NECTARIOS STAMATOPOULOS

URBAN LANDSCAPES photo series, LONDON

2012-01-29T14:57:00.000+02:00

Woody Allen

2012-01-29T14:53:00.002+02:00

drawing in pencil

GORGONS - a fashion illustrated tale, 1998

2012-01-24T00:03:00.001+02:00

this was my first fashion set of illustrations, published in Mirror

- a Greek fashion magazine - many years ago back in 1998,

all done with ink on paper with no photoshop at all,

in the first place i produced a set of 10 drawings

finally the art director decided to go with these three,

great choice!

photographs by Costas Coutayar

art directed by Panos Pitsilidis

www.socomic.gr

2012-01-13T01:10:00.000+02:00

some panels from my web-comic running every Wednesday
on www.socomic.gr
and powered by ION Sokofreta
http://www.ion.gr/ the leading chocolate manufacturers in Greece

2012 GREETINGS CARD

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PHOBIAS

2011-11-23T00:26:00.001+02:00

three illustrations i did for an article about phobias

published in Mirror magazine and dates back in 1999,

art directed by Panos Pitsilidis

URBAN LANDSCAPES photo series, ISTANBUL

2011-11-22T23:57:00.000+02:00

URBAN LANDSCAPES photo series, PARIS

2011-10-15T12:49:00.004+03:00

I started recently a photo series of urban landscapes
these photos are from Paris

2011-10-15T02:11:00.001+03:00

...and also made this new illustration about Athens,
love these colours!

OLD BUILDINGS

2011-10-14T10:00:00.007+03:00

I made some new ink sketches of old buildings-these are
at Ermou street, Thission-and coloured them in photoshop

2011-08-22T19:20:00.002+03:00

35

2011-07-25T01:19:00.003+03:00

for today i am thirty five

2011-07-23T21:21:00.002+03:00

summer drawing, watercolour on moleskine paper

2011-07-23T21:18:00.000+03:00

2011-06-17T22:18:00.005+03:00

new cover illustration for ATHENS VOICE,

photos from the ARTESHOP exhibition

2011-03-21T20:56:00.007+02:00

acrylic paint on canvas, 2010

good friend George poses in front of my work

me and a beautiful lady

ARTESHOP PROJECT

2011-03-10T23:19:00.003+02:00

GIR OU MOEBIUS?

2011-02-24T00:12:00.022+02:00

MOEBIUS TRANSE FORME exposition
at FONDATION CARTIER, Paris

2011-02-13T19:06:00.004+02:00

Season's Greetings!

2010-12-28T19:40:00.003+02:00

i designed this new year promotional card for 2011,
a lovely and illustrated new year for everybody!

2010scanner

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this week don't forget to get your copy of

ATHENS VOICE Xmas Guide,

I did this editorial illustration for the 2010scanner

article, a really nice and big issue!

2010-12-13T00:30:00.001+02:00

7!

2010-11-26T00:16:00.008+02:00

good times...party like it's 2003!
did this illustration for the seven years anniversary issue
of ATHENS VOICE, the free press that changed the way
Athenians spend their Thursday mornings.
i have been drawing many illustrations and comics since
the very very first issues and even made two covers for A.V.
so i feel very proud and lucky for this collaboration,

happy birthday Athens Voice!

http://www.athensvoice.gr

ARTESHOP

2010-11-17T00:04:00.002+02:00

visit http://www.arteshop.gr/

ARTESHOP is an online art gallery aiming to promote
the work of Greek contemporary artists,
you can find regurarly there, among others, works of mine
waiting to be yours, c' mon start browsing the artists index
and bring your credit cards!

2010-11-16T23:49:00.004+02:00

me and my bro, Kypseli early '80s,
i am the little short guy with the blond hairs!

2010-10-22T23:29:00.004+03:00

check this www.i-designstudio.gr/index.html

that's a new upcoming serious project of two good friends of mine
(and great designers also),
i will be running there a three months comics workshop for beginners,

i 'll try my best!

