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Okay, I've thought for quite a while that it would be a good idea to start a general discussion post here. This is where we can cover a slightly wider range of topics and allow the Artist Series threads to remain focused on the respective competitions and not wander of "chasing rabbits". Come on in for the simple ground rules...

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stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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7:53:00 PM Friday, February 02, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
sssssssssssssssssick. where'd you see those, brent? definitely the bombest forum colorway ever, too...
Brent James
(89Over 50 Rating)


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9:33:00 PM Friday, February 02, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I saw those on High Snobiety. Here a link to some background info.

http://www.highsnobiety.com/home/the_daily_news/archive/2007/february/01/adidas_snowboard_boots/browse/1/index.htm?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=27&cHash=57a95076d5

Those boots have the flu.
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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11:16:00 AM Saturday, February 03, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Those are snowboard boots right? Saw them a couple of days ago on sneakerfiles.com. Looks really good.
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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7:10:00 AM Sunday, February 04, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Anyone watchin the superbowl tonight? Who are ya'll rooting for? It turned up kinda wack if you ask me, dont like either teams.
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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3:51:00 PM Sunday, February 04, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
i want to see a good game...there are a lot of packer fans around here who hate the bears, so they want indy to win, which leaves me leaning towards chicago...i'm never going to see my team in the super bowl. damn, it's frustrating..
Travis Peterson
(123Over 100 Rating)

5:46:00 PM Sunday, February 04, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
i'm not really that excited for the game either, but i guess i want the colts to win because i like marvin harrison and i'm not a fan of rex grossman. i'm watching it for the commercials haha. maybe nike with expand on their second coming ad...how sweet would that be
Pietro Pellicelli
(495Over 200 Rating)
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6:47:00 PM Sunday, February 04, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Ryan,

are you there??? Check your mail!!!
Thanks in advance.

Ciaooo
Pietro
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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9:53:00 AM Monday, February 05, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Well colts won, they deserved Bears offense was wack. Did they broadcast the new Nike commercial??
Ian Gale
(382Over 200 Rating)


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10:55:00 PM Monday, February 05, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
what u guys think of the Zoom Kobe II? I have a feeling alot of people wont like it. I dont know...maybe it has improved performance-wise from the zoom kobe I, but design-wise i think its a step back.
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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11:38:00 PM Monday, February 05, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
i don't mind it...lose the lake show colorway and the patent, and it's a sell...then again, not much of a kobe sig without purple and gold. i'll take an all-star 'way.
Ian Gale
(382Over 200 Rating)


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11:48:00 PM Monday, February 05, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
stephen - here r the colourways set to be released. it looks like they're all somewhat in lakers colour schemes tho, lol.
Ian Gale
(382Over 200 Rating)


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11:50:00 PM Monday, February 05, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
btw, i got those pics on sneakerfiles.com
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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10:11:00 AM Tuesday, February 06, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I really like the one on the way right. But I dont no the nose looks dumb if you ask me.
Tony Hardman
(850Over 500 Rating)
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12:05:00 PM Tuesday, February 06, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Hey guys,

If any of you who are in HIGH SCHOOL are interested in a design competition sponsored by a company you probably like, hit me up at spacedigital23@yahoo.com! -TH
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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12:06:00 PM Tuesday, February 06, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
yeah man, i dig the others more, but there's something about the overt purp and yellow that gets me...another throwback minneapolis lakers colorway would be hot enough...
kevin fitzpatrick
(9)

8:27:00 PM Tuesday, February 06, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
hey guys im really sorry for totally changing the conversation but i was jus wondering... what is the best thing to use to clean the suede on the wade 1.3?
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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9:49:00 AM Wednesday, February 07, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Foot locker Suede cleaner. I'll hit you up Tony.
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445Over 200 Rating)


