stephen christian
(402 )
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| 5:59:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
i'm with you on the no deadstocks, christopher. it's hard not to wear or play in any of them. that's what they're made for. i clean 'em with a toothbrush and dilluted dish soap. and i keep the boxes. lets see how this goes:
air jordan xi low ('00, white/red patent)
air jordan xiii (o.g., white/black/red)
air jordan viii (o.g., black/red/white)
air jordan xvi low (black/chrome)
air jordan v retro ('00, wht/blk/fire red)
lebron 2 (grey/royal/white)
air trainer high sc (obsidian/white)
dunk lo (black/red plaid)
air signature player (black)
air jet flight (black/zinc)
zoom flight turbine (navy/silver)
air blacksburg (black)
air max '97 (silver/lime)
nike free trail (black/purple)
air jaq (black/grey/white)
adidas attitude (wht/blue/blk)
adidas forum supreme (wht/red)
adidas stan smith (wht/fairway)
reebok pump fury (JPE)
ice cream boardflip (tan/brown/pink)
and some random vans, nikes and pumas and adidas. off the top of my head. damn. i've never actually written them down. this is since like '97...i know this isn't a whizzing contest, but angelo asked. if i only i had more cash... |
Lei Wang
(267)
| 8:58:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
One more Li-Ning shoe. This one is relatively expensive. USD88
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Lei Wang
(267)
| 8:59:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Lei Wang
(267)
| 8:59:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Lei Wang
(267)
| 9:04:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Lei Wang
(267)
| 9:08:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
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Kyle Barbuti
(75 )
| 11:09:00 PM Thursday, November 09, 2006
That new Li-Ning shoe looks like sumthin adidas would come up with for a futuristic T-MAC or sumthin. Just throw in the formotion pods three stripes and ur set. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 1:18:00 AM Friday, November 10, 2006
Sthephen i feel you!
if had had more cash, i´d have every single Air Jordan every, in every dammn colorway! deadstock in my closet! i´d be buying the rare pair for a 1000 $ don´t matter but you know if the IF would not be:-) |
johnny szabo
(890 )
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| 2:34:00 AM Friday, November 10, 2006
Nice Li-Nings, the first ones real nice reminds me of a pair of Nike's I have. The secound one does look like a T-MAc. The third one seems interesting with the ankle strap. Like that one too, has good ideas and nice colourway and they're all relatively cheap. Angelo, I only ggot into this whole "sneakerhead" thing maybe a year ago, not even. SO I dont have that many kicks. Wear them all, pretty much:
AJ 14 white/forest green
AJ 20 East(my favourite J)
AJ 16 OG
AJ 12 OG
Iverson 7,8 and want to pick up the 10
Plus I got a couple of designers Tommy Hilfiger's.
I wear them cause they're shoes, but clean them after each time I wear them usually. For the Jordans even the outsole's sometime. |
stephen christian
(402)
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| 12:14:00 PM Friday, November 10, 2006
yeah, johnny, some people don't agree, but the aj20 east is pretty hot...how's the IPS on-court? |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 5:21:00 AM Saturday, November 11, 2006
i just think there is no point, except collecting them if you don´t waer them and honestly, the AJ´s are to most comfortable:-)
cheers |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 7:16:00 AM Saturday, November 11, 2006
I've only played in them once, I decided not to use them on the court, only as a casual shoe. Because playin in them really busts them, and I find the 14s the best on the court. |
arpith siromoney
(539)
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| 11:00:00 PM Sunday, November 12, 2006
hey.. something ive been workin on for the sprandi/idasia competition.. please do comment or (and) critisize..
http://idasia.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=658 |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 9:28:00 AM Monday, November 13, 2006
Good job on that one Arpith real nice concept, personally I really like the inspiration and the sketches, but that blue-purple rendering, I don't know... The other colourways ok though. The utsole reminds me too much about the LeBron 4s out sole, or any Nike Free's outsole. But overall seems like a nice marketable shoe. An other thing is the line of the lateral side, by the ankle, is seems unfinished. A question, whats this technology about? |
Ryan Holler
(1145 )
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| 1:59:00 PM Monday, November 13, 2006
Hey, Tim. My schedule is a mess right now. Please forgive. I'll try my best to get you something this week. Sorry for the delay. |
CH Chan
(2)
| 6:16:00 AM Tuesday, November 14, 2006
anyone notice the new jordan 22s rear sole portion is very similar to jason petrie's air jordan 1 evolution design??
dunno how to post pics (not a comp whiz).. but just compare the AJ22 pics on niketalk.com with petrie's design on this site...
maybe petrie had some say as to how the AJ22 turned out..
just a thought... |
Brent James
(89)
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| 2:08:00 PM Tuesday, November 14, 2006
It looks like the knockoff industry took a big hit recently. Shreding all of the products does seem like a huge waste to me though. Can't the materials be reused somehow?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_bi_ge/germany_knockoff_nikes |
Lei Wang
(267)
| 12:13:00 PM Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Air Max Elite China edition. Look at the Great Wall pattern on the strap.
