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Artist Profile: Nikoletta Kyprianou

16/08/2015 by

Nikoletta Kyprianou is a freelance artist and illustrator from Nicosia, with a BA Degree from Middlesex University. Nikoletta really enjoys creating intricate pen drawings of weird and out of this world characters.

For more of Nikoletta’s work, check her out on Facebook.

She grew up watching old horror and fantasy movies and reading books and comics like Shivers, Goosebumps and Tales from the Crypt, which eventually inspired her art. Her work is all hand drawn with some final Photoshop touches, depending on the commission.

For the past 5 years, Nikoletta has been the art director for Power of the Night Festival and most of her current work includes, CD covers and booklets, concert and event posters and t-shirt design for many bands.

She was also included in the D&AD book of 2008 introducing young fresh talent, for creating a unique look for a series of well known fantasy novels.

We love Nikoletta’s illustration style and we are confident that her work will attract a lot of attention at our upcoming convention!

Excited to see more of Nikoletta’s drawings this coming August? Leave us a comment below!

Winners of the K Cineplex Ant Man Competition

15/08/2015 by

429431_310611282331575_1563166068_nAnnnnd heeeere are the winnnneerrs! We used random.org on the timestamps of your contest submissions and came out with four lucky winners. We’ll be contacting you separately to confirm pick-up of your tickets as well!

  • Nyree H.
  • Andreas L.
  • Maria N.
  • Christoforos P.

Congratulations! Cyprus Comic Con would once again like to thank K Cineplex for making this give-away possible!

Artist Profile: George Alexandrou

15/08/2015 by

A BA(hons) Animation graduate of Southampton Solent University, George works as a freelancer artist dealing with a vast array of projects. From music videoclips, to short films, theatre projections, ads, posters, comic books and any other work that requires artistry.

For more of George’s work, visit his website, and follow him on Youtube and Facebook.

George is an artist involved in both Animation and Illustration with a preference in more colourful and cheerful depictions of life and characters. His personal goal is to inspire and leave a positive note on the observer.

Depending on the project he is working on, George likes to use various media that will give him the best results possible. He generally works well with both traditional and digital means (Pencil, Ink, Paint, Photoshop, Illustrator).

His greatest achievement has been his university final year short film “HAVEN” winner of an RTS (Royal Television Society) award for ‘best student animated short’ in 2008, which led to George being featured in Computer Arts magazine as one of the most promising graduates of 2008 in the UK.

Currently, George is working on a couple of theatre productions as well as some comic book ideas, for which hopefully he will have a sample ready for us at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con!

Looking forward to see more of George’s work? Leave us your comments below!

Kung Fury @ CCC’15 Film Festival!

14/08/2015 by

We are thrilled to inform you that Internet short film sensation KUNG FURY will have an official screening at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con Film Festival on August 29!

Kung_Fury_posterThe outrageous, spectacular martial arts action comedy was written and directed by David Sandberg, a Swedish filmmaker, who is also starring as the lead role in the film! David wrote the script in 2012 and filmed the trailer with a team of friends, which was later released on Kickstarter in 2013.

The two-minute trailer has since racked up more than 12 million views on Youtube, while the Kickstarter campaign became a major success with more than 17,000 worldwide backers, who pledged over $630,000 total to help bring Kung Fury to life!

With the success of the Kickstarter campaign, the crowd-funded 30-minute film was released online May 28th, free for everyone to watch.

Kung Fury now has almost 20 million views, of which the first 11 million were earned in just 5 days! The film didn’t achieve popularity only for its absurd, action-packed scenes but also because it was crafted with much love towards the 1980s martial arts and action movies it pays homage to.

Fun fact: The film was shot entirely in front of a green screen, proving the power of visual effects today!

Neon animations, analog synthesizers, static VHS breaks, cheesy special effects, Nintendo’s Power Glove and pre-kill puns are only some of the 1980s nostalgia featured in Kung Fury, with the best being David Hasselhoff‘s participation in the film, in a tribute to the 1982 series Knight Rider he starred in.

Furthermore, David Hasselhoff recorded the soundtrack to Kung Fury, “True Survivor“, which also features classic 1980s videography. The soundtrack video on Youtube quickly went viral after its release last April and has earned over 17 million views to this day.

Make sure to stop by Kyrenia lecture theatre in the basement floor of Filoxenia Conference Centre to catch the screening of Kung Fury! The full Film Festival schedule will be announced very soon with details on screening times and more!

Now get ready for some geeky retro action!

Watch the Kung Fury trailer below:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=72RqpItxd8M

Featured Shop: Japanese Flavours

14/08/2015 by

One of the shops which will appear on this year’s con is Japanese Flavour – a brand new online store that imports the best Japanese products to Cyprus.

Company Profile
We love Japan. We are fascinated by its culture, and the quality of the food. That inspired us to bring high quality Japanese products to Cyprus.

JF_Final LogoJapanese Flavours is a new online store specializing in Japanese snacks, cooking ingredients, accessories and gifts. We’re based in the capital of Cyprus and we offer delivery all around the island.

Our website will be up and running shortly so make sure you visit www.japaneseflavours.com today, subscribe to our newsletter and we will inform you first the minute we are online!

We are more than excited to be a part of this years’ Comic Con. Look for our booth and get your Japanese snacks, sweets and gadgets while they last!

We look forward to meeting everyone and share our passion for Japanese Flavours. Otanoshimini! お楽しみに！

For more information contact us at info@japaneseflavours.com

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