I know I havent been the only one to get bored & fuck around on some artistic shit. Post any sketches or doodles in here or even just airy concepts in your head. if you had the chance to make a pro model shoe, what would it be?
Today I had a lil sudden inspiration and got to sketching, something i havent really done in years. Anyway I was thinking about that new etnies Marana shoe & its lil guard on the toecap, & the TPR sidewall on the skytop 3's thats basically indestructible. I was thinking what if a shoe sorta combined both of those elements & got to work.
I always liked the 2011 air jordans because the main piece of the shoe is like a one piece toecap & sidewall all in one, and I thought that would be great to implement in a skate shoe. It could be made of reinforced suede, or even possibly the same TPR rubber in the zoom tres or skytops. I wanted superb durability. so I put an airbag in the heel of the sole as well as a plastic shank guard for your achilles on a mid top silhouette. I also like how the old nike zoom tre AD's had the hidden lace loops next to the inside of the tongue, so i threw that on as well. inside side panels & tounge would be mesh just like the new Reynolds shoe. anyways heres what I came up with. Im no illustrator by any means, so excuse any shit jobs I did of minor details. fuck drawing shoe laces. the black part at the top is reinforced trim, that white part between that & the side panel is the expose leather "skeleton" of the shoe, with the side panel on top of that.