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johnny szabo
(890)
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| 8:06:00 AM Thursday, November 16, 2006
Nice those are hot. |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 10:26:00 AM Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Check out some previous sketches of the Wade2. Seem real nice, on my opinion...
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arpith siromoney
(539)
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| 10:00:00 AM Thursday, November 23, 2006
johnny, thanks for the comments - do take a look at my final submission.. coming nov 28th :) |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 4:37:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
I was at Footlocker yesterday here in Vienna and i checked out the T-MAC 6,which is great, i love it, the design and the whole technical part of the new outsole.
If i couold choose between the Zoom Lebron 4 and the new T-MAC, I´d definitly go with adidas!
The shoes has been manufactured perfactly!
cheers |
stephen christian
(402)
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| 9:38:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
going back to the fake nikes, it seems like a waste to destroy them all, considering how many people on the planet go without any shoes at all. guess that's how it's done in the western world... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 10:16:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
yeah i saw that here in austria too, i think the same, the kids down in africa don´t care wether it´s a nike or adidas shoe, they would be happy to even have a shoe! |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 11:37:00 AM Friday, November 24, 2006
Yeah I don't really think they care all that much. About the T-MAc 6s, this new technology looks interesting, haven't had enough luck to try em on, not available just yet here in HUngary. |
ade otabor
(411)
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| 3:32:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
"going back to the fake nikes, it seems like a waste to destroy them all, considering how many people on the planet go without any shoes at all. guess that's how it's done in the western world..."
"yeah i saw that here in austria too, i think the same, the kids down in africa don´t care wether it´s a nike or adidas shoe, they would be happy to even have a shoe!"
i guess you could look at it look that, it might bring some happiness to some for a lil' while and maybe that in and of itself is enough to make it worth doing but from their perspective one might say handing them shoes amidst all they lack might be insulting; not having sneakers is the least of their worries...think about it you are hungry, you do not have adequate shelter, or clean water to drink, or make enough money to feed your family, and some (knockoff) shoes are going to cause them to jump for joy?
after all, the problems across the globe with inequity & poverty are not going to be solved by nations just dropping off our unwanted goods; just something to think about... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 6:01:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
i know man, everybody knows about the food and stuff, but no body does anything against it and we were just talking about the shoes man |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 6:01:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
i know man, everybody knows about the food and stuff, but no body does anything against it and we were just talking about the shoes man |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 6:02:00 PM Friday, November 24, 2006
sorry about the double post, it did that by itself! |
derek dixon
(9)
| 3:24:00 PM Sunday, November 26, 2006
does anyone have any tips on how to make a shoe... literally make one. |
Mark Miner
(195 )
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| 5:45:00 AM Monday, November 27, 2006
hey guys,
I just returned 4days ago from a trip to china. I was staying in area called Fuzhou. I have taken some video and pictures of the trip and would like to share it with you guys. I have more pictures and video to upload.
I have never done any video editing so its kinda rough, and in some vid has like 10seconds of wall and sidewalks, but working on it.
vid1 (2mb)
http://www.mark-miner.com/wishuponchina.mov
vid2 (15mb)
http://www.mark-miner.com/chinahappiness.mov
some pictures
http://inspireme-info.blogspot.com/
feels good to be back, it was long trip getting home to say the least.
uno
Mm
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johnny szabo
(890)
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| 8:14:00 AM Monday, November 27, 2006
Cool info. Where you on a business trip? |
Francis dela Cruz
(84)
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| 11:13:00 AM Monday, November 27, 2006
(off-topic)
just wanna ask you guys on how many wins should one artist have in order to receive a 'star' on the kg top artists list? thanks in advance, bros..=) |
Mark Miner
(195)
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| 11:51:00 AM Monday, November 27, 2006
yes business, first time out with adidas. was a good experience and different then last time had gone out.
