{"id":58555,"date":"2025-01-29T18:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58555"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:36:07","slug":"vladstudio-the-wonderful-digital-artworks-of-an-exiled-russian-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/01\/29\/vladstudio-the-wonderful-digital-artworks-of-an-exiled-russian-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladstudio, the wonderful digital artworks of an exiled Russian artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, personal websites that have been around for more than two decades are like the incunabula of the Internet.<\/p>\n

Houses that have life: the beautiful works of the Portuguese illustrator Francisco Fonseca<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe painting of Kristopher Battles: the last combat artist of the US Marines<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Today I want to tell you about one of them: Vlad.studio<\/a>. I already told you about this site here<\/a> in September 2005, almost 20 years ago. The creator of Vladstudio is Vlad Gerasimov<\/strong> and he started creating user interfaces for websites and software applications in 1998.<\/p>\n

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Vladstudio started its journey in 2003 and since then it has been publishing some of the most beautiful wallpapers<\/strong>, digital works of art that have great artistic talent behind them. I have been following his work since then, and his website is one of the longest running on the links page of this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Vladstudio's works have a very imaginative style.<\/strong> Gerasimov shows a great inclination for fantasy themes, space, maps, stars... As I told you in 2005, Gerasimov is a Russian artist<\/strong>, but he has dedicated some of his works to Ukraine<\/a> after the start of the large-scale Russian invasion of that country. Two weeks after the start of the invasion, Gerasimov left his homeland.<\/strong> On March 24, 2022, he published this work dedicated to Ukraine<\/a>, in the colors of the Ukrainian flag:<\/p>\n

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In describing this work, Gerasimov commented:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This war is a tragedy and a crime. People die, cities are destroyed, and there is no excuse for that.<\/strong> My thoughts and prayers are with Ukrainians. <\/p>\n

Another tragedy, less visible from outside, is the self-destruction of Russia<\/strong>, the country I called home until two weeks ago. <\/p>\n

The freedom quickly becomes the past - people go to jail for publicly using the word \"war\".<\/strong> Border closing seems only a matter of time. The extreme sanctions and isolation are destroying the processes in all aspects of everyday life. The forecasts mention poverty, joblessness and high crime rate. <\/p>\n

Being able to escape, as someone mentioned in my feed, is a priviledge. A tiny percent of Russians can afford it.<\/strong> I must say I'm probably very lucky, it was much easier for me and my wife to escape than for most other people.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A little further down, this artist wrote, already from exile, how he feels about losing his country:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel lost. I lost homeland, and I honestly don't think I will be able to return in any foreseeable future. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Once again, it goes without saying - what happens in Ukraine is a terrible tragedy<\/strong>. But I have no doubt that peace will return to Ukraine, and it will be re-built. The whole world will help. <\/p>\n

For Russia, however, I see no future.<\/strong> It will inevitably adopt to isolation and dictatorship, and stagnate, becoming the largest North Korea in the world. <\/p>\n

I feel guilty and ashamed.<\/strong> I know I don't need to, but I do. Quoting Alexander Malofeev, a talented pianist whose concerts have been cancelled - \"every Russian will feel guilty for decades<\/strong> because of the terrible and bloody decisions that none of us could influence and predict\".<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since fleeing Russia, Gerasimov has been scaling back his artistic activity.<\/strong> On October 13, 2024, he posted a thread on Twitter<\/a> commenting:<\/p>\n

I left Russia, my home country, 2.5 years ago, as well as most of my friends<\/strong> and people I follow. Many of them are artists or writers. I noticed a trend of some kind of \"creative apathy\" among them \u2013 many creative people create much less.<\/strong> I may be a part of this trend as well.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope that Gerasimov and other exiled Russian artists will be able to overcome this apathy and, above all, will be able to recover their homeland.<\/strong> Vladimir Putin has become a disgrace for Russia, a huge burden for that country that, after the fall of communism, dreamed of being able to live in freedom. I hope that we can see the fall of this tyrant, just as we saw the fall of Soviet communism in 1991.<\/strong> From here, I encourage Gerasimov and other exiled Russian artists not to abandon their creative work. Their work can contribute to the end of this tyranny and the rebirth of freedom in Russia. It is worth trying.<\/p>\n

I'll leave you with some examples of Vladstudio's work.<\/strong> You can see many more (he has made more than 500 creations) on his website: https:\/\/vlad.studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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