2010-10-22T23:22:00.000+03:00

a new acrylic painting on canvas

2010-10-22T23:14:00.004+03:00

a new illustration pitch i did recently

2010-10-22T22:53:00.007+03:00

digital colour illustrations

2010-08-02T01:48:00.008+03:00

vacations at last!

photos from last year's trip to Mani at South Peloponnisos,

this year i 'm travelling to Ionian Islands

nice summer everybody!

2010-07-30T01:33:00.004+03:00

old stuff, the girl is a pencil drawing with digital colour
and the background was designed with 3D Studio Max

2010-07-28T00:24:00.002+03:00

... and another couple of ladies enjoying their summer time,

next week i am having my summer days off work,
can't wait till vacation!

2010-07-26T22:07:00.005+03:00

i finished this illo today - which you can enjoy from pencil drawings
to the final coloured piece - not much work to do in the office the
last couple of weeks so had time to try some new colouring techniques
in photoshop

2010-06-10T23:10:00.005+03:00

this was my pitch for Cycling in London
poster competition organised by the AOI/LTM,
unfortunately it didn't managed to be one
of the fifty that will be exhibited this summer
more about that here http://www.theaoi.com

2010-06-09T02:07:00.010+03:00

six small but colourfull paintings i submitted to the
new Jumblefresh art event in Grove Gardens Dunstable last May

all photos by Ciaran Robinson

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

2010-06-04T22:11:00.002+03:00

2010-06-03T01:42:00.000+03:00

2010-05-10T23:28:00.005+03:00

these works are acrylic paintings on canvas, 18 x 24 cm,
the wonderful paintings of David Hockney
are a great inspiration

SPRING IN ATHENS

2010-05-10T23:25:00.001+03:00

2010-05-10T23:17:00.005+03:00

oil painting on canvas, 2010
i will make some colour corrections
and post the final image

SAMPLES OF ART

2010-04-24T12:39:00.013+03:00

photos from ''Samples of art'' exhibition
at Manifactura art-shop gallery,

www.arteshop.gr

2010-04-09T23:56:00.002+03:00

Tropidelico...

AT THE DRIVE INK. Heavy Liquid Strip Theater Anthology

2010-03-23T00:22:00.010+02:00

sample page and artwork from my contribution to this anthology,
thanks a lot Last Drivers!

Art and comic anthology inspired by "Heavy Liquid",
the latest LP of the legendary Greek rock band "The Last Drive".
With art and stories from some of Greece's best contemporary artists,
comic creators & illustrators.
22 comic stories,140 pages in full color and stereo sound.

Contributors: Diamantis Aidinis, George Alahouzos,
Ermis Atzemoglou,John Bardakos, Aggelos Bolotos,
Nick Christolis, Con, Michael Dialynas, Tolis Giovanitis,
Vassilis Gogtzilas, Yiannis Kranis, Harry Lagoussis,
Vasilis Lolos, Tasos Maragkos, Nick Pop Mind,
George Nikas, Norjin, P.E.P.P., Panagiotis Pantazis,
Alecos Papadatos, Tassos Papaioannou, Nikos Petropouleas,
Stefanos Rokos, Nectarios Stamatopoulos, Yiannis Stilos,
Super Katerina Sugar Line Productions, Taxis, Tomek,
George Tragakis, Yannis Tsitsonis, Spyros Verykios,
Lazaros Zikos.

Samples and artwork from the creators here

You can buy your copy at Tilt Comics, Asklipiou 37, 10680 Athens
or from the official Last Drive web-store on April Fool's Day 2010.

2010-03-15T21:37:00.005+02:00

Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my!

