"The Bristol-based duo's signature style is characterised by soft, graphic, minimal world building that feels immediately playful and theatrical - their scenes are what they refer to as "stages for little moments in life". Whilst some of their characters are at peace bird watching, others are grasping at surreal inventions like tomato trees, we've also spotted a band of quite a few of them transporting an abnormally large baguette."
"No matter where they are situated, all of these friendly figures have very minimal features and colour palettes rendering them purposefully faceless, "so they feel like anybody and everybody", shares Quentin. "By keeping the environment quite minimalistic too, we try to make our projects reminiscent of a certain texture of a moment using only a few key elements and colours that somehow evoke them", he says. It's not hard to get immersed in these dream-like worlds and the sense of wonder they hold."
Maryka Laudet and Quentin Camus formed a creative partnership during art school in Arles nearly a decade ago, later evolving into the Plantopia project. Both trained in animation, they have shifted toward illustration while retaining animation workflows and tools. Their practice centers on soft, graphic, minimal worldbuilding that feels playful and theatrical, creating scenes described as stages for small moments in life. Characters are rendered with minimal features and muted palettes to remain purposefully faceless and universally relatable. Environments use few key elements and colours to evoke the texture of moments. Strategic 3D wide angles and fisheye effects introduce joyful movement and cinematic composition.
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