Dijbouti!!

John Ariosa is really smart. RGB, not CMYK.












I drank heavily last night. Fuck work.

Maxed out like your mama's credit card

Dude, I am tired. Here is a shoe I rendered. It's one of my worst renderings, but blogger is fucking up the colors on all the other ones. I'll post 'em later...

shooooooze

Learned how to weld this morning...if Jim Burns talking about it for a while and me welding 2 inches of bead counts as learning. It's a start.

Been sketching on some shoes for des comm...it's pretty fun to draw non-sports related footwear, just as a change. Performance stuff is rad too, but you know...the purely fashion end of it isn't usually something I get to play around with much. The project is to draw 3 types of shoes, so I've been drawing heels, stable boots (as in barn, not sturdy), and cleats...















C'est la vie. Some ennui...


Renders up next week...time for a nap.

Killing me softly

I am in love with this man based solely on his ability to draw. And he has a French accent, presuming he can speak. And...he's my new hero. Look here. Nicolas Bodin's the name.



So simple...every line he makes belongs there.

for my homies...

Hey y'all, here are just some sketches that I've found on Coroflot the past couple years that I really liked...I was just hoping this could save you some time trying to figure things out. A thing to remember is that footwear designers really tend to stylize their drawings and focus on the lateral (outside) part of the foot, so this isn't necessarily what Raphael is looking for. They also straight up trace lasts and photos of shoes on a regular basis to give continuity to their concepts. I like it anyhow.

The big names to check out on Coroflot are Michael DiTullo and Richard Kuchinsky, they do really great work and they have a ton of footwear experience. Daniel Simon Taylor is a young gun with a really nice clean style that's very organic and flowy at the same time. All these guys have some more detailed sketch renders and stuff up on Core, as well as some photographs of the finished product, so I totally recommend checking out their full sets. Examining and copying their work has been way helpful to me, and I hope it will be helpful to you as well.

The legendary Michael DiTullo of Converse and Nike, known as "yo" on Core...








Richard Kutchinsky (my fave...his stuff is pretty point in general, but I think that's why I dig it...)


Daniel Simon Taylor. Hot.

David Whetstone. Cool stuff.

Good luck dudes!