen Gildersleeve - a multi-award-winning artist known for his handcrafted illustration and set design - and Matt Baxter, founder of creative studio Baxter & Bailey, for a conversation on the power of partnership, creative trust and bringing ideas to life together.

Join Gemma Correll for a playful, hands-on workshop in making your own mini comic - from choosing a subject and creating a character to using humour, text and simple storytelling. You’ll finish by folding your very own one-page comic to take home.

Meet the latest generation of characters in motion: Pictoplasma presents a feature-length selection of 17 fresh animated shorts and experimental narrations. A far cry from family-friendly entertainment, expect psychedelic eye-candy and storytelling genius with work by artists like AJ Jefferies, Cat Johnston, Gabby Cherney, Will Anderson and Zohar DvirWith an introduction by Booky Margoof - Berlin based artist and member of the Pictoplasma team.