Educational animation workshops

During this session, we will use fun and playful exercises to create our own character, invent and illustrate their story, and make a small comic book.

Viktorija Ežiukas

Viktorija Ežiukas

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Lithuania

Viktorija Ežiukas is an illustrator, comic artist and educator based in Klaipėda. She has illustrated more than 20 books, published several comic books, and brings over 10 years of experience in leading creative workshops for children and adults. Her work combines illustration, storytelling, and arts education, inspiring participants of all ages to explore their creativity.

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Collaborative NPC Design to Build Immersive Playable Worlds. This hands-on workshop explores collaborative world-building through NPC (Non-Player Character) design. Using stickers, crayons, templates, and cards, participants collectively create character appearances and personalities, regardless of technical skill. A custom local algorithm digitizes each NPC into a Godot Packed Scene, allowing the group to assemble them into a shared playable game world.

Ivan McGill

Ivan McGill

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Spain

Iván McGill sees comics as a multidimensional medium, blending animation, video games, and illustration to explore digital identity, dataism, and information overload. His experimental comics capture evolving realities. Co-founder of Shaman Garage and part of the GRAF festival team, Iván is a fellow at the Càtedra Crec Finestres, Elisava, and a professor of Moving Narratives at U-TAD University. His work has been showcased in independent comics and transmedia festivals nationally and internationally through exhibitions, talks, and workshops.

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During the workshop, we'll explore and recreate the visual styles of several renowned comics artists - creators who tell complex stories through deceptively simple illustrations.

Robertas Nevecka

Robertas Nevecka

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Lithuania

Film director, animator, illustrator based in Lithuania. Creates animated films, underground music videos, draws film industry meta comics, works as an assistant director on movie sets.

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ISM students present the strategy board game “Memel Gambit”, based on the events that unfolded in the Klaipėda Region in 1923. Two teams take opposing sides: one leads the Lithuanian insurgents seeking to take control of the region, while the other commands the French forces trying to hold it. Victory depends not only on controlling territory, but also on gaining the support of the public and the international community. Come and try the game created by ISM students and discover the history of the Klaipėda Region through play! Number of players: 2–6. Registration: labas@blon.lt. You are welcome to join the game session with a ticket to any BLON Festival event or with a symbolic donation in support of the festival.

Whether you're curious about accelerator programs, passionate about building indie communities, or eager to know what the Italian game dev scene is like, this session is for you. Come hang out, ask questions, and connect with a game developer from abroad!

Tommaso Verde

Tommaso Verde

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Italy

Tommaso established an indie studio in 2021, working on small projects and helping out the local IGDA (International Game Developer Association) chapter to grow the local game community. Since then many things have changed, he's still part of that same community, but he manages the Quickload Acceleration Program, is part co-chair of IGDA Italy and works as a producer for Poncle.

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