2010-03-14T17:50:00.003+02:00

a recent photo of some old buildings in Athens

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2010-03-14T17:22:00.001+02:00

''ANTHROPOLIS'' exhibition, 2004

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found these photos from an old exhibition at
MANIFACTURA art shop - gallery, May 2004

2010-02-22T00:52:00.001+02:00

ATHENS 2010

2010-02-19T19:46:00.006+02:00

Get rich or die tryin'

2010-02-15T23:08:00.002+02:00

MAILMEART II

2010-02-15T23:07:00.001+02:00

2010-01-22T21:12:00.004+02:00

i like a lot this freshly made illustration i did,
it's an automobile party/fun machine!
enjoy listening to
Smith 'N' Hack >To Our Disco Friends

2010-01-05T01:17:00.005+02:00

new year's greetings illustration for the
beloved ''ATHENS VOICE'' free press

HOLA!

2010-01-03T01:07:00.007+02:00

Feliz Año 2010!

2009-12-19T02:04:00.000+02:00

2009-12-18T23:12:00.004+02:00

just a couple of quickies...

2009-12-09T22:52:00.009+02:00

a new illo i did today

2009-11-27T17:37:00.005+02:00

mixed media on canvas, 2008

2009-11-06T01:03:00.002+02:00

a drawing from my moleskine sketchbook

2009-10-16T00:12:00.005+03:00

this is the last panel of a three pages comic strip
i am working on these days

2009-09-29T23:46:00.002+03:00

ink and acrylic colour on cardboard, 2009

2009-09-27T22:53:00.002+03:00

ink on paper

2009-09-23T01:02:00.002+03:00

MAILMEART II
ink and acrylic colour on cardstock paper, 2009

SOUNDS SPOOKY

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Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid
ink and digital colour illustration, 2000
below the original drawing,
another old one i found using the same brushwork style

2009-08-20T20:57:00.004+03:00

i found this old drawing!
ink on paper, 2002

the work of CRISTINA SITJA RUBIO

2009-07-16T22:56:00.007+03:00

this beautiful artist's book lying on my desk was created
by Cristina Sitja Rubio, illustrator from Barcelona,
you can enjoy more of her lovely work here:
www.memoriadistante.net
and on her blog
csrdrawsdesigns.blogspot.com

2009-07-09T02:53:00.011+03:00

pencil drawings on various papers, 2009
created for the Jumblefresh exhibition at Luton

PHOTOS FROM THE ''JUMBLE FRESH'' EVENT

2009-07-09T02:16:00.017+03:00

finally i didn't managed to attend the event :(
seems i missed a lot of fun (and drink of course!)

all photos by Ciaran Robinson

2009-06-18T23:18:00.002+03:00

ink and digital colour illustration

2009-06-18T23:11:00.002+03:00

pencil on moleskine paper

2009-06-04T22:31:00.001+03:00

JUMBLE FRESH ART EVENT AT LUTON

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Jumble Fresh would like to invite you to the newest and
most fresh art and music event for Summer 2009.

Opening night
25th June 07:00pm 10:00pm
Old Shop 32A George Street Luton Town Centre
(Red Doors Next To Californian Chicken)

We’re exhibiting the very first "Jumble Fresh" event, Luton's
funky new art and music scene. The event will feature paintings,
illustrations, photography, film installations, sounds and beats
contributed by artists from in and around Luton and London.
Entry for the daytime art exhibition is FREE. Please note the
evening music event has an entry fee of £5.00 drinks included.
The exhibiting artists and people from art and exhibition circles
will be attending so this would be an essential event for budding
artists to attend!
we also have an events website which you might find useful:
http://www.jumblefresh.com/.
If you have any questions regarding this or future events please
feel free to email ciaran@jumblefresh.co.uk.

2009-05-09T16:48:00.002+03:00

pencil on paper, 2009

A POST ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM

2009-05-07T23:47:00.014+03:00

copy-pasted mr. Taxali's words and image
just to think of...

original article from DRAWN! blog: drawn.ca
text and image reposted under author's permission:
www.garytaxali.com

2009-04-27T22:45:00.004+03:00

pen and digital colour illustration, 2009

AT THE MAILMEART EXHIBITION...

2009-04-07T00:11:00.021+03:00

oh! this is mine!

