The thoughtfulness of your designs is appreciated. Can't help but think the budget for a lot of these models who blow what's normally allotted out of the water. Have you considered existing vulc/cup outsoles with revised (better) uppers?
Thanks, the details are what make the design. but you're absolutely right that all of these shoes would be really expensive to produce. The stuff I'm sharing now is mostly just a reflection of what I'm into.. essentially a best case scenario fantasy of what I want out of a skate shoe. At this point, I'm basically my own creative director so I tend to go balls-to-the-wall, no-limits on the design just to satisfy my own personal tastes.
I definitely can do vulcs and more subdued designs that use existing tooling, but since its not as exciting and I'm not getting paid for any of my projects, Id rather just explore for myself for the time being. That being said, all the work I'm sharing now is a few months old so I'm just trying to purge all of it before I move on to new stuff. I have a few vulc options and a ton of high fashion skate cupsoles that need to go through illustrator, as well as other random personal footwear design stuff, but its all a process. So much work, so little time