This time, I was commissioned to pimp out my friend's kicks that have "Love" and "Hate" already printed on them. She wanted hearts on them along with her 3 favorite colors red, blue and green. Typically I would have more input from my customers on what they want and how they want things to be painted on the kicks. This time, my friend was sort of letting me have the liberty to go on and do my own designs with very little information provided. And boy, I sure enjoyed pimping this pair. The two shoes are in complete contrast of one another. The love shoe is a lot merrier and colorful while the hate shoe is limited to a smaller color palette with a somewhat more barren and morbid look.
Because this was my very first pair of hi-top chucks I've ever painted so I was having some difficulties with the paint job. Unlike low tops, hi-tops are designed to have a boot-like aesthetics; however they are made with canvas, so when putting the front flap down onto the sole, the sides collapse inward making difficult to hold the shoes while stretching the canvas for painting without smearing acrylic everywhere. This took me probably a good two hours or so to finally get used to. But overall, I think these shoes turned out well. I hope my friend like them :)
OH AND MERRT CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
