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Artist Profile: Stavri Symeonidou

28/07/2016 by

Meet Stavri Symeonidou, a young graphic designer from Cyprus and one of our Featured Artists for CCC16!

Stavri Symeonidou is a graphic and advertising designer with a love for design. She is currently living in the seaside town of Limassol, on Cyprus Island. Her educational background includes a MA in Media in Graphic Arts from the University of the West of England and a B.A. in Graphic and Advertising Design from Frederick University of Cyprus. Stavri specializes in graphic design, logo design, brand identity design, book illustrations and signage design. Recently she started doing illustration projects inspired by anime culture. She combines traditional and digital media to create her projects.

To see more of Stavri’s work visit her page on Facebook.

Her objective is to enter even deeper in the “graphic design world” where her ideas and genuine enthusiasm would allow her to progress; and to deliver quality creative content to her clients and audiences. Music, nature, people, anime, movies, universes and galaxies, stardust are her inspirations. She also loves coffee.

Artist Profile: Andreani Soupashi

27/07/2016 by

Today’s Featured Artist is Andreani Soupashi, a young upcoming illustrator from Nicosia.

Andreani “Souhashi” Soupashi was born on the 27th of April, 1998. She grew up with a pencil in her hand, drawing whatever interested her at any given moment, mostly horses and cartoons. At the age of four, she enrolled in art classes where she was taught the basic disciplines of drawing, painting and sketching. These classes lasted for eight years and helped spark her passion for design, illustration and comics.

To see more of Andreani’s work, visit her portfolio on Behance.

In elementary and high school she took small design jobs such as creating posters and illustrations for various school events and selling artwork for charity. She also designed costumes, props and sets for school plays. Her lifetime dream is to become a video game designer and she set this dream in motion while working for her GCSE exams.

For her projects, she delved into character design, scriptwriting, concept art and animation, getting a taste of the industry in the process. During this time, her love for the craft was cemented. She taught herself several programs including Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Zbrush and is currently working on some amateur programming.

This year, her journey will be taking a slight detour as she is going to study computer science, another interest of hers. Through Cyprus Comic Con, Andreani aims to show her art, gain valuable experience, meet other artists and above all, have fun!

Featured Shop: Soloneion Book Centre

27/07/2016 by

The Soloneion Book Centre was established in 1995 and is since then the biggest bookstore in Cyprus.

They have had since then various of departments such as science fiction and fantasy which attracted would-be Comic Con fans since then!

Recently, Soloneion has expanded its range to gift stationery which includes popular brands such as DC, Marvel, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and other popular franchises.

Apart from current editions you will be able to find older editions of science fiction and fantasy books.

The Soloneion team is looking forward to meeting you – come find them in their booth!

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Artist Profile: Anna Cosma

26/07/2016 by

Anna Cosma is returning to Cyprus Comic Con for another year as one of our Featured Artists!

Anna is a self-taught and self-employed illustrator from Nicosia, Cyprus. Drawing has been a consistent part of her life from a very young age. After years of teaching herself and practicing, she decided to pursue art as a career rather than a hobby. She studied for a year at an art school in Nicosia, Cyprus, learning basic techniques and figure drawing, eventually moving onto developing her own style of intricate patterns and dotwork.

Follow Anna’s work on Facebook and Instagram.

Anna’s work is presented in the form of custom tattoo designs, and printed t-shirts which I have sold at various festivals here in Cyprus. Her latest project has been a yoga book illustration which will be
published in 2016, and she is currently in the process of planning and
developing her own clothing brand which will feature her designs. Her
main objective is to learn the art of tattooing, and to one day be able to tattoo her own artwork!

Sponsor Announcement: Digital Tree

26/07/2016 by

dtlogoCyprus Comic Con is pleased to announce Digital Tree as one of our sponsors for CCC’16.

Digital Tree is Cyprus’ largest e-publishing company with one core value: Telling it how it is – as it happens!

Digital Tree’s online coverage includes daily news, sports, job opportunities and music and extreme sports – all available through websites including Kerkida.net, OnlyCY.com, SportsPeople.com.cy, Aggelies, Ergodotisi.com and Dragonfly-Music.com.

Stay informed, stay up to date – the Digital Tree way!