Games of Thrones: Pin-up Series by Andrew Tarusov

Talented Russian illustrator Andrew Tarusov (that you might remember by "Soviet Olympics Pin-Up Calendar") released a series of pin-up cards created to celebrate the end of Games of Thrones. Even you never watched it or any TV serials like us, the pin-ups by Andrew's is a thing to admire.

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A photo posted by Illustrussia (@illustrussia) on Jun 17, 2015 at 4:07am PDT

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Games of Thrones: Pin-up Series by Andrew Tarusov

Talented Russian illustrator Andrew Tarusov (that you might remember by "Soviet Olympics Pin-Up Calendar") released a series of pin-up cards created to celebrate the end of Games of Thrones. Even you never watched it or any TV serials like us, the pin-ups by Andrew's is a thing to admire.

A photo posted by Illustrussia (@illustrussia) on Jun 17, 2015 at 4:07am PDT

A photo posted by Illustrussia (@illustrussia) on Jun 17, 2015 at 4:49am PDT

A photo posted by Illustrussia (@illustrussia) on Jun 17, 2015 at 4:56am PDT

HEXY Rooms by Anatoly Bazarov

These isometric rooms were created by Kid Cut – aka Anatoly Bazarov – for a game that doesn't exist. They're a wonderful mix of fine detail and low-poly styling that you can imagine being a setting for an hit adventure game. Each room brings to life a different environment that would fit with a story involving investigation

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HEXY Rooms by Anatoly Bazarov

These isometric rooms were created by Kid Cut – aka Anatoly Bazarov – for a game that doesn't exist. They're a wonderful mix of fine detail and low-poly styling that you can imagine being a setting for an hit adventure game. Each room brings to life a different environment that would fit with a story involving investigation

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AO MATU Playing Cards

Our old friend, talented illustrator Nastya KFKS (previously) resides in New York and works for various graphic design project. Her enormous love to travel and especially across Pan Asian region comes around as a flash to create an illustration project. So, AO MATU Playing Cards is her next venture. It is a custom deck with magnificent characters, illustrations and tropical design, inspired by Islands and Nature. You can support and preorder it on Kickstarter project

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AO MATU Playing Cards

Our old friend, talented illustrator Nastya KFKS (previously) resides in New York and works for various graphic design project. Her enormous love to travel and especially across Pan Asian region comes around as a flash to create an illustration project. So, AO MATU Playing Cards is her next venture. It is a custom deck with magnificent characters, illustrations and tropical design, inspired by Islands and Nature. You can support and preorder it on Kickstarter project

ODYSSEY by Ruslan Khasanov

Another hypnotic piece from Russian animator Ruslan Khasanov (previously). "Odyssey" is a visual poem build on liquids and music relationship. Sound by Ilya Beshevli

http://vimeo.com/127468772

From North to South.. Korea

Young Russian director and photographer Andrey Nikolaev has an addiction to raw travelling. Last year he made a unique car tour together with his friends and crossed 38th Parallel through North to South Korea. That was a first attempt since 1957 and required a lot of paper work and agreements.

Amoeville Backgrounds by Ivan Korolev

Russian illustrator and animator Ivan Korolev (Instagram) based in Helsinki shares his latest project - a set of backgrounds made for yet unreleased movie Amoeville. Make sure you visited Ivan's Tumblr page to discover his works

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Colorful, Pixelated Animal Tattoos By Lesha Lauz

Russia-based tattoo artist Lesha Lauz, aka Alexey, creates colorful tattoos that combine animals portraits (that reminds me the works of Sasha Unisex) with pixels

Mom Captures Childhood of Her Sons - Elena Shumilova

Last year, Elena Shumilova took photos of her sons as they played by the Russian countryside. She uploaded the photos online, then they started getting shared, and shared again… until they became a viral sensation, with over 60 million views (including few thousands on DCN).

These photos hit something magical all across the Internet — a sense of nostalgia for a childhood past. She even started getting letters from people in their nineties, saying the photos moved them to tears.

Read more on How to Photograph Your Kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xiQkU8eUC4

Summer is Soon by Ruslan Suleimanov

Summer is Soon is a series of character drawings by graphic designer Ruslan Suleimanov from Almaty, Kazakhstan. The series featuring humorously familiar characters that we all know and see in the beach during summer. via Joquz

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Titses Milk Chocolate

When life gives you a chocolate double it up. Here is a Titses Milk Chocolate project created by Constantine Bolimond with the help of Maxim Ali

Animated book Paris - New York remake by NORD

In 2012 Penguin Books published Vahram Muratyan’s book called "Paris versus New York”. Being a huge fans of Vahram’s work, NORD Collective decided to create an animated version of the book. They took initial idea and recreated the illustrations in their own manner, trying to keep all author's rights clear. Watch it below!Music by The Cosmic Setter

http://vimeo.com/125167921

Plywood Artworks by Aske, Sicksystems

Dmitri Aske, also known as Sicksystems (previously), is a versatile artist from Moscow, Russia. He started his artistic career in 2000 as a graffiti writer and later started working with plywood cutting to create outstanding and unique artworks.

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Yet another Fibonacci homework by BHSAD student

Students at Moscow BHSAD were asked to experiment with facial correction using Golden Ratio. One student did his best and you won't believe what happens next :D

Instead of the Head

StPete guys having a lot of fun replacing friends heads with different things on Instagram. Reminds me the works of Chubbhead

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Cheburashkini Brothers Dairy Packaging by Ermolaev Bureau

The family farm of Cheburashkini Brothers is a challenging project for the Russian market. Cheburashkini brothers are real people, who have restored four old farms in an ecologically clean Moscow region, transported highly productive European cow breed, and built up an ultramodern dairy factory. The called award-winning Ermolaev Bureau (Facebook) to create unique visual system for their dairy packaging.

The main idea of packaging design is based on typography, where initial letters of products are central elements of the design. We have designed a display sans-serif typeface with a set of weights, and for the text setting we have used the Cyrillic version of Euclid typeface from Swiss Typefaces.

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The Majestic Dance of a Russian Ballerina in Sneakers

Check the short commercial directed by Inna Klen (featuring dancer Lilia Skovorodnikova) for the Spring 2015 collection of the Russian retailer Sneakerhead

via Fubiz

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iozaQ-ags4I

Kahovka Bar Identity by Dmitry Neal

Hemingway-styled Kahovka Gastro Bar got its very special identity designed by Dmitry Neal from Orel city, Russia. Check it out!