Mm |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 1:31:00 PM Monday, November 27, 2006
Oh you work for Adidas didn't know, must be real cool.... |
jonathan smith
(2)
| 8:42:00 PM Monday, November 27, 2006
What Programs or Software do people use to design their shoes? |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 3:23:00 AM Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Mark- nice to hear from you, i saw some pictures from your trip,must have been really great, so did you get Yao Ming to adidas now?:-)
cheers |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 8:20:00 AM Tuesday, November 28, 2006
JOnathan, there are plenty, mostle just simply photoshop. |
arpith siromoney
(539)
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| 10:52:00 PM Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Sprandi Dominate
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Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 6:31:00 AM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
I gotta ask you guys something:
Everytime I´m walking on the street, go shopping or at University I have to look at peoples shoes.
When I see some hot ladies running around I first look at their face and then on their shoe and I think " My god how can such a hot chick run around in those ugly sneaker" or " she looks great in those and they really fit her"
I think shoes just tell you so much about somebody, well maybe it´s just me, but you gotta tell me if you got the same thing
Last week I saw the first girl here in Vienna rocking Air Jordans, she looked really great, but here kickz were even better, she was wearing the XXI, all white with silver. There is nothing better than that:-
cheers |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 6:35:00 AM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
here is just some stuff that I´m working on right now!
Arpith I like that sneaker
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johnny szabo
(890)
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| 8:26:00 AM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Arpith nice shoe.Was that your submission for the Sprandi contest? Is there any info on who won that. Christoph about the shoe, does that upper white part wrap around the lacebed? Otherwise nice. About the shorty, I don't know, but yeah I go for a girl rockin J's over one that aint most likely. Also pures look real good on ladies or even 7s. Your from Vienna? Real beautiful city! |
tim awalludin
(200)
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| 8:34:00 AM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
arpith, it's a well designed shoe, i just don't think the name matches the design at all... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 1:34:00 PM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Johnny, thanks man, yeah it´s wraps around the lacebed, I´m working on that design right now, since I haven´t had time to do the casual theme design I thought I might as well make my own theme. I chose THE GLOVE !!! Gary Payton, so here´s another sample.
Yeah I´m actually from Bad Aussee, Austria, but I started studying English here in Vienna a couple of month ago, so now I live here too:-)
Have you been to Vienna?!!!!!
cheers
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Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 1:36:00 PM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
that design is far away from done, I changed it completly already though, I´m trying to get Gary Paytons style of the game into the shoe.
If you want I´ll show you the design when I´m done!
Have you seen him wear the XII in White/Yellow or Black/yellow? Those are the best colorways of the XII in my opinion. |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 1:41:00 PM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Yeah been there a couple of times, my Dad has a friend that lives there. I live in BUdapest, it aint far at all. Black yellow yeah those were real nice, although Carmelos and Kobe's PE'S were real nice also. Yeah sure post it up! About the last shoe you posted, I'M not sure if your tryin to create somethin new or just combining the shoes he wore and adding somethin fresh to it. Personally this red white shoe's real nice, but it looks like he 18, 21 and 21PE'S combined into one. But that aint a bad idea to combine the 12s, I think he played in 19s and lets say the Glove. So keep up the good work!:D |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 3:56:00 PM Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Yeah, you got me on that one, but does are just some sketches that i did to get some ideas going.I want to come up with a complete new smooth design from the Jordan brand,not just for the Glove! So I´m jsut trying out some old stuff from the other shoe to get me to new ones:-)
Tell me when you come to Vienna the next time, we could meet and have a good time here:-)
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arpith siromoney
(539)
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| 1:05:00 AM Thursday, November 30, 2006
thanks johnny and christoph.. the dominate was inspired by the leopard, so hopefully when i post more sketches it should become obvious [:)] thanks again! |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 7:49:00 AM Thursday, November 30, 2006
Arpith one more thing I also agree with Tim that it doesn't really remind me of a dominant shoe. BUt maybe after seein a couple of sketches. Yeah thats what I do too, I'll be curious about the final shoe. For sure, I'll hit you up before I go!! |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 8:47:00 AM Thursday, November 30, 2006
Johnny, that´s where I´m at right now, just did that. I did go with the strap from the 19, cause i really like that and it has a real technical part to it too.
BUT I´m having real trouble coloring my sketches, what do you use? I did that with color pencil, which doesn´t look good as you can see, but I´m not that good at doing it with the computer.
