“Cuerpo is a celebration of the human form…An exploration of the idea of inhabiting the very curves which make up the body.” -Melody Nieves
Today is the official launch of my new t-shirt design line, “Cuerpo.” A series of 5 designs uniquely merging the human body with a world within itself.
Inspiration Behind Cuerpo
Many years ago as a young artist I began drawing light sketches of women’s bodies inhabited with cities and native civilizations. I attempted few acrylic paintings with these ideas, but recently decided to go back to my long lost list of painting concepts gathering dust within the corners of my brain.
“Cuerpo” is simply the spanish translation for the English word “Body.” And I can only connect the name’s language as perhaps a means to further embrace my puerto rican culture, while enforcing my perspective of also embracing the differing body shapes, colors, and sizes produced by cultures all over the world.
The Official Designs
1. Clouded Vision
(Description)- Clouded Vision is a recreation of an acrylic painting I made some years ago, and is the t-shirt design originally previewed here on awalkinmyshoes.com. It features a sailboat sailing in the sea of an eye with rays of sunshine piercing through a gathering of clouds.
2. Fishing For Memories
- This digital painting is an image of a father and son sitting side by side atop a slightly cupped hand as they fish for fish in the shape of the word “memory.” I really love the concept of this piece which is kept mostly black and white with areas of color showing through.
3. In The Palm of My Hand
- Here is where we really begin to see the black and white take over the rest of the digitally painted designs. This particular piece is of a hand reaching forward, delicately cupping a wave with a surfer while the water freely flows through the spaces in the fingers.
4. Watch My Back
- Definitely one of my favs, this piece is of a (technically male) human back where a painter is painting an image of the king of the jungle. I love working with Photoshop because I could totally make a separate print of solely the lion if desired…hmm…
5. An Irresistible Climb
- If you purchase this t-shirt please forward me a picture of you wearing it because I would love to see the brave/badass soul who wears it! This is, how do you say, my declaration for not only my love of the male physique (in any shape/form) but the muscularity as well. Probably the “sexiest” of all the t-shirts, this piece has two very admiring women climbing up the abdominal musculature.
T-shirts and Prints Available Online Now!
To purchase t-shirts using my digitally painted designs, head over to my zazzle.com/melodynieves. The designs will also be featured as prints, and in the near future I will be expanding upon prints with similar conceptual pieces.
These t-shirt designs are the first of much more conceptual artwork to come, however those later pieces will remain as prints, unless otherwise noted.
Subscribe To Win A Free T-shirt
I should be launching a contest by the end of the week to give away a t-shirt of your choice to one lucky winner. So the only way to stay tuned is to simply subscribe to my RSS feed for updates!
<3 Love Ya!
-Mel
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July 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
i want to win one. the designs is impeccably crazy ( i dont even know how to describe it, but way too cool)
January 16th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
how much would you charge for tshirts if they were purchased in bulk?
January 16th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Ray,
T-shirts are currently $25 each, however, I may be willing to give you a discount depending on the amount of t-shirts you want to order. Feel free to send me an e-mail at melody@awalkinmyshoes.com to discuss it more..