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Featured Participant: Sacred Tooth

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logoSacred Tooth is an apparel brand which deals with alternative culture lifestyle. It represents all the everyday people who act in an extraordinary way.

Their products are cleverly designed and crafted by hand, with the aid of modern technology and top quality materials. The art and design works are cleverly inspired by both new & old school eras, and cultural & subcultural movements, without any ideological or stylistic barriers.

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Sacred Tooth was established in the city of Nicosia in 2015, as a collaboration project of the ‘Lost Wear & Play’ store owner and the artist ‘AnexitiloN’.

Sacred Tooth is dedicated to those like-minded individuals who live their life with attitude and style.

Make sure you visit Sacred Tooth’s website or contact them at info@sacredtooth.com or by phone at (+357) 99671853.

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Featured shop: Collectors Realm

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One of the stores that will be at this year’s Comic Con is Collector’s Realm!

A passion turned into a profession when in last year in Nicosia, the founders of Collectors Realm, motivated and inspired by their hobbies of collecting and gaming, started importing licensed Statues and Figures.

Our products range from figurines, toys, model kits, statues and their accessories all the way to high-end replicas and life-sized sculptures. Dealers and customers from across the field of collectables agree that one of the hottest items on the market today are products relating to superheroes. Almost any product related to a superhero is a potentially valuable collectable, but among the most popular today are movie and comic book character statues and busts based on superheroes ranging from the all-time classics like Superman and Batman to more obscure and cultish characters.

Superhero statues are the ideal collectibles because they can be openly displayed and are durable and resistant to damage and deterioration from aging. They are three dimensional and often come posed in action poses that truly express the character’s dynamism and appeal. The figures are great conversation pieces and can provoke fun discussions among fans and collectors about the back story behind each of the superhero statues.

Yet beyond their attractive appearance and social significance, movie and comic book character statues and busts are also a valuable investment. The price of superhero statues varies widely, from less than $20 to a thousand dollars or more. But no matter what superhero figures you buy or how much you pay for them you can be sure of one thing; that your statues and busts will only increase in value with the passage of time. That makes superhero figurines the perfect collectible, they are cool to look at, easy to maintain and they only become increasingly more valuable with each passing year.

Come on iiiiin and check out what we got for you… Become a Collector or Just play the trading game with us.

That’s what we stand for. The Collecting Community. Welcome to the Realm!

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Featured Company: Ascanio Entertainment

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ascanio logoAscanio Entertainment is a startup company founded in November 2015 as a game development company.

Ascanio Entertainment is the first PC and console game developing company in Cyprus, currently developing Crash Force for Xbox One and PC. 

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Their goal is to offer triple A quality games at a reasonable price. They are aware that the existing Game Industry has many choices to offer, thus, they work continuously for delivering satisfying products to their audiences.

Their ultimate goal is the enhancement of gaming experience in general. 

They pay special attention to: 

  • Their audiences’ opinions and needs.
  • Making every game a unique, fun and engaging experience. 
  • Delivering top notch high quality products.

Check out the following video of Ascanio’s current project, Crash Force!

Artist Profile: Antonios Noxis Antoniou

28/08/2016 by

Meet our next Featured Artist, illustrator and concept artist Antonios Noxis Antoniou!

Antonios was born in the beautiful island of Cyprus. From a young age, he remember himself drawing constantly. His dad had bought him a book about dinosaurs when he was 6 years old, and Antonios started re-drawing the beautiful illustrations he could see in its pages. For many years, he would only draw dinosaurs and animals. That changed when he discovered the existence of superheroes. It was love at first sight!

Visit Antonios’ pages on Facebook and Instagram to see more of his work.

He started drawing humans and figures and soon enough, he found himself creating his own original characters. Up until this day, he has created more than 100 original superheroes! At the age of 18, Antonios showcased some comic pages with his original characters and received an amazing and exciting amount of feedback. However, difficulties in branding and protecting his copyrights have kept his original characters in the drawers.

After high school he went on to study Illustration and Graphic Design in London. During the first year of his studies, he was given the opportunity to create a poster for his favorite comic company, Marvel. It felt like a miracle, I could not believe it myself. After graduating, he worked for two companies in the U.S., while still living in London, where he is currently based. For those companies, Antonios created character concepts for various projects and that triggered him to experiment with concept art. Lately he is focusing on character and creature design, but continues to draw and illustrate superheroes! His sources of inspiration will always include character design, costumes, comic panels, the invention of worlds and universes.

For the time being, Antonios works as a freelancer and is preparing his portfolio, aiming to apply for the position of a concept artist in big movie studios, like Marvel, Warner Bros Studios etc. As he continues to practice drawing, his style is becoming more and more realistic and conceptual. In the near future, he would like to finally copyright his original characters and publish his very first comic. Who knows, he might even be the next Stan Lee!

 

The 24hour Superhero Project!

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superworkshoptitlefinalPresented by director Michalis Ashickas, the goal of this workshop is to enable the participants to make their own (really) short superhero movie in the duration of the convention using props, equipment and knowledge that are, already, available to them or found on the premises.

The subjects covered are:

1. Intro
2. Basics Of Storytelling (3 act form)
3. Basics of Superhero Story (structure) and implementation to the “three act” story form
4. Basics of Filming (basic shots, camera movement, basic editing)
5. Questions, group allocation, assignment
6. Filming and editing

The participating teams will have 24hours from the end of the workshop to submit a short film shot entirely on CCC’s premises and with a maximum duration of 3 minutes. The filmmakers will have a chance to screen their finished movies at Cyprus Comic Con Film Festival.

The workshop begins at the CCC Film Fest premises (Jean Monnet auditorium) on Saturday 3rd of September 11:15pm. So Superhero UP and flex out your filmmaking powers!

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