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5:53:00 PM Wednesday, February 07, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I got that suede cleaner from footlocker, I bought it with the XXI red suede last year! I only used it ones, after that damn rubber rubbed of some of the leather! well maybe i used it wrong, it was just a tiny spot,but for me, I´ll never use that one again!
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445Over 200 Rating)


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5:55:00 PM Wednesday, February 07, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
ohh by the way I think on the design aspect the Kobe II can´t keep up with the zoom Kobe I
kevin fitzpatrick
(9)

9:44:00 PM Wednesday, February 07, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I ainr feeling kobe II ..i like the Kobe I better....o ya another qucik questin for anyone who has the wade 1.3 ... r they good for outdoor play
Ben Adams-Keane
(184Over 100 Rating)


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9:57:00 PM Wednesday, February 07, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I really like the Kobe II...especially the white/black/purple color..to bad it's a PE. But regardless I won't be copping, never have been a fan of Kobe.
Travis Peterson
(123Over 100 Rating)

9:33:00 AM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
tony i'm gonna email you tonight im interested
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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10:06:00 AM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Kevin, I dont have one, but I heard that they were pretty good....
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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10:11:00 AM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Talkin of Wade's here are too new colourways for 2...
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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10:11:00 AM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!

johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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10:17:00 AM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Oh and be sure to check out the new AJ XX2, well I think the XX1s was way better, but never mind...
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445Over 200 Rating)


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3:03:00 PM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
i liked the old first Wade better too:-) that one looks cheaper

cheers
kevin fitzpatrick
(9)

5:16:00 PM Thursday, February 08, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
i actually like the wade 2.0 but i like the 1.3 a lil better
Ian Gale
(382Over 200 Rating)


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2:38:00 PM Friday, February 09, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
i think my Wade 2 All-Star design looks better than those 2.0's for sure...sorry Duane ;)
Ty D
(1)

5:01:00 PM Friday, February 09, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I hope someone can help me!
I am looking for a pic or the name of a pair of Nike bball shoes that i owned when i was in Gr. 12 in 2002. I know exactly what they look like but cannot seem to find a pic of them anywhere. They were Carolina blue and white. The rubber sole was entirely blue except for a white swoosh. They had a visible air pocket on each heel that you could see from either side of the shoe but it didn't circle over the entire heel. It had the word 'AIR' printed over the air pocket in blue text. The heel was solid blue, with the remainder of the shoe mostly white. The back of the shoe had rubber coming up over it (like the Air Holistic). It had the swoosh on the outside of the shoe and a much smaller one on the innerside of the shoe, towards the back. The Air Holistic, Air Astonish, Air Max Elite TB and Air Zoom Huarache Elite TB all kind of remind me of them, but are definatly not the shoes i am looking for. If anyone can give me a name, a pic, a website or even point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. Thanks alot!!!
Brent James
(89Over 50 Rating)


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8:49:00 PM Friday, February 09, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Has anybody heard about these?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_hi_te/gps_sneaker

I love this quote:

"The GPS sneakers, available in six designs, resemble most other running shoes. The two silver buttons — one to activate and one to cancel — are inconspicuous near the shoelaces."

It seems like an interesting idea for emergencies, but they seem to point out that invasion of privacy angle which I find odd.
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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6:20:00 AM Saturday, February 10, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Yeah I just saw those while checkin my e-mails. Kinda interesting, although I can only see like multi millonaires rockin them. Or moms that are scared for their children.
Ryan Poser
(89Over 50 Rating)

8:11:00 PM Monday, March 05, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
I havent posted or entered any designs in a while but heres an idea I came up with this weekend , and I've been working with it. Its somewhat of a zoom kobe or huarache shoe, what do you guys think?
johnny szabo
(890Over 500 Rating)


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11:27:00 AM Tuesday, March 06, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Thats reallz nice, mazbe some colour that would be a good entrz for this months theme, in a PHX colourwaz. POst it in the General vol.2, though
Ryan Poser
(89Over 50 Rating)

