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Things can get really dull and mundane in big cities, especially when it’s a metropolis of nearly 5mln people. This Saint Petersburg-born and bred artist, Vadim Solovyev, fills the urban spaces with mysterious and sometimes familiar but oversized creatures. With nearly 60k followers, he posts the curious Photoshop-manipulated images together with short stories as a futuristic blog. 

His images feature giant raccoons, chameleons on leashes, sleeping foxes that take up the whole block, and sky-soaring turtles—a concoction of familiar animals found in unexpected places. Bored Panda got to delve into Vadim’s surreal universe and take a look around the urban spaces in Russia with some surprising creatures. And you can check out our previous article here.

More info: Instagram#1 

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Cinnamoroll2 days ago

Cutie Pie!7ReplyView more comments

The 32-year-old artist was born and raised in St. Petersburg. “At the age of 20, I began to get interested in graphic design and this was the starting point for both my career and my creativity.” Since then, he has mainly worked as a digital and creative designer and is now running an advertising agency. Instagram appeared in his life only a couple of years ago and has become a great means to express himself. “The very concept of a blog about parallel reality came to my mind on its own. One day I just thought it would be fun to supplement the world around me with something unusual, to express my thoughts through fictional stories, accompanied by texts written in a casual manner. Over time, the fictional world has grown its own mythology, history, and characters. Someone liked my pictures, someone began to read the texts with interest, someone began to look for references and allusions to real events in the world. So gradually, my account gained a certain number of subscribers.”#2 

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LotusWolff3 days ago

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As Vadim was born just before the collapse of the USSR, he grew up in the post-Soviet period. “The country was changing, many people were losing everything, while others were gaining something they could not have dreamed of before. For me, it was a great time. After all, I was a child, and the changing world around me gave me only the most beautiful emotions. I didn’t know how hard it was for my parents at that time and how much they had to do to make my childhood so happy.” #3 

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Mark Berry3 days ago

Trash panda has to wash his food somewhere!5ReplyView more comments

His adolescence and youth came at a time when the USSR was already history. “Globalization, the internet, and mobile gadgets have made the country part of the rest of the world. Yes, we, like in other countries, have many problems of our own, but in general, we live exactly the same life as many who read these lines. The young generation strives for freedom of expression, for equality, for a modern lifestyle.”#4 

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Neonx3 days ago

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Kim Bush2 days ago

Something about this one I like3ReplyView more comments

Many of his images feature giant animals roaming free in the streets of St. Petersburg. “They have long been part of my fictional world. How did this happen? I can’t really answer that question. These images just come to mind. Giant animals appear both in posts where I touch on social issues, and in works that do not carry hidden meanings, but simply convey the mood, the vibe that I catch while living in my city. To find out what each of the posts tells, you will have to read the texts on my blog. Texts are an important part of every post I make.”#6 

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Jo Johannsen3 days ago

First, imagine James Earl Jones’ voice: “Here, kitty, kitty.”1ReplyView more comments#7 

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Jo Johannsen3 days ago

“Duck!”5ReplyView More Replies…View more comments

When asked about his creative process, Vadim explained that it happens in different ways. “Sometimes first there is an idea, a thought, an experience that I would like to tell about, and then this idea takes shape in the form of a plot. Sometimes it all starts with an image that comes to my mind and then I try to figure out why it appeared, what subconscious experiences provoked its appearance. It is extremely difficult to explain how my content is born, I do not always understand it myself.”#8 

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LotusWolff3 days ago

Cheepaboo!1ReplyView more comments#9 

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Shade Whorton2 days ago

cmon howard were gonna be late14ReplyView more comments#10 

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lol idk2 days ago

I like the person running at you with the trash bag2ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#11 

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Crepitus3 days ago

The lady with the oar xD12ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#12 

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Panda Kicki2 days ago

Looks like Australia..8ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#13 

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Akira(￣∀￣)2 days ago

Just taking out the trash5ReplyView more comments#14 

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Susan Green3 days ago

I would be going into this store constantly.8ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#15 

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Computernaut2 days ago

“ooh, lookee dis.”5ReplyView more comments#16 

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LittlemissUwU2 days ago

BIG BEE1ReplyView more comments#17 

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Susan Green3 days ago

Ah hellz no!!5ReplyView more comments#18 

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Lexipoo2 days ago

The snakes gonna die (you know poison apple)0ReplyView more comments#19 

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lol idk2 days ago

seahorse!2ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#20 

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LittlemissUwU2 days ago

flying krakin!5ReplyView more comments#21 

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LittlemissUwU2 days ago

AMAZING3ReplyView more comments#22 

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Shade Whorton2 days ago

tiny doggo4ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#23 

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Georgia Hebert2 days ago

Uh oh!4ReplyView more comments#24 

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Glynna Bowood2 days ago

Refer to ” Attack of The Monster Pigeons”1ReplyView more comments#25 

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Kim Bush2 days ago

Ok who else now has that song in their head?1ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#26 

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LotusWolff3 days ago

BIRB5ReplyView more comments#27 

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LotusWolff3 days ago

Mothra is that you5ReplyView more comments#28 

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Vivian C3 days ago

nom6ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#29 

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LittlemissUwU2 days ago

no more happy feet, cus there is BIG FEET6ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#30 

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Computernaut2 days ago

Imagine how loud that thing would be.10ReplyView More Replies…View more comments

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