Much more traditional and classical than most of his other stuff, this is an example of Sorayama’s earlier work from the 80’s. It doesn’t have much of the futuristic hign tech surrealism of his other early works from that period like Sexy Robots and Gynoids. It does not have the outrageous hardcore sadomasochistic surrealism of his more recent works like Torquere and Naga. It actually has very little of the surrealism one has come to expect from Sorayama. In fact, it would be among the blandest of Sorayama’s works if not for the fact it is less sanitized than Sexy Robots (i.e. depictions of pubic hair were left untouched). But it does have generous depictions of incredibly beautiful lush females. A lot of the stuff is from commercial advertising work that Sorayama had done. The paper quality is not glossy, and it actually rather poor. Overall, it’s classic pinup art but with a more modern sensibility. It’s still worth having in your Sorayama collection if you are Sorayama fanatic like me.
Rating: 5 / 5