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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.

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!

Pokemon GO Cyprus

02/03/2019 by

The Pokémon GO Cyprus community for the first time ever will be joining Cyprus Comic Con 2019! The booth was set up in order to promote Pokémon GO in Cyprus. “Pokémon GO Cyprus” consists of various groups in the island, brought together under a common umbrella. The team behind the Pokémon GO Cyprus community are looking to increase the player base by encouraging more people  to play the game in Cyprus, especially since team play is a big part of it.

Pokémon GO is an AR game for iOS and Android devices developed by Niantic.  It was first published in certain countries in July 2016 and in the following months it was released in more countries. Pokémon GO quickly became a worldwide sensation; it was downloaded over 850 million times and has won several awards including including the award for “Best Mobile/Handheld Game” by the Game Developers Choice Awards in 2016 and the “Fan Favourite Mobile Game” award by Gamers’ Choice Awards in 2018.

Join Pokémon GO Cyprus’ discord to meet, chat and play with other trainers in your city!

On Sunday 21st April the Pokémon GO community booth will be joined by a talented local cosplayer wearing a Pokémon inspired costume, so make sure to visit their booth to find out what she will be cosplaying as!

Special Guest: Eugene Simon, GoT’s Lancel Lannister

01/03/2019 by

Eugene Simon

Game of Thrones’ “Lancel Lannister”

Special Guest for Cyprus Comic Con 2019!

Cyprus Comic Con has the pride to announce British actor Eugene Simon – best known for his role as “Lancel Lannister” in the HBO series Game of Thrones – as one of its Special Guests for 2019!

In-Booth Signing & Panel information *

Booth Prices

  • Autographs: €15
  • Selfie: €5

 

Panels

  • 1 hour GoT themed panel with Eugene’s castmate Ross Mullan on both days.

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

Early beginnings

Eugene Simon is a British actor born in London on the 11th June 1992. As a British actor with strong Irish roots, Eugene is the only actor in his family to have started at a young age. Eugene joined child agency Abacus when he was 8 years old, beginning his career in theatre with the role of “Archie” in James Joyce’s Exiles. It was his childhood love for reciting poems from Roald Dahl’s Dirty Beasts that sparked his interest in acting.

To get his footing in the industry, Eugene’s early career saw him portray younger versions of title characters, such as Casanova in the 2005 television series, and as Ben-Hur in the 2010 mini-series.

On his 18th birthday Eugene was offered not only his role as “Lancel Lannister” in Game of Thrones, but also the lead role of “Jerome Clarke” in Nickelodeon’s House of Anubis for three seasons.

Game of Thrones

Before landing the role of “Lancel Lannister” in Game of Thrones, Eugene auditioned for the role of “Joffrey Baratheon”, but managed to secure a character with a longer life span and who often is regarded to have one of the strangest progressions. Eugene’s character appeared in the first two seasons of the series, and he later returned as a religious fanatic of the Faith Militant in season five. Eugene has often spoken about the method acting behind his role, which included growing his fingernails for three months.

Recent Works

Eugene Simon has most recently been featured in the gothic horror film, The Lodgers (2017). He also appeared in the first season of National Geographic’s Genius, where he depicts the character of “Eduard Einstein”. Especially noteworthy is his role as “Ben Lyk” in the acclaimed film Kill Ben Lyk (2018), for which he has been nominated for Best Actor at a number of film festivals around the world.

Trivia

Eugene loves languages; he can speak Spanish and French. He has an older brother and a younger sister and he is the only actor in his family. He was named after his great-grandfather Eugene Barry Walsh to honour his Irish ancestry. His training includes sword-fighting, horse-riding and charioteering. Some of Eugene’s favourite hobbies are impersonation, mimicry and voice over work and are the reasons that he got into acting.

 

Watch Eugene Simon’s showreel