14 · Inside the collection
The city beneath the signal.
Cyan screens, patient hands and a rare spare part: three illustrated moments from the hidden workshops of Akihabara Underground.
Follow the light below the street.
Akihabara Underground begins where the bright streets give way to service stairs, repair benches and drawers of rescued components. A wall of old televisions, a pair of working hands and a patient spare-parts seller introduce the people who keep this imagined city connected.
These are original fictional scenes within Néo-Tokyo. Worn copper, cyan cathode-ray light and small amber lamps give the collection its palette. Fine film grain and tactile surfaces make its future feel used, repaired and lived in.
Read the three previews slowly.
01 · Stack of Static
Stack of Static builds a small skyline from battered televisions. Cyan noise fills the screens, while one clear patch of blue sky changes the rhythm. The wet floor carries that contrast through the lower half of the image.
The screens have forgotten the weather. One small window still remembers a clear sky.See the card and its story ↗
02 · The Cyber-Doc’s Workshop
The Cyber-Doc’s Workshop brings the view down to a single connection. An amber lamp catches the hands, the solder and the fine copper contacts. Green tea and a crowded workbench make the repair part of an ordinary night.
A fine thread of solder closes the break. The workshop keeps another small machine alive.See the card and its story ↗
03 · The Last Parts Seller
The Last Parts Seller gives the smallest object the greatest attention. A chip held between two fingers catches the light, while tall walls of drawers suggest all the patient sorting that made this encounter possible.
She has kept this piece for years. Tonight, someone finally arrives with the machine it belongs to.See the card and its story ↗
Change the distance, keep the connection.
Across 36 separate illustrations, close studies of components alternate with portraits, quiet breaks and large underground spaces. The palette stays familiar as the view moves from a small glass tube to the infrastructure supporting a whole neighbourhood.
The later artworks open up the scale and the light. Reflections, recovered memories and distant signals connect the individual workshops to the wider city. Paper, bronze, silver and gold finishes accompany these distinct scenes as the album grows.
Contemporary illustrations, a shared direction.
The visual direction draws inspiration from the layered composition and surface texture of Japanese printmaking. The images are contemporary, AI-assisted illustrations. They are not historical prints or works attributed to a traditional artist. Selection, titles and stories bring the individual images into one collection. Read more about Rainfolio and its creative process.
Leave room for discovery.
These three Originals are the public introduction to a complete 36-card collection. Every artwork has its own short story; the remaining scenes wait inside Akihabara Underground’s five-card boosters.
Akihabara Underground joins Neo-Shinjuku 2099 in the Néo-Tokyo world. Ghost in the Silk also carries its quiet portraits into the same world. The shared booster price, drawing rules and album progression apply throughout Rainfolio.
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