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Cyberpunk vs Vaporwave

Cyberpunk centres on neon-lit cityscapes, while Vaporwave leans toward hellenic statues.

Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a design aesthetic built around neon-lit cityscapes, cybernetics and prosthetics, rain-slicked streets, towering megastructures, worked in a palette of black, neon blue, neon pink, neon purple. The overall mood is high-Tech/Low-Life, anti-authoritarianism, transhumanism. It sits close to 90s Cool, Abstract Tech, Brutalism.

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Vaporwave

Vaporwave is a design aesthetic built around hellenic statues, 1990s web design and CGI, Japanese text, glitch art, worked in a palette of pastel pink and cyan, purple, neon gradients. The overall mood is nostalgia, anti-capitalist critique, irony. It sits close to Cassette Futurism, Cleancore, Demoscene.

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The difference

Cyberpunk centres on neon-lit cityscapes, while Vaporwave leans toward hellenic statues.

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