Cyberpunk city in the rain as an all-over print: on the front a lone figure with a backpack stands in a puddle before towers in violet and neon green, on the back an empty metal frame on wet paving, on the sleeves rain and mist.
Product description
This cyberpunk city T-shirt shows a night in which the rain never seems to stop. A single figure with a heavy backpack stands in the middle of a wide puddle, and ahead of it a skyline of towers in violet and poisonous neon green rises into the haze. The lights of the high-rises fall into the water as long vertical streaks and tremble wherever new drops land. Everything is drawn like a rough screen print: deep black areas, fine speckles in the grey, pale threads of rain running through the picture from top to bottom. The picture needs no more than this one figure; rain, concrete and light do the rest. The all-over print covers the whole surface, chest, back and both sleeves, so the scene surrounds you completely.
Take a closer look at the front. You see the figure from behind and slightly from the side, the head turned a little to the right, as if something at the edge of the city had just caught its eye. The short, tousled hair catches green light, the hood rests at the nape of the neck. Over the dark jacket sits a tightly packed backpack with a flap, buckles and dangling straps, along with cargo trousers with a leg pocket and heavy lace-up boots that stand in the water above the soles. Small ripples spread across the surface around the boots. On the left, a kerb of rough stone blocks runs diagonally into the picture and leads your eye straight to the figure. On the right, an elevated road with a railing and lamp posts climbs upwards, and only one of the lamps still shines brightly.
Behind the figure the city grows upwards. A broad tower right of centre carries a glowing green edge at its top, its facade shimmers violet. To its left stands a narrow tower that shines almost white, and further left high-rises with green bands of windows line up in the lilac haze. There is no neon lettering, no logo and no billboard, the city speaks only through light. No car drives past, no passer-by walks along, only the rain can be heard. That is exactly what makes it feel strange and familiar at once, like a place from novels, games and long nights in front of a screen, one you know without ever having been there. The water on the asphalt doubles the colours until the line between street and sky blurs.
On the back the city has vanished, but the rain has stayed. On wet, cracked paving slabs a large, empty metal frame stands at an angle on a heavy machine base. The left pillar glows violet, the right one green, and through the opening you see nothing but falling drops. On the left, a thick ribbed cable winds across the ground in loops. Is it a gate the wanderer from the front has just come through? A screen that has lost its picture? The cyberpunk city T-shirt leaves the answer open, and that is exactly its appeal. The sleeves carry rain too: fine pale threads and patches of mist in violet and green, but no object.
Who is this cyberpunk city T-shirt made for? For everyone who would rather take one more walk through the streets in the rain than head home. For gamers, sci-fi fans and people who read dystopias the way others read travel guides. For night owls, lofi listeners and anyone who falls quiet for a moment at the sight of a skyline in the haze. As a gift it suits the birthday of a friend who looks for the lights first in every big city, or the evening a long-awaited game comes out. And anyone who likes to roam with a camera at night will recognise exactly the moment you head out for, even though it is pouring. Wear it with black cargo trousers and boots, under an open rain jacket or simply with jeans. The rest of your outfit can stay quiet, because the motif brings enough light of its own.
