Christmas 2017 illustration (alien encounters, abductions etc.)

Encounters I.
Digital illustration, Photoshop, oil pastels and found textures. 2017. No, no, no, my eerie obsession with vintage 60's alien iconography is not overt at all

Idea-development / upcoming work

"Cyprus, the City of Utopia" International Poster Competition

This was one fantastic and inspiring evening (10/03/2017) at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (Nicosia), where the first international poster competition "Cyprus, the City of Utopia" was held. 

A big 'thank you' to the jury for shortlisting my illustration among the top 10 posters of the competition, as well as to the Graphic Stories Cyprus, an organisation promoting the professional conduct and creative development of graphic arts in Cyprus, for organising this superb event.

Check out their website at: http://www.graphicstoriescyprus.com/home

Logo Revamp

So excited having the time and inspiration to revamp my promotional logo. It always feels nice working with typography. Nonetheless, this logo has proven to be a rather good graphic design exercise for keeping me on my toes. Scanned charcoal and canvas textures, PS. 

My aim here was to redefine my visual branding; a successful logo should be able to disseminate the creative's current essence – the gist of one's work if you like. A logo to a portfolio is what an abstract to an essay is.  

version 1.0

version 1.1

A handful of drawing studies (The Winchester School of Art years)

 

         Portrait of a man study,                                      Study after Rubens' preparatory sketch, 

         pencil on paper, 2008                                         The Elevation of the Cross, 1610,

                                         pencil on paper, 2009

 Still life study, pencil on paper, 2010

 Still life study, charcoal on paper, 2010
/How I miss the old days drawing on these humungous A2 1/2 Ingres papers,
 where drawing really seemed to take forever/ 

Featured at the 2015 Collective Illustration Exhibition “The Whole Truth in Light”

at the Casteliotissa Medieval Hall (Nicosia)

Snapshot from the 2014 Collective Exhibition “7th Annual Exhibition of Commencing Cypriot Artists” held at the Akamantis Exhibition Centre (Nicosia)