Maybe you could give me your advice?! give me your mail adress! or do you have MSN Messenger?
thanks mate
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tim awalludin
(200)
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| 9:31:00 AM Thursday, November 30, 2006
i got ish cookin for the main man in the NFL right now....LT is officially in the shoe game.....
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tim awalludin
(200)
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| 9:32:00 AM Thursday, November 30, 2006
more sketches and details to come... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 9:49:00 AM Thursday, November 30, 2006
hej Tim, that´s the first really great lookign football shoe! did you use markers? |
tim awalludin
(200)
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| 12:37:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
cristoph: nah, i used color pencils then put a layer over it in photoshop, thanks for the comments. |
tim awalludin
(200)
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| 12:48:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
i'm sorry, i meant a filter. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 1:08:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
which filter was it?
cheers |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 3:15:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
There you go, I tryed to color it a bit with Photoshop.
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Tyren Redd
(21)
| 4:51:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
Wow Arpith im in love with the design you posted below...nice work :) |
Tyren Redd
(21)
| 4:53:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
or should i say above...lol |
stephen christian
(402)
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| 5:07:00 PM Thursday, November 30, 2006
hey christopher...if you have access to adobe illustrator, you could use the pen tool to trace over your sketches. that way, the lines will be cleaner and the colors will be crisper. i just figured it out in the last week and a half or so. no time to render with it, though...adios... |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 10:22:00 AM Friday, December 01, 2006
Christoph your pics aint workin, at least not for me... Sure I have msn, add me on, johnnyszabo@yahoo.com. About the photoshop I aint really the one who you should be askin, it aint my strongest quality. I'm just going to start to learn how to use it, one of my friends is goin to give me a couple of lessons. There is a tutorial on Michael Ditullo's website. I didn't really understand it, might want to check it out, www.michaelditullo.com. SO I'm just workin on sketching, sometimes markers for now, but sooner or later... Tim under LT who did you mean? I'm a big NFl fan but did you mean Tomlinson the San Diego RB? But nice shoe. A cool shoe after the Vick's and T.O's 13s. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 12:17:00 PM Friday, December 01, 2006
what do oyu mean with now working for you? |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 1:51:00 PM Friday, December 01, 2006
looks to be the final !!!
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Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 3:25:00 PM Friday, December 01, 2006
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johnny szabo
(890)
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| 4:20:00 PM Friday, December 01, 2006
No it was just my PC a restart can do miracles. NIce shoe like the final rendering. I like how its mostly angular. A question, whats that square on the heel. Another thing I liked is the nose of the on one of those sketches. Yeah those will be most likely the final J's. Personally I'm impressed real nice on my opinion. One dought is the shape of the outsole under the heel, I'm curious how that's going to preform on the court. There are tons of close pics on kick-fiend.com |
stephen christian
(402)
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| 12:26:00 AM Saturday, December 02, 2006
people are gonna hate any jordan that comes out, just like they have for the last ten years...personally, i think this looks more like a real jordan shoe than the last 2. these aren't super-high tops. my pre-lease conclusion is that they're dopasaurus. rex. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 5:02:00 AM Saturday, December 02, 2006
wrote you a mail JOHNNY !! |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 5:04:00 AM Saturday, December 02, 2006
Hej KG admin, why is the ö in my name not working anymore,maybe you can change that! would be great. you could write it with oe too !! |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 5:05:00 AM Saturday, December 02, 2006
it´s not working anymore:-)
it should be an O with two dots on it ! |
Arnaud Redon
(127)
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| 1:14:00 PM Saturday, December 02, 2006
I like the way how the "red light, but green, for walker" go in Taichung, Taiwan :
http://rapidshare.com/files/5762782/P1000142.MOV.html
Enjoy ^^ |
Ryan Holler
(1145)
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| 12:38:00 AM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Here's a kids design and a few pics of the sample. It'll be in stores Fall of '07.
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Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 3:07:00 AM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
they look good Ryan, I like then petent leather?
Do oyu know i fI could still submit my work for December?
regards
MJ 4 LIFE !!! |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 6:05:00 AM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Christoph I dont think there's a theme in December. Cool shoe Ryan, thats for Wal-Mart, right? What company makes shoes for them? |
Ryan Holler
(1145)
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| 9:09:00 AM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
JS -- It's is a direct factory sample for Athletic Works, Wal-Mart's own brand. In addition, we also have Starter brand shoes. Starter does about 80 to 90% of their own design. We do the rest, mostly low-end/low-tech.