5:16:00 PM Tuesday, March 06, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
Alright, thanks johnny.
DWAYNE BLAIR
(4)

3:24:00 PM Tuesday, March 20, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
CAN U HELP ME? I NEED TO FIND A PROGRAM THAT I CAN USE TO CREATE SOME SNEAKER DESIGNS?
chris withrow
(9)

8:50:00 PM Saturday, May 26, 2007    Good Post! Bad Post!
This is my second time putting something on this website. Tell me what you think?
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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8:38:00 PM Monday, June 30, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
i figured volume 2 is getting a bit jammed. rendering is my extremely weak spot. i can draw them okay, but when it comes to presentation, i have problems. my problem might be i'm looking for a quick and dirty method of making things more realistic. i guess once i get a design picked, i don't think of it in terms of being only halfway done. any tips?
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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8:56:00 PM Monday, June 30, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
oops. here we go.
Tony Hardman
(850Over 500 Rating)
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1:23:00 AM Tuesday, July 01, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
Yo Stephen: Now THAT's a dope concept sir!!!

Herbivore....love it!
Matt Unterfranz
(20)


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12:26:00 AM Wednesday, August 20, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
I know all of us are in here concentrating on design. That too is my main focus, but after reading an article in Sneaker Freaker I've also become interested in Brand Security. I find fake sneakers completely disgusting, as I'm sure all of you do. Putting a stop to the production and selling of these shoes seems like a very interesting and rewarding job. I was hoping the moderators might be able to post some links about this career. If there are other careers that we may not know about for people who would love to work in the sneaker community, I think that would be cool to hear about too. Thanks and keep up the good work KG.
Matt Osgood
(3)

12:16:00 AM Thursday, November 06, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
hey, i'm new to KG but i've been sketching sneakers since i was little.
I only hand sketch, but i was wondering what programs you guys use to create your images?
thanks
jake eadie
(74Over 50 Rating)


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1:12:00 AM Tuesday, November 11, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
Hey Matt,
most people on this site use either Photoshop and/or illustrator to create final images of designs, however most of the development work is done with loose sketches, it is an invaluble skill to have.
Matt Osgood
(3)

4:20:00 PM Tuesday, November 11, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
thanks! i guess i'll start getting to know photoshop.
how long did it take you guys to get good with the software?
Dongwoo Shin
(13)


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4:15:00 AM Thursday, November 20, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
just from my curiousity, when will the new topic come up? Does anyone have an answer for this? I want to try out again!
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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9:13:00 AM Saturday, November 22, 2008    Good Post! Bad Post!
dongwoo shin~
it'll show up on the topic board. probably sometime in january.
rostand tc
(2)

3:52:00 PM Thursday, February 12, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
hi yall
like you I am a mad of sneakers design. i draw the old way with pencil and paper and that's it. i have never try doing it by computer and would like to start.
i was just wondering if someone could recomand me a good sofware for footwear design that can be easy to use or a beginner like me?
thks
Gabriel Smith
(24)


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4:04:00 PM Thursday, February 12, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
I use Photoshop CS3, but you can also use Illustrator CS3. I've even did some renderings in microsoft paint. For a 3-d design of a shoe? You will need 3DSmax or Maya, etc.
rostand tc
(2)

10:16:00 AM Friday, February 13, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
thks man... Do i need any particular tool?? because it will be hard to graw with a mouse i guess... no???
Nick Huber
(154Over 100 Rating)


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10:55:00 AM Friday, February 13, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
you should really focus on the drawing with pencil on paper. then introduce markers. once you have those sills solid you can take your drawings into photoshop to give then a little zest. A tablet helps for drawing in photoshop but is not needed. If you want to do a really clean render yo will draw the shoe out in illustrator line art (at full-scale). then you bring that line art into photoshop to color and ad texture. I have know some guys that could render spectacular in illustrator but you really need to be an expert in the program to pull that off well.

