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Crazy and surreal artworks and animations by Russian artist Andrey Kasay

For Russian artist Andrey Kasay, the world is very much turned upside down. His crazy and mind-blowing illustrations and animations are metaphoric and based on "irony and a sensitive vision on the contemporaneity".

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Two people sit across from a giant pink fish with decorative patterns, holding small plates of food in a surreal domestic interior by Andrey Kasay

Andrey's imagined characters might be looking out to sea, for instance, only their shadow changes your perception entirely, revealing not a landscape but a wall. It's all wonderfully confusing and the pop-art colour palette only adds to the overall comedic effect.

Brands such as Red Bull, Nike, The New Yorker and Google are just as intrigued by his offbeat style and approach, which Andrey's profile on his website describes as follows: "His characters explore their encirclement and the world around. In futile attempts to run away from the insane real world, they bump into the surrealism of their inner lives, and realise being an essential part of occurrence."

We especially love the naked man sitting on the edge of a food tray, contemplating a dive into what looks like spagetti. Or the gentleman in a red t-shirt, lying on an endless staircase that seems to reach the stars. You can see more of Andrey's mind-bending work at andreykasay.com.

All images courtesy of Andrey Kasay

Surreal illustration showing a figure with an enormous grinning mouth at top, yellow noodles cascading down, and abstract blue and pink geometric shapes with a floating takeaway box below
A figure lies across a landscape where the shadow creates the silhouette of a wolf, with a full moon rising above black hills streaked with orange light against a blue sky
Stylised illustration of a mountaineer with raised fist standing atop a snow-covered peak against a clear blue sky, rendered in high-contrast black, white and brown tones
Figure from behind entering a green door, with their black silhouette revealing a dark interior against a pink wall
Stylised illustration of a tall apartment building with yellow and black balconies against a blue sky with white clouds, by Andrey Kasay
Two identical figures in bright yellow coats stand back-to-back against a pink background, one shielding their eyes while the other has a striped tail, in a surreal illustration by Andrey Kasay
Figure with head obscured by pink mountain landscape sits at desk with blue chair, hands behind head, contemplating surreal vista against bright blue sky
Two businessmen stand beneath a table engulfed in flames, with a silhouetted figure visible on the right, against a pink and green background with Japanese text label
Figure in red shirt lying horizontally across an endless geometric staircase stretching towards a starry sky against a blue horizon
Illustration of a figure in pink sitting in a large bathtub filled with yellow noodles, viewed from above against a pink background
Illustration of a figure's face wearing a mask depicting a landscape with blue sky, white clouds and golden mountains against a light blue background
Surreal illustration by Andrey Kasay showing figures in impossible poses among oversized green trees in an urban setting against a pink sky
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