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Artist Profile: Demetris Panayides

22/06/2015 by

Demetris Panayides is a young self-taught artist from Nicosia and a huge fan of comics, movies and music. For the past eight years, he has been involved in illustration, logo and flyer design. Demetres notably designed the cover for local metal band Blynd’s first full-length album, titled ‘The Enemy’ and illustrated the mascot “Rusty Goblin” for the fantasy game workshop Isengard.

In 2014, Demetres was one of the ten runner-ups of a worldwide talent hunt held by American comics publisher Top Cow and this year, his first comic Artifacts: Lost Tales #1 was published through them. Furthermore, Demetres has illustrated another comic that will be published alongside the new album of well-known power metal band Winter’s Verge.

Currently, Demetres is working on various projects to be sent to publishing companies in the US. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours and we are confident that we will see more from him again before long!

Demetres will be one of our featured artists for the second time at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con and we are very excited to have him back with us. Are you looking forward to seeing more of Demetres’ work at the convention this year? Let us know in the comments below!

Artist Profile: Maria C. Loizou

16/06/2015 by

Maria Christina Loizou (AKA Nightwalker) is an energetic artist from Cyprus with a great passion towards illustration, concept and game art. You can follow Maria on Facebook and Instagram.

After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Multimedia Arts at the University of Nicosia, Maria focused on developing her skills towards concept art and illustration, creating characters from her imagination and making them come to life through storytelling. Maria currently works as a freelance artist, creating various designs ranging from character illustration, storyboarding and graphic design. Her main goal is to continue developing her skills and someday becoming a successful professional artist in character illustration and game art.

We are very excited to have Maria as one of our featured artists at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con and we are confident that you will love her work just as much as we do!

Let us know in the comments below if you are looking forward to seeing more of Maria’s work this coming August!

Artist Profile: Dani

08/06/2015 by

Cyprus Comic Con 2015 will feature an incredible gathering of talented local and international artists! We know you are curious to get to know them and look at their work, which is why we decided to make use of the time we have until the event to introduce them to you!

The first creative we are proud to feature on our website is called Dani, a comic book artist from Athens, Greece. You can follow Dani’s work on Facebook and Instagram.

“Dani was born in Athens, Greece in 1992 and she is currently a student at Athens School of Fine Arts. She has been making comics for quite a while now and has participated in a number of exhibitions, competitions and conventions over the years. Dani is the creator and designer of Tales from the Strips, a self-published series that won the People’s Choice Award at the Greek Comics Awards 2015. She loves her cats and travelling around the world.”

Dani will be one of the featured artists at this year’s Cyprus Comic Con and we are very excited to have her!

Are you looking forward to seeing more of Dani’s work this August? Let us know in the comments below!

Introducing CCC Bazaar

02/06/2015 by

The Cyprus Comic Con organising comittee is pleased to announce that as part of this year’s event to be held on August 29 at Filoxenia Conference Centre in Nicosia, we are introducing a bazaar with fan-made crafts and creations, pre-owned toys and video games, collectibles, comics, action figures etc.

The bazaar will open at 10:30 and will be closing at 17:30.

For sellers, the renting fee is €25 for half a table and €50 for a full table.

Interested individuals can apply through our website (click here), or by calling 99-300 502, in order to reserve their table space at the designated bazaar area of this year’s convention.

Please note that spaces are limited for bazaar participants, therefore the application deadline is July 30, or until exhaustion of availability.

Artist Applications Announcement

01/06/2015 by

To all the artists that have applied to participate in Cyprus Comic Con 2015:

First of all, we are happy to announce that our team has started processing and replying to artist applications so make sure to check your inbox for your results!

The approved artists that will be showcasing their work at this year’s convention have been divided into two categories:

1) Professional or semi-professional artists that are on their way to being published or have been working on their own self-published books and comics. These artists will have their own table at the convention.

2) Upcoming, talented new artists and skilled fan art hobbyists. For this group of artists we have created an area called the Artists Corner, where they will be able to network, share knowledge and inspire each other! These artists will be given shared table space at the convention.

Please do not be disappointed if you are selected to be in Artists Corner, as both sections will have equal opportunities for promotion and you can look forward to taking part in fun drawing activities during the convention!

We believe our decision to be fair, as it will allow for more local artists to feature at the Con.

If you have any questions regarding your application or require more information, please email us at: team@cypruscomiccon.org