Y2K Aesthetic Institute 💽さんのイラストまとめ

These are from a book on cultural/subcultural style a friend & I stumbled upon in a Seattle thrift store -- "Surfers Soulies Skinheads and Skaters - Subcultural Style" (1994).

These are from JPG's "Cybernetic Collection", noted as a fusion of the human body, tech, and media.

1-2. Promo for 'Sweet Robots Against the Machine' by Towa Tei & then used in BIG Magazine (4/1997)
3. Illust. for Dept. Store Advertising (1999)
4. Illust. for Vogue Nippon (12/1999)

And here's the IG link!
https://t.co/7iGMwC5llZ

1-3. Advertising illustrations for the Laforet Department Store (Spring 1996)
4. Illustration for BIG Magazine (2002)

Artist Ichiro Tanida posted some of his previously unseen online/tough to find works on his IG (link at the end)!

1. Illust. for BIG Mag (2002)
2. Samurai Girl - for Vogue Nippon (7/2000)
3. Girls and Robots - for Dept. Store Advertising (1996)
4. Illust. for BIG Mag (2002)

Thread: Teen mags are great source for various ephemeral cultural trends; these are selections found in various 1996-1999 issues of Mademoiselle!

The 'Cyber-Millennium Orientalism' in image #4 is an unfortunate time capsule

These lovely CG sculptural explorations by Armin Vit (Mexico), similar to some Metalheart compositions from the era

Less Rain portfolio website (ynl)

These little isometric 'Vectorscape' sites were pretty popular back then, similar to the Pixelscape style of websites like Habbo Hotel & artwork of eBoy. Features of this site included chat, backgrounds that updated w real time weather data.

Sheer layering, that minimalist Prada Sport (possibly?) outfit in the second image, and the Fifth Element vibes of the third outfit.

'GIG Boy & GIG Girl' - Sony (1997)

Characters created by Toons Imai for a line of Sony cassette tapes in March 1997. Per the creator, "they rollerblade or skateboard & go to clubs at night. GIG Boy prefers Hip-Hop, and GIG Girl prefers British Rock."