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Digital Art with Xrista Stavrou <\/strong><\/h2>\n

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moiostrov.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>introduces you to one of the Island\u2019s award winning digital artist Xrista Stavrou<\/a>. Based in Nicosia this digital design artist fuses life into a screen of which we percept as just another modern age piece of machinery;, her perseverance and outlook on this is was described as \u201cexperimenting on the unique experiences and capabilities they offer\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>to Xrista Stavrou <\/a>it is just as the same as a black canvas, Xrista explains \u201cI no longer had to fill my house with paint and clean my paint-stained clothes!…Today they have been replaced by a computer and a mouse!\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>It isn’t often you get to feel or touch pieces of art hence Xrista Stavrou<\/a>\u2019 s focus on transferring her work onto clothes with her love for fashion as well, she manages to make this intervention take action.<\/span><\/h5>\n
\u00a0\u00a0This method of working also opened up opportunities using her talents in digital design supporting charity organizations such as the Cyprus Association for children with cancer and related diseases<\/a> including the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF) <\/a>by designing a range of T-Shirts, logos all contributing to provide proceeds for those in need. When asked about why she decided to get involved in such volunteering activities Xrista expressed that \u201clove is not patronizing and charity\u00a0isn’t\u00a0about pity. Charity and love\u00a0are the same; with charity you give love. The ability to use my creativity to help people and organizations always gives a purpose and a meaning to living<\/em>. I can not do everything but I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. No one has ever become poor by giving. It\u2019s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving\u201d. <\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>All her hard working efforts finally paid off when chosen out of 50 other participants for the Cyprus Walk of Fame a design contest where Xrista was awarded with first prize for the \u201cvisual symbol of the Cyprus walk of fame\u201d<\/em><\/strong> thanking those whom vote and supported her on this Xrista describes this life accomplishment as \u201can honor for those who offered\u201d<\/em><\/strong> focusing on her main design for the competition saying \u201cthe crown is among other things, a mark of honor\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
This digital design artist although already digitally literate she now conquers projects by promoting her work through her newly launched website www.xristastavrou.com <\/a>, featuring past and present collections for the brand Etherial<\/a> with her Glamour T-shirts<\/a> and the well known \u201cBe a Hero\u201d<\/a> collection especially designed for the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF)<\/a> to her latest digital skull art design that will soon be presented on the \u201cDay of the Dead\u201d Calendar 2016 by Amber Lotus Publishing. By continuously keeping her imagination alive and being able to create a type of \u2018pleasant deception\u2019 looking closely at Xrista\u2019 s designs you will always discover little angelical figured cubits\u00a0 or delicately shaded roses all of which fluidly evolve into surfacing what Xrista calls \u201cexperimentation with new media\u2026 a visual reality\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. Now in the process of launching her limited edition SS15 collection of digital art design on clothes inspired by the \u201ctwo basic directions\u201d \u201cemotional and figurative connotations of the shapes they create on the form and feeling you have when wearing each piece\u201d.<\/em> <\/strong>Each of her collections have a signature design process that makes them unique from any other design that we have seen so far which identifies her as \u2018the voice of today\u2019s contemporary culture\u2019<\/a>.<\/span><\/h5>\n
All of her designs are almost always rooted in a personal mash-up of feelings \u201cI\u2019m an extremely<\/em> visceral person and in many ways I put myself wholeheartedly into each design\u2026I always try to convey my feelings and emotions through my designs and for this collection love and enthusiasm are the main characteristics\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0A digital design artist whose work has always been informed by a richness of imagination who is not afraid if outlining her inspirations and feelings, demonstrating the workings of an erudite and passionate mind with a fantasy that conveys into a kitsch glamour meets iconic casual, matched with an urban insouciance typified into these 2015\/2016 Etherial<\/a> XS Limited Edition Collection 2015\/16. \u00a0Xrista Stavrou<\/a> a philanthropist, talented digital artist, who is a true high-tech heroine to us all.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Etherial XS Limited Edition Collection 2015\/16<\/span><\/h5>\n
Digital Design Artist: Xrista Stavrou<\/a>, Featured Skirt: Ratt by Rita Attala <\/a>by Margarita Attala Photography: Komninos Photography,<\/span><\/h5>\n
Model: Tania Sevastidou<\/span><\/h5>\n

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