Conference The Art of Animation Feature Animation
ON SITE König-Karl-Halle Tuesday, May 05, 10:00

Zako (based on true story)

This presentation explores how art and technology can be balanced in modern animation production. It demonstrates how VR animation can be used as a core creative tool for sketching, staging, and animating directly in 3D space. The talk highlights how intuitive, artist-driven workflows can coexist with technically complex pipelines, enabling expressive and hand-crafted visual styles. Special focus is given to integrating VR animation into a feature film production pipeline, showing practical methods for combining creativity and technical efficiency.

Tigran Arakelyan

Tigran Arakelyan, Director, OnOff studio

Tigran Arakelyan is an accomplished artist with over a decade of experience in animation and cinema. Graduating from "Hakob Kojoyan" art school in 2009 and later earning an Art Direction degree from "Yerevan State University of Theatre and Cinematography" in 2013, he began his career early. Co-founding OnOff Studio in 2018, Tigran has led the creation of artistic project and his detbute animated film is "ZAKO," where he explores innovative VR technologies to push creative boundaries.