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Special Guest: Ali Cosplay & Props

12/02/2019 by

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CCC is proud to announce that its third Cosplay Special Guest for CCC19 is the talented Ali Cosplay & Props!

Ali is a cosplayer and prop maker from the Czech Republic. He started cosplaying in 2014 and he chooses characters mainly from video games. He specialises in crafting armours and painting. Ali does not only enjoy cosplaying and prop making, but he also enjoys teaching others and sharing his expertise.

Visit Ali’s Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channel to see more of his intricate work!

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He had the opportunity to work with THQ Nordic and be the official “War” cosplayer for Darksiders 3. He attended the following conventions as “War”: “Gamescom” in Germany, “PAX West” in Seattle,USA, “IgroMir Expo” in Russia and “Paris Game Week” in Paris, France.

Ali also loves competitions – he won Season 8 of European Cosplay Gathering (2018) at Japan’s Expo Ichigo stage with his Smite group, Germia and Ketrin. He also placed 3rd at Magic Monaco competition and also 3rd at Cosplay World Masters. In 2017 Ali represented the Czech Republic in the EuroCosplay Championship as Helis from Horizon Zero Dawn.

He loves working with new materials and trying new techniques. He enjoys a good whiskey and prefers dogs 🐶

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Ali as a judge at the CCC19 EuroCosplay Qualifier

Ali will be one of our Special Guest judges for the EuroCosplay Qualifier on Saturday and will also be hosting the two following panels:

  • Saturday (20th of April)

Topic:  It’s All About The FOAM!

  • Sunday (21st of April)

Topic: Battle Damage And Weathering

*Full info of panels to be confirmed once the Cyprus Comic Con 2019 schedule is announced

Yuncumber (Marina Alexikou)

08/02/2019 by

Cyprus comic con wants to welcome Yuncumber (Marina Alexikou) to this year’s Artists’ Alley!

Marina is a self-taught artist currently studying something unrelated to art. She always loved watching anime, since her cousin influenced her from a very young age. However, now that she is older she finds herself drawn to the art of manga and comics more.

She has been drawing ever since she could remember, but she started trying her luck with conventions and exhibitions the past couple of years. She has taken part in the Run Thessaloniki: Anime Con in 2016, as well as the 3rd and 4th Comic Con Thessaloniki. Moreover, this year she joined a few Unofficial Fanzines for the anime/manga “My Hero Academia” and “Haikyuu!!”.

Finally, Marina and her best friend have been trying to write a manga story that they hope to publish one day!

You can follow Marina’s Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Deviantart account to see more of her work!

Mion (Hermionie Antarti)

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Mion (Hermionie Antarti) is returning to this year’s Artists’ Alley!

Hermionie is a 16 year old self-taught artist. Although she likes using several techniques, she has mostly promoted her digital works since they tend to contain nerdy and geeky aspects. Her art journey started when she started growing an interest in anime, which is what also got her into the culture.

She slowly started developing a fondness for artists such as Hayao Miyazaki or even more well known artists such as Van Gogh. Moreover, a big inspiration for Hermionie’s art-style would be Audra Auclair who mixes the geeky and cartoon like style with more traditional aspects.

As far as her current projects, she mainly draws her own creations in a traditional style but she can never seem to get rid of the tendency to draw some fan-art once in a while! She generally likes drawing characters with her own interpretation but of course sometimes she draws just for the fun of it!

Make sure to visit Hermione’s Instagram and Facebook to see more of her work!

 

Un Sogno (Marianna Pagkratidou & Eleana Vasiliades)

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Cyprus Comic Con wants to welcome Marianna Pagkratidou & Eleana Vasiliades to this year’s Artists’ Alley!

Un Sogno is a scientific adventure comic written by Marianna Pagkratidou and illustrated by Eleana Vasiliades.

Writer

Marianna completed her BSc in Education Sciences in Early Childhood at Democritus University of Thrace in 2013. She completed her Master’s degree in Cognitive and Educational Psychology in 2015 and is currently a PhD Psychology candidate at the University of Cyprus. Her research interests are in the field of cognitive and experimental psychology and her focus is on the study of human spatial memory. Marianna’s current research explores how we encode spatial information in our memory through narratives and, more specifically, through comics. However, she is not only interested in comics for academic purposes. As a creatively curious individual, she has recently written her own comic, Un Sogno, which means “a dream” in Italian. A dream coming true, and that is only the beginning!

Illustrator

Eleana is a 15-year-old aspiring artist. Born in Nicosia, Cyprus, Eleana has been interested in art from a very young age and started taking drawing lessons at the age of 5. She enjoys watching films, listening to music, dancing, travelling and photography. She became interested in comics after attending a comic book illustration workshop at the Art Hub Visual Arts Laboratories, where she had the opportunity to collaborate with comic book writer Marianna Pagkratidou. She found the whole experience fascinating and is looking forward to working on more comic books in the future.

If you want a copy of Un Sogno message their Facebook page to get one!

Miniature Worlds (Gregory Grozos)

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Miniature Worlds (Gregory Grozos)is returning to our Cyprus Comic Con 2019 Artists’ Alley!

Gregory is a miniature artist and he calls every work he makes a ”miniature world”. He uses small boxes and tiny watch/clock cases to make inside them incredibly detailed miniature scenes, often depicting floating cities, mythical beings, inventors and flying machines. His works broadly belong to the genres of steampunk, fantasy, fairy-tale and magical realism. He takes part in art exhibitions and fairs both in Cyprus and internationally.

Visit Gregory’s website and  Facebook to see more of his creations!