Before you worry about any of that make sure you drawings are on point. no point in rendering a poorly proportioned shoe. Post some images of your drawings for feed back. Good Luck
Pep Martens
(23)

1:16:00 PM Wednesday, February 18, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
hey TC, here's the training course;
-draw 1 shoe per day with pencil on paper for 4 weeks. I like blue colour pencils the best for some reason.. Use underlays as much as you want.. we do too.. ;) -->get pictures or drawings from this site to get the proportions right; heights, length, sole thickness, lace position, etc.. try to draw in fluid long strokes, eventualy this will make your drawings look better even though in the beginning it might look messy..
-Scan your drawings and learn how to trace them in illustrator, or coreldraw if you have to. 1 per day for 1 week. The pen tool menu has 4 options that will become your best friends, together with the white and black arrow tool.. They will let you draw lines, and finetune them. Practice smooth curves and sharp corners by various combinations of clicking, dragging, and using the shift-key. The offset-path tool in the object menu is a good friend too, for creating stitch lines for example..
-These line drawings can be colored in in photoshop, corel painter, or in illustrator itself ( but it's harder to get all your shading and details right in Illu)
There's a few things to learn in photoshop; selecting areas, working in layers, importing textures, and coloring and shading.. I'll be happy to tell you once you get through the first 5 weeks :)
PEP
justin gartland
(8)

7:29:00 PM Saturday, February 28, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
I can't find anything on this anywhere and I'm surprised. Is it me or is the quality of Nike shoes going down? The first I noticed this was a couple years ago when several retro Air Max shoes came out with rock hard air bags that did not protrude from the midsole. I assume its a way for them to cut costs but does anyone know the real story? Also, now I've recently seen some Jordan with fake carbon fiber flates that are really just plastic. Any info would be awesome! Thanks.
Chris Rucker
(296Over 200 Rating)

6:18:00 PM Saturday, July 18, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
www.TheRucker.com Launched! Footwear is next! Thanks!
jason Lot
(29)


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12:03:00 AM Saturday, July 25, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
new sketch, giv me some feed back

http://img58.imageshack.us/i/rendering7.png/
jason Lot
(29)


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2:49:00 AM Sunday, July 26, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
final product, plz comment

http://img31.imageshack.us/i/shoe3.png/
stephen christian
(402Over 200 Rating)


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10:57:00 AM Wednesday, December 02, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
been a while...
Ruben Romo
(3)

2:37:00 PM Sunday, December 06, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
Hello all
I'm currently a student at Art Institute in Orange County CA. And hope to one day be as good as so of the KG members here, I'll be sure to post some designs once I start designing. In the mean time I would really appreciate if ya'll can answer a few questions for a survey I'm doing for my reasearch...
Thanks in advance
You can post your answers here or email me to rromo_rivas@hotmail.com

On average how many hrs do you sketch a week?


What's the main focus whem designing a shoe (sneaker)?
Style
Comfort
Function
Branding
other (please explain)

Approximately how long will a concept design take to complete? (Presentable with maket reasearch and idiation sketches)

Thanks again if I could get 10 people to respond that would be great.

Best regards,
Ruben Romo
edgar vergara
(41)


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12:58:00 PM Wednesday, December 09, 2009    Good Post! Bad Post!
WHAT´S UP KG.!!!!!!!!!!

IM READY TO SHOW AMAZING TECHNICS AND DESIGNS EXCLUSIVE TO KG!!!!
;)

REGARDS!
edgar v
killy tom
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8:58:00 AM Saturday, June 26, 2010    Good Post! Bad Post!
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killy tom
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9:02:00 AM Saturday, June 26, 2010    Good Post! Bad Post!
Have you heard of the Vibram shoes with the latest style? These five finger shoes are made of the advanced technology and the world first-class materials for men and women. The extra strap of several vibram five fingers shoes can well display the taste of personality. Welcome for shopping the cheap Vibram shoes with colors in availability at high quality.

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