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Artist Profile: Marios Ppoulis

03/08/2016 by

Marios Ppoulis will be returning to Cyprus Comic Con as one of our Featured Artists for CCC16!

Marios is a young 25-year-old artist who is currently based in Larnaca. He discovered his skills in drawing and painting at a very young age. Through the years, he has competed in a variety of art-related competitions for drawing and painting. He completed his studies in Fine Art, at Liverpool John Moore’s University in the United Kingdom.

To see more of Marios’ paintings and illustrations, you can follow him on Facebook and Instagram.

Marios is now the proud owner of his own studio and art gallery in Larnaca, where he creates his paintings, his tattoo designs and even portraits. He is a huge fan of comics and Japanese manga and has an extensive portfolio of original artwork as well as fan art of his favourite superhero, video game and movie characters, which you will all get to see at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con!

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Featured Participant: Digireal Studios

03/08/2016 by

Digireal Studios is an Animation and Visual FX company training the next generation of multimedia artists and providing state of the art digital solutions in a variety of media productions for film and tv. They provide services and train students and professionals (in both Greek and English language) in the fields of 2D / 3D Animation, Concept Art, Sculpting, 3D Modelling, Character Design, Digital Painting, Advertising, Compositing, Visual Effects, Film Editing and more.

Their creative team is made up of:

• Animators • Concept Artists • Graphic Designers • Programmers • Composers • Creative Copywriters • Photographers • Editors

Some of the creative disciplines they specialize and offer services in:

• 2D – 3D animation • digital compositing and painting • visual effects • motion graphics • film and live action • 3d modelling • architectural and industrial visualization • sound effects and foley • web design (flash, html5) • iOS app development • logos and branding • type and print • interactive media • idea generation / concepts

Find out more at their website www.digirealstudios.com or Contact them at info@digirealstudios.com or train@digirealstudios.com and by calling at +357 70006266

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Artist Profile: Naya Kozlova

02/08/2016 by

Meet Naya Kozlova, an upcoming young illustrator that will be showcasing her work at Cyprus Comic Con 2016!

Naya was born in Latvia, raised on the shore of the non-freezing port of the Baltic Sea, moved to Cyprus for family reasons approximately 6-7 years ago. As a kid, around eight years old, she used to attend private classes of a local artist. That did not last long – her dog was not quite as fond of an enthusiastic young girl as you would expect it to be. Thus art became a hobby and English along with normal school subjects became priority.

Follow Naya’s work on her Youtube, Instagram and Tumblr profiles, as well as her Facebook feed.

Fortunately, Naya says, if art lives within you, it never leaves you. There were doodles in class notebooks, copy sketches from local shop supplies of W.I.T.C.H. magazines and, finally, a music channel that showed “Chobits” and “Chrono Crusade” in the evening. Later came Internet and the wonders of Studio Ghibli along with more doodles in class notebooks. Ivy can remember well, that no one could really figure out whether to shout at her, because her grades were good despite the fact that half of my notebooks looked like manga.

Somehow, drawing never became a job for Naya. Completely self-trained in arts, finishing a diploma in Communications, she continued working in an office, meanwhile establishing an Instagram profile and a YouTube channel. She is currently working on a story with original characters and filming sketchbook reviews in Russian and English, part-time designing tattoos.

Sponsor Announcement: Cablenet

02/08/2016 by

PrintCyprus Comic Con proudly announces Cablenet as one of our sponsors for this year event.

Cablenet is the only independent alternative telecommunications provider in Cyprus, offering broadband, fixed telephony and television services through cable connections to both retail and corporate markets.

Within Cyprus, Cablenet operates a wholly-owned pioneering Hybrid FibreCoaxial cable, as well as xDSL and Fibre networks. Abroad, Cablenet has secured 32.5 Gpbs of international capacity on various cable systems that serve Cyprus and has built a resilient network with PoPs in various EU countries.

Check out Cablenet’s social media pages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!

www.cablenet.com.cy / www.cablenetbusiness.com.cy

Artist Profile: Elias Neophytou

01/08/2016 by

Today’s Featured Artist is Cypriot illustrator and comic book artist Elias Neophytou!

Discover more of Elias’ work on his Facebook page and DeviantArt.

Elias Neophytou was born in 1995 in Limassol, Cyprus. He developed a love for art and drawing from a very young age. He quickly discovered his passion for comics and set his goal to become a comic book artist and illustrator. Elias always tries to combine a unique and aesthetically interesting style with vastly realistic portrayal of characters and places. He loves traditional inking methods with ink and brushes,as well as using pens. His favorite coloring method is using watercolours.

Elias is currently studying at the Cyprus University of Technology in the Graphics and Multimedia department. He is also collaborating with a friend of his, Adonis Papapavlou, on the creation of a Greek comic book with the first few samples of the first issue being already printed, that he plans on showcasing at Cyprus Comic Con 2016!