600 artists collaborated on this project with pieces of mail art,
200 of the best pieces are presented in this book
(unlucky for me mine didn't managed it)

2009-03-27T01:25:00.003+02:00

THE WHITE CAT, a test in monotyping

2009-03-22T04:05:00.010+02:00

2009-03-06T00:12:00.005+02:00

cardboard junkie

2009-02-27T12:39:00.003+02:00

bag full of ''ICONOMIC'' evidence

''WAITING FOR GODOT'' art book

2009-02-27T12:10:00.005+02:00

Samuel's Beckett ''WAITING FOR GODOT'' (/'gɒ.dəʊ/)
play inspired fellow painter/gardener Alexandros Karavas
to create this excellent art book, printed only in two copies
by the graphic arts studio of A.S.F.A.

2009-02-06T00:10:00.002+02:00

preview panel from a comic strip i am working on

2009-01-31T01:33:00.004+02:00

ink and digital colour illustration

13th International Comics Festival, ATHENS

2009-01-26T00:47:00.015+02:00

more info:
http://www.comicart.gr/13fest/index.htm

This was my participation, a four pages comic strip.
The theme was ''number 13''.

2009-01-23T12:50:00.002+02:00

ink on paper, 2008

MY SMALL COLLECTION OF SMALL PRESS / ZINES / ART BOOKS FROM COMICA COMIKET 2008

2009-01-04T17:06:00.018+02:00

lovely work from Kaye Blegvad
www.bleachingstream.blogspot.com

Lovestory from nation of silence by Takayo Akiyama,
a bittersweet eyecandy, check www.takayon.com

The Smoking Eyebrow, a 48page handmade and limited edition
artist book, (you fill the blank bubble narrative.with text version added)
made by the amazing mr. Chiu, 2008
more from his art at www.myeyeisonfire.net

2008-12-19T15:56:00.000+02:00

2008-12-16T17:59:00.017+02:00

Greek newspaper ELEFTHEROS TYPOS published last Sunday
an article featuring the profiles of seven greek young comic artists.
In order of appearence (check their blogs for your daily doze of art!)

Panagiotis Pantazis www.panpan111.blogspot.com
Nectarios Stamatopoulos www.ncomix.blogspot.com
Tasos Papaioannou www.t-drom.blogspot.com
Tomek http://www.tomekthings.blogspot.com/
Giorgos Gousis www.shyborg.blogspot.com
Taxis www.kuroandshiro.blogspot.com
Michael Dialynas www.madart84.blogspot.com

2008-12-12T14:23:00.016+02:00

photos from my visit at COMICA 08' art event
held at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts

2008-12-04T11:14:00.002+02:00

pen and digital coloured illustration, 2008

2008-10-15T17:59:00.007+03:00

The Mail Me Art exhibition will be held during April 2009,
at the Red Gate Gallery in London.
It will showcase artistic work sent in the form of mail
from 600 artists (including mine) from across the world.
For more information you can check

www.mailmeart.com

2008-09-25T15:45:00.009+03:00

This is an oil painting i am trying to finish these days,

i finished this one last week ,

as i am getting dirty in old school stylee

2008-09-10T12:55:00.004+03:00

acrylic on canvas, 2008

2008-07-17T00:07:00.000+03:00

2008-07-16T23:55:00.003+03:00

''CHOCO PUSSY WONDERING...''
pen and digital colour illustration, 2008

2008-07-16T23:51:00.002+03:00

pen and digital colour illustration, 2008

2008-07-07T14:50:00.007+03:00

Last Friday’s night coming at home, had a mini surprise
at my mail box. Tasos Papaioannou fellow artist/comics
publisher was feeling hot and decided to drop us a letter
(original mail art sketch by him, fotos above).
The content of the letter was strictly confidential and highly
classified, but to fulfil your curiosity you can check his online
presence at www.gigantobooks.gr full of hot comics
and stuff, thanks t-drom!

2008-06-06T23:54:00.003+03:00

Friday's night listenings...

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