Many of our shoes, however, are also from "suppliers", none of which you'd recognize by name (they mostly go by initials... LJO, for example). I don't design for suppliers, only direct shoes from factory. But I am involved in the development of the overall line, i.e. the selection process from the vast number of shoes which suppliers send us.
Christoph -- Thanks for your comments. I don't know if they'll still accept your work, but I would just send it anyway. As a general rule for such a situation in life... many times it's better not to ask first. If it's something you want to do anyway, and no-one will get injured or harmed, go for it. You might be surprised how many doors it'll open for you. If you ask first if it's okay, you might be told "no", and have a door shut which might have remained open had you not asked. |
KG
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| 3:59:00 PM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Ryan, do you know the pricing structure for that line of shoes? It looks good. Not to knock Walmart but that design looks almost too good for a Walmart brand. |
ty seymour
(0)
| 5:33:00 PM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
look at this pack i created for jordan, its called the AIR JORDAN EVEN & ODD COLLECTION. the evens are all of the even jordans thru 10 combined, and the odds are all of the odd jordans thru 10 combined. tell me wat u all think.
these are the odds
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ty seymour
(0)
| 5:33:00 PM Wednesday, December 06, 2006
these are the evens
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Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 11:25:00 AM Thursday, December 07, 2006
Thanks for the advice Ryan, yeah I´m definetly going with KG´s opinion about the design:-) |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 11:28:00 AM Thursday, December 07, 2006
here´s something I just did two days ago!
cheers
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ty seymour
(0)
| 4:07:00 PM Thursday, December 07, 2006
do you guys like my shoes? |
Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 4:11:00 PM Thursday, December 07, 2006
great idea Tym although Jordan has started that stuff, but I like the first one! with the Nike swoosh
cheers |
Ryan Holler
(1145)
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| 4:19:00 PM Thursday, December 07, 2006
Admin, thanks for the comments. I can't say for sure, but I think that shoe will sell for around $14.
Which of these white variations do y'all like best?
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Christoph Döttelmayer
(445)
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| 6:14:00 PM Thursday, December 07, 2006
Personally Ryan I think A and D look the best, really nice job on these mate, actually all the colorways look great, so:-) |
ty seymour
(0)
| 8:56:00 PM Thursday, December 07, 2006
thanks christoph, even tho jordan already had the idea of fusion, i think that these would be a great idea, HEY KG ADMIN YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE A SNEAKER FUSION ARTIST SERIES!!!!! |
johnny szabo
(890)
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| 6:03:00 AM Friday, December 08, 2006
Ryan I'd deffinately go with sample A's those are hot... |
stephen christian
(402)
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| 11:13:00 AM Friday, December 08, 2006
i'm liking c, but i'm a sucker for dark or colored midsoles... |
Jan-Maarten Lubberts
(21)
| 4:48:00 PM Friday, December 08, 2006
Check out www.kicksometer.com for a lot of pictures of the new Jordan 22's, if you didn't know it. |
tim awalludin
(200)
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| 8:57:00 AM Monday, December 11, 2006
I'm with stephen, C looks real nice. Hey, how come no adult sizes? those are really well designed shoes, either way i hope your stuff is still around when i'm shopping for my kid's shoes... |
tim awalludin
(200)
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| 8:57:00 AM Monday, December 11, 2006
I'm with stephen, C looks real nice. Hey, how come no adult sizes? those are really well designed shoes, either way i hope your stuff is still around when i'm shopping for my kid's shoes... |
Sindri Sigurdsson
(151)
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| 11:36:00 AM Monday, December 11, 2006
Hey, Ryan, it's really nice to see your work. I really appreciate you sharing your design with us.
I think I would go with option 'A', the blue accents sort of frame the shoe, and bring a nice contrast to the dominating white upper. The runner up would have to C, since the blue tone really brings out the contours of the sculpted midsole, whereas the white outsole pods keep the profile from looking too heavy.
Just my 2 kronas. |
Wayne Russell
(355)
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| 1:28:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
Ryan: wow. those samples look pretty good...are those first rounds?
You did a good job with those...what's the price point?
I vote for C.
How did it feel when your very first sample came back from the factory? must've been crazy. I think I have stuff coming in this week but nothing too exciting.
