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)

Alternative Stuff / Digital & Traditional Representational

                         May I introduce you to my artistic alter ego, a gulf apart from my

                         contemporary stuff indeed. This post is dedicated to all things        

                                                                representational.

                         This one was painted during my first MA in Art History, Baroque 

                         infulences are profoundly obvious I guess! 

                                                            Photoshop CS4. 2012

   Photoshop CS5. 2013 / Those bad ass lions actually are free standing statues in-front of      

                                                               Nottingham's City Hall.

                             Here's a charcoal study I made prior to the digital final. 2013

I always had a soft spot for the transcending atmosphere of Winchester Cathedral. Finally, was given the chance to record the visual stimuli in detail. Photoshop CS5. 2014

         No muppet was hurt for the endeavours of this portrait. Charcoal on paper. 2014

                           Espionage, Los Alamos and cold war. Photoshop CS5. 2014

                            

                            Now, this is an oldie... 2008!!! Charcoal on paper, bust study

Rather excited/
            New artwork coming out/
                                  Something summery/

                 

2011 Magnum Opus

/This particular illustration sums up the culmination of my  academic endeavors in illustration at the Winchester School of Art; the child of countless experiments and visual dead-ends throughout my studies in the quest of a personal visual language. Work was eventually picked for the final uni. exhibition and London show, June 2011./

A blast from the past

 

Old sketches, old glories -mostly works from the uni. days/ random doodling

 Circa 2007-2013