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Featured Participant: Mazlimaz

01/09/2016 by

mazlimazPopular YouTuber Marinos Stephanou (aka Mazlimaz) is one of this year’s Comic Con participants!

Marinos was born in London, UK on 2nd of November 1994. He came to Cyprus when he was 10 years old and therefore he’s fluent in both Greek and English. He has always been interested in acting, entertainment and gaming from a very young age. YouTube and Facebook have encouraged him to pursue  these interests. His most popular videos, with over 190 000 views have been his music/voice over parodies that can be found on his Facebook page. People mostly recognize him from his Facebook page, Mazlimaz (over 6,500 likes) and his YouTube channel (over 2,500 subs). He is currently working hard to promote both.

 

Featured Shop: Happy Horses

01/09/2016 by

logo2One of the stores that is participating at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con is Happy Horses!

Happy Horses are unique ride on toys for children. Ride on ponycycle and feel like on a real horse!

They love these funky toys! you can ride like a bike and feel like a horse! You can buy these adorable horses or rent them.

You can visit their website here or make sure you follow them on Facebook!

 

 

 

Featured Shop: The Symbiote

01/09/2016 by

The Symbiote Flyer 2

At this year’s Comic Con you will be able to find among other shops The Symbiote – a shop which sells Marvel Products such as keyrings, wallets, bracelets, pillows, mice, mouse pads etc.

Check out their Facebook page!

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Featured Participant: Cyprus Academy of Art

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CAA LogoThe Cyprus Academy of Art is a specialist tertiary Art & Design College based in Limassol, Cyprus; A multicultural educational environment with students from Cyprus, UK, Russia, Middle East, Canada etc.

For over 20 years the CAA has been training & preparing aspiring creatives from all over the world for careers in disciplines such as: Animation, Fine Art, Architecture, Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Graphic Design, Illustration, Fashion Design, Photography, Film, Cinematography, Game Design, Concept Art, Product Design amongst many others. The CAA’s British Trained Academic staff have significant experience in Art Education & Professional Practice whilst also being active creative practitioners in the disciplines they teach. Lecturers teaching at British Universities have assisted in the formation of the accredited academic curriculum which follows the British education system.

Courses range from Kid’s Clubs, GCSE & GCE A’ Level Classes, BTEC Foundation Courses, BTEC HND Higher National Diplomas (equivalent to years one & two of Undergraduate Degree Level Study), Professional Software Courses, IELTS English Language courses etc. All courses are set-up to accommodate distance learners and students requiring flexible modes of study e.g. students in other full/part time education, soldiers and mature students with other work / life commitments. Our facilities include: open plan studio space, private study areas, an iMac Lab with the latest industry standard software packages, Library, Animation Studio with Stop Motion stations & Lightboxes, Photography & Film Studio with Lighting & Backdrops (Green-screen, black, white, grey), Fashion & Textiles area, Printmaking area, Chemical Darkroom for film processing & developing, Digital Printing facilities, Film Projection areas etc.

Staff & Students from the Animation, Graphic Design, Fashion & Textiles, Architecture & Fine Art departments will be present at the 2016 Cyprus Comic Con to answer all your questions regarding pursuing a career in any creative discipline either in Cyprus or anywhere else in the world.

Make sure you visit CAA’s page on Facebook!

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Artist Profile: Kyprianos M. Demosthenous

01/09/2016 by

The next Featured Artist to showcase their talent at this year’s Comic Con is 3d artist Kyprianos M. Demosthenous.

Kyprianos Demosthenous is 20 years old and lives in Engomi, Nicosia. He graduated from Pascal English School two years ago, completed his National Service and this coming September he will begin studying Architecture at the University of the Creative Arts in England.

Design, modeling and 3D crafting have been his favourite hobbies since a very young age. He always enjoys practicing his creative hobbies and wishes to continue to do so for the rest of his life. For that reason, Kyprianos could never imagine himself to be studying or working on something other than these subjects, that will give him the opportunity to continue creating as a professional in the future.

To see more of Kyprianos’ creations, visit his page on Facebook.

Some of the projects he has created have been exhibited and can be found at Saatchi Gallery, in England. Furthermore, he has participated in the worldwide competition of F1 in Schools as the designer of a car applying the aerodynamic principles and designing his team logo. His team’s model won first place in Cyprus and travelled to Austin Texas were they competed with the rest of the first-place winning teams from other countries. Kyprianos’ team received 13th place out of 32 that took part in the competition.

Kyprianos won an International Award for obtaining Full Marks in Art “A” Level in 2014 and also achieved the Highest Mark in Art subject in his school as a senior student. Taking advantage of the passion he had for crafting, during his National Service in a competition organized by the Army of Cyprus and Holy Archbishopric of Cyprus with the topic of ‘fighting against drugs’, he won first prize for a craft he made amongst thousands of other projects.