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sarah w
(168)
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| 3:23:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
I got these last year, but since it's winter time I think it's pretty appropriate!
Nike Winter High suede black with pink accents. I got them because they weren't Ugg(lie)s and they were relatively cheap ($80!). They were exactly what I was looking for,thanks Nike...
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Ryan- I choose A and D as well.
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Wayne Russell
(355)
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| 4:55:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
^ I wonder what sport those are for. lol. They look dope though. |
sarah w
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| 5:17:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
just warm, comfy winter boots. |
stephen christian
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| 6:42:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
sarah...true to size? i've gotta get her one more thing before x-mas...(i'm slowly turning her into a nike-head) |
Ryan Holler
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| 10:28:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
The shoe will be priced around $14 (Wayne). There is currently a kid shoe at Wal-Mart called the "Charger", which I did not design. This design will be the second version of the Charger, and will hit shelves for back-to-school '07 (late summer).
That is actually the second round of samples. The first sample came back with the older Charger midsole/outsole. That's something we do often. Since opening a new sole mold costs around $2500, it makes more sense to get your upper tweaked to satisfaction, then invest in the sole. Sometimes a decision might be made to discontinue working on a design after seeing just the first sample. If you've yet to open a mold for it, you save $2500.
The first round of samples included two versions. Both were in the black colorway, and the perforated part was synthetic micro-suede. The remaining parts of the upper were patent on one sample, and tumbled "action leather" on the other (action leather is polyurethane-coated leather). Micro-suede shows dirt and dust very badly, even in black. So, since this is a kids shoe, we decided against the buck and changed perfed parts to action leather for the second round of samples, the rest of the shoe in patent.
The second round of samples came in with the new sole. These are what you see in the pictures. The black samples came in first and the white sample, "A", came in about a week later. B, C, & D are Photoshop revisions. By the way, B and D are my favorites, but I've directed the PDM to all of your comments. He'll decide on the colorway.
Thanks for all your opinions. I'm not sure if there's a consensus, but it's been interesting reading. |
Ryan Holler
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| 11:39:00 PM Monday, December 11, 2006
Wayne, I just went back and noticed your last question about seeing the sample of my first design.
It was a basketball shoe, inspired by the Peugeot 20-Cup. Seeing the 1st sample was an okay experience. Yes, it was exciting, but all the things I DIDN'T like about it were screaming at me. Of course it's funny to me now...
First of all, the factory used an existing stock midsole, and I didn't know they were going to do that, or why they'd done it until someone explained it to me. I didn't like the way the leather looked either, among other things. We got the problems worked out---changed the leather from smooth to tumbled, adjusted the piecing, tweaked the outsole, etc. It has turned out to be a pretty nice shoe, considering it will sell for around $18. It'll be on the shelf for spring---I think late February or early March.
Here's a photo of its inspiration, the Peugeot 20-Cup. But don't get too built up. It's not a fancy shoe at all. It's very sleek and practical.
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Wayne Russell
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| 12:54:00 AM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Ryan: boooooooooooooo! action leather...oh my...i'm surprised I haven't had any nightmares about that stuff. wait, action is real leather? I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. We handle the samples the same way for the most part...they don't really open up too many molds.
lol. the factories will take liberties and cut corners if u let them but it's understandable.
I'm struggling with materials and duty rates... and all that other stuff...is there a book that I could get? nobody has really broken it down for me. books in general..doesn't have to be about materials.
if you get a chance (and have permission), please post that peugeot shoe..I would love to see it.
thanks for the response...haven't checked this site as much as I used to...trying to get back in the swing
Sarah: I understand that was in reference to nike's we only do performance footwear claim...at least i thought that was the claim. I could be wrong. |
Ryan Holler
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| 1:08:00 AM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Here's the entire process. Well... most of it. There were a few other sketches involved.
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Ryan Holler
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| 1:11:00 AM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
And here is the almost-final sample. The only difference is that the retail version will have a forefoot outrigger on the lateral side, and the trim will be navy, not royal.
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Sindri Sigurdsson
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| 5:59:00 AM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Thanks for sharing Ryan, that really is an amazing shoe for $18. Well done. |
Pietro Pellicelli
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| 8:21:00 AM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Hi Ryan!!!
Nice to see your stuff...in the making...
The design is simple but clean.
I have two questions:
1) How the costs have been lowered changing upper that way?...use of smaller leather pieces?
