Illustrations

IMMERSION PROCESS

2018

Open your dreams and observe how reality immerses into them slowly, twisting and crashing into pieces, to carry you away with it.

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THE MUSIC OF COLOR

2018

Music affects the unconscious of an artist in an almost magical way – and sounds transforms into colors. Music can generate a unique state of creative trance, when new images are born.

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FAREWELL

2011

“Farewell“ – illustration for “The Last Kingdom“, a trilogy by Vladimir Shirogorov. This is an allegory of the parting of lovers expressed through the image of a tree parting with its foliage. Artwork was featured for Picture Of The Week on 14.03.2011 at Advanced Photoshop magazine (link) and Daily Deviation on 17.03.2011 at deviantart.com (link).

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SUBPERSONALITIES

2012

The illustration shows the subconscious being set free from false subpersonalities, which, once created to protect it, can sometimes become dangerous.

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DARK MATTER

2017

Among fears and conflicts, you find yourself in the dark matter of your dreams. The illustration was featured for Daily Deviation on 23.05.2017 at deviantart.com (link).

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REVELATION

2016

Entering the deeps of our subconscious, we meet our inner Darkness and set it free for it to be filled with Light. The illustration was published in the art book of Moscow Comic Convention 2016 and was featured for Daily Deviation at deviantart.com (link).

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INNER WAR

2013

It’s so difficult to choose the right way being harried by contradictions. Illustration was created for the exhibition "War" by the international art collective SlashTHREE (link).

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THE TWILIGHT CHRONICLE

2010

Illustration for “The Twilight Chronicle” by Vladimir Shirogorov. Here, I wanted to convey the mood of “The Twilight Chronicle” – a mixture of mysticism and decadence in the midst of prerevolutionary St. Petersburg.

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MASK

2020

Remove your masks, forget your roles, which are too light and too dark. They have no life in them. Stay in your complexity.

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THE DANCE OF MOMENTS

2016

The symphony of our feelings and emotions flies apart in moments that disappear instantly, just like autumn leaves gone with the wind. However, the four seasons are infinitely rotating and would never stop for a moment their cosmic dance. Its beauty is made of the moments when trees are blossoming or delicate snowflakes are melting. illustration for the series of poems by Vladimir Shirogorov. (link)

THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT

2015

Like the darkness of night – like the new day succeeds the old one, so the hardships of life change one’s personality and inspire its development.

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DUALISM

2011

illustration for “The Last Kingdom“, a trilogy by Vladimir Shirogorov. This image was inspired by the twin characters representing good and evil.

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AWAKENING

2012

illustration for «Sleeping Beauty» by Charles Perrault. The illustration was included into «The outstanding contributions» of the exhibition Fairy Tales by SlashTHREE (link).

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THE FORESIGHT OF THE PAST

2014

Illustration for collected articles "The Foresight of the Past" by Vladimir Shirogorov. This is an metaphor of the Death of the old order and the Birth of the new one.

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FACETS OF THE DREAMS

2015

As we move through our dreams, our essence is flowing over their facets, transforming us into someone else. Illustration was chosen as Editor Choice at the website of Advanced Photoshop magazine. (link).

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