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Framerender Studio (Nearchos Konstantinou)

09/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is thrilled to announce the return of multi talented artist Nearchos Konstantinou (aka Framerender Studio) to this year’s Artists’ Alley!

Nearchos was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1976 and started scribbling shortly after. He owns a Master of Arts in Communication Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Graphics from the New York Institute of Technology. He is a multi-disciplinary creative artist, with the hybrid skillset of an animator, a motion designer and an illustrator.

He has worked for nine years as a Senior Motion Designer at Lumiere TV, a Cyprus premium cable television network and for two years as a 3D/Graphic Designer at Rolandos Enterprises Public Ltd. He has also been a freelancer in the entertainment industry for over 25 years and teaching a series of seminars and short courses in the areas of Motion Graphics, Animation and Illustration.

He has participated in several Art, Motion and Comic Book festivals in Cyprus and Greece. He is currently working as a Special Scientist in the Department of Arts at The School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences of European University Cyprus.

When he’s not working, he likes to travel, watch movies, play games with family, and run at the park.

Make sure to check Nearcho’s website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube channel to see more of his incredible work!

 

Natalie Pavlidou

04/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes back illustrator Natalie Pavlidou to it’s Artists’ Alley!

Natalie is a freelance artist from Cyprus. She is an illustrator and concept artist for the publishing and gaming industry. Her main interest and experience lies in fantasy illustration, focusing mainly on environment art. Her favourite things to draw are landscapes and everything that has to do with nature, animals and all kind of whimsical delights.

Right now she is working on private commissions and with the local indie gaming studio “Evistoria Games” for the creation of different games such as “You shall Not Break” and the fantasy adventure RPG game “Yenefan”. In the future she would love to work with certain studios and companies, explore more game art and card art.

Visit Natalie’s website to see more of her work.

Annisia Iacovou

04/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con welcomes Annisia Iacovou to its Artists’ Alley!

Annisia is an 18 year old, self-taught artist born and raised in Nicosia, Cyprus. She discovered her interest in artistic expression through creation; including music and drawing, from a very young age. She has won numerous art contest prizes all around Cyprus. Although she loves to experiment with her art style, her interest usually lies between fantasy and doll-like figures as well more natural themes such as insects and flowers. Moreover, she likes to experiment with different art materials and different types of art such as painting, sculpting and digital art. Annisia is currently focusing on her musical career as she is going to study violin in Germany. One day she aspires to combine her biggest passions, those being Music and Art. Until then she continues to be dedicated in her studies in both subjects and aims to constantly enrich her artistic repertoire.

Check Annisia’s instagram to see more of her amazing art!

Christofis Agathokleous

04/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is excited to announce the return of sculpture artist Christofis Agathokleous to its Artists’ Alley.

Christofis was born in Limassol and more specifically he is from the Agios Tychonas village. He graduated from Linopetra Lyceum, where subsequently he enlisted in the National Guard, and served on the Green Line.He studied Sociology at the School of Humanities at the University of Crete and later on he completed his master’s degree in Criminology at the University of Nicosia. Christofis is an amateur sculptor that creates themed pieces inspired from myths, legends and pop-culture.

He began to develop his skills in sculpture art at a very young age, around the age of 5 or 6. Sculpting has been a recurring passion for Christofis, who continued to practice his art and improve upon it through the process of ‘trial and error’. His creations are primarily inspired by pop culture, including movies, comics, video games, television series, etc.

To see more of Christofis’ creations you can visit his Facebook pages titled ‘Concept sculpting and hand-shaping creations CY‘.

Christofis specialises in two techniques: the first one is traditional sculpting, however incorporating his own aesthetics that approximates the characters as they appear in the comics or cartoons, as opposed to a realistic approach of the human figure. The second technique is hand-shaping, a technique he developed with time and is still developing, which is the creation of figures without the use of armature or any tools other than the artist’s hands.

Today, Christofis lives in Limassol where he currently works and develops his passion for sculpture art. His dream is to spread this type of art throughout the island, as well as to collaborate with people who have developed their sculpture art into different forms and manifestations.

 

 

 

Anna Cosma

04/03/2019 by

Cyprus Comic Con is excited to announce the return of Anna Cosma to CCC19 Artists’ Alley!

Anna was born and raised in Nicosia. Art and specifically illustration has been a prominent part of her life since childhood. She learned how to draw through trial and error, although after receiving academic training under the guidance of a reputable art school in Nicosia, she began to refine her skills and develop a style that it is her goal to master.

Anna is heavily influenced by tattoo culture and illustration, something which led her to learning the art of tattooing. She has been tattooing since the beginning of 2018, and her art style has evolved along with her tattoos. In both illustration and tattooing Anna has specialised in dot-work, with subjects ranging from illustrative monsters to geometric mandalas, and more recently pop culture portraits. She works almost exclusively in black ink. Alongside tattooing she has been involved in art shows and festivals around Cyprus, selling printed t-shirts and prints of her artwork. Other than tattooing, her goals for this year include creating a tattoo-inspired clothing brand for her art, with select dot-work pieces that represent her art style.

Visit Anna’s Facebook and Instagram to see more of her work!