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Thanks guys! Great job to all of the finalists this month!
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Congrats Tony!
I think even without the startrek tech on the shoes, its still one sweet pair of shoes
(size 9 US plz)
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Congrats Tony well deserved!
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Tone- Congrats dude! From the gate, I knew you'd kill with this one...y'all better get ready for his next joint...VITUS!
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Congrat Tony!! great design.
Thanks for posting up those sketches, they are really nice and interesting to look at. I dont know how you do it, but they r really strong and full of energy. :)
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yeah! congrats Tony!..
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Thanks guys!
Scott, Nes and Patrick: Thanks for your feedback early on. You guys pointed me in the right direction!
Pietro: My freestyle entry is a combination of my 3 weakest points: White, women's and running...that should make you feel better :) Admin: thanks for clearing everything up at the beginning. I really appreciate that. If you guys ever get the chance to change the "under Armours" in the written description, that would be great!
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Congrats Tony!!!!!
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good work Tony! your hard work paid off
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Congradulations Mr. Tony! You put together a very impressive enrty.
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Congrats Tony,
great work this month!!
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Congrats Tony!
Just hope 4 freestyle you won't be soooo strong...;)
Ciaooo
Pietro
P.S..: I usually sketch on the sofa too...maybe that 's the reason my sketching is so weak...
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Congrats Tony, really nice job, really detailed rendering!
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Thanks, JT! Actually, it's a pain for me to draw at home right now b/c I don't have a table to sit at, and sketching on the couch on my lap with markers and pencils scattered everywhere sucks...so I do much less than I normally would and it's really rough/quick. I agree though. I think sketching is an exciting and direct look into somebody's mind. I find myself checking out your stuff on SC all the time saying "I gotta step up my game!!" lol Definitely would be a cool theme.
Thanks Xavier. When you hear somebody say that, it makes it all worthwhile!
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Justin I hear you on that one. Sketches are a lot better then renderings and show a lot more of the ideas, what the designer had going on in his head. And that would be a cool theme, Admin?
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Tony: your work inspires me to keep drawing, keep up the work man.
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TONY: you are absolutely killing it! You never cease to amaze me with the amount of work you put into each project. What really impresses me, is that you make the time for that while holding down a full-time job! WOW!
I absolutely love the sketches. I don't know what it is about sketches, but I love looking at how other people sketch. I love seing that difference from person to person. I think it would be cool to just have an "ideation" theme, where each participant submits his/her idea and a page of sketches around that idea. That would kind of get people thinking about the early stages of concept development.
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Chris: Thanks. I'm 33 as of a few weeks ago.
Reggie: The rough sketches are all done in probably less than a minute. Some of the more detailed/colored ones, maybe 10-15 minutes. I usually will start with a page of notes and jot down some things I want to accomplish or have my shoe be about...maybe some tech ideas. Then the thumbnails are just little bursts of thought...playing with the placement of the pieces and seeing what strikes me. I'm not worried about proportions or anything looking pretty at that point. Then I usually take small ideas from all the different sketches and get a basic form down in illustrator. But that doesn't mean I stop sketching. It just helps me to play with textures and color blocking more quickly, and makes my final rendering easier and quicker since I dont have much time due to the comp deadlines. Thats about it!
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Toni, i just want to say that this is another great design "project" of yours, really, liek your Air Jordan design, I love it man and I really like your sketches, there are more interesting to me, cause we see how you approached your final design and all the detail? another thing I wanted to ask you, how old are you?
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I like those sketches Tony. How long does it take you to do the hand renderings? How long is the illustrator work. I need to start to benchmark myself.
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yeah Tony the #2 are my fav with the black upper of the #1's
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Thanks Johnathan. Those are actually concepts that led up to the final version I have entered. Glad something struck you though. ;)
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Tony- I really like number 1 on your new illustrator renderings. Personally, I wasn't really feeling the origional, but with some slight adjustments it is now a shoe that I would wear. Its kinda funny how everybody has their own preferences and by changing the logo plus a few lines here and there makes such a difference.
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Will post some of the rough illustrator versions later as well...
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Thanks Joe! Thought I would share some of the rough sketches with you guys...
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Tony with the tech! Great job of building a performance shoe with a fusion of technologies. Looks great in one colour and would probably look amazing with some killer colour combos. Nice job as always.
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Congrats Cubby!
Hope you can design one of the next Bowerman series shoes soon!
Ciaooo
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Big ups Cubby,
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THanks yall, i will def keep yall posted no doubt about that and Erik man, good to see you man. Tony you keep that heat up and we the future of footwear design.