2) Why the heel counter is so vertical? A smoother-ronded-heel bone shaped heel counter would also have been better for looks making the shoe faster.
Thanks for sharing ;)
Ciaooooo |
johnny szabo
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| 8:42:00 AM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Wow thanks for sharing those Ryan. That will come in adult sizes as well, right? Hope I can cop them the final product turned up real nice, how its made up of more pieces I found the first samples upper too simple. A question whats a forefoot outrigger? Wayne do you design shoes as well, I mean I know you do, but professionaly? Nice kicks Sarah! |
sarah w
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| 12:26:00 PM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
stephen- i tried on a bunch of nike shoes to make sure i was one consistent size, and i was a 7 in basically all of them, so i went ahead and ordered a 7 and it was a perfect fit. i'm not sure my colorway is still being sold but you might be able to check ebay- nike winter high.
wayne- what? i guess they are pretty much high high high top sneakers?
ryan- wow, thanks for sharing your process sketches! |
Ryan Holler
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| 6:46:00 PM Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Pietro -- Answers to your questions...
1) Yes, smaller pieces allow for a different pattern placement/less leather waste.
2) The last dictated the look of the heel. It passed fit tests. I understand what your saying, but such a change would have altered a fit which was already good.
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Johnny -- This shoe will be sold only in adult sizes... An outrigger is the rubber piece sticking out laterally on this Nike Air Zoom Flight 2K3...
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johnny szabo
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| 10:46:00 AM Wednesday, December 13, 2006
I see. Thanks. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 2:46:00 PM Wednesday, December 13, 2006
I really love to see your process Ryan to the end product, really interesting ,I love it, thanks for sharing Ryan!
cheers |
Wayne Russell
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| 4:53:00 PM Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Ryan: Thanks for sharing your work...that was a lot more than I expected to see...much appreciated. I think you did a pretty good job considering the limitations.
what are your feelings about the sample? the pattern looks good but it doesn't look like it's sitting right in the sole...it leans back a little.
no input on those books? guess i'll check amazon again.
thanks again. |
Ryan Holler
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| 11:38:00 PM Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Wayne, I'm not familiar with any such book, but I hear our PDMs discussing those details frequently. They could write a book I'm sure.
Wayne, I see what you're saying about the sole and the lean-back. Again, I have to point to the last. It was tried on by several people with size 9 feet. I'll be getting a pair in both my possible sizes (12 or 13) within the next couple days. I plan to try them out on the court and will let you know my thoughts.
How do I feel about them? I've boiled it down to this... Designing shoes for Wal-Mart sometimes forces you to churn out designs a little faster than you'd prefer. Tony Hardman is in a similar situation at Sketchers---high volume. Sometimes a design doesn't get the attention it might ideally need. But you do the best you can, and in the end, like it or not, it's a piece of you. It's like extended family... you really like some, you just tolerate others, but you love them all, because they're family.
I'm getting better though... faster thinker, faster drawer, faster designer. After six months designing shoes full time, I can say that I feel much better letting go of a completed shoe now than I did early on. I've also learned it's better to turn in 3 well-done designs than 5 rushed ones. |
Arnaud Redon
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| 12:49:00 PM Friday, December 15, 2006
Someone can tell me what are the nba rules about shoes ? Especially colors ?
Thx in advance ! |
stephen christian
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| 1:06:00 PM Friday, December 15, 2006
the only thing i know is lebron wasn't allowed to wear his gold zoom generations during a regular season game in his rookie year, just for the freshman/sophomore game on all-star weekend. it seems pretty open, especially for players with signature kicks. |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 9:19:00 AM Saturday, December 16, 2006
Pic of Kobe wearing the ZK II
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Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 9:20:00 AM Saturday, December 16, 2006
looks like Vince Cater´s new kicks
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Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 9:21:00 AM Saturday, December 16, 2006
sorry, this is just the Nike Shox Testify VC Edition, my bad, thought it´s the new signature. |
johnny szabo
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| 12:00:00 PM Saturday, December 16, 2006
Didnt know that James couldnt wear those AZG, how come, does anyone know? And Jordan wasnt allowed to wear the black/red 1's. I wonder when Kobe's going to rock the 2s in a game, All Star? Nice shox for VC, Wonder if he's going to get his own shoes... |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:30:00 PM Saturday, December 16, 2006
Kobe will be rocking the Zoom Kobe II´s on Decoember 25th, when they take on the Miami Heat. Man I can´t wair for that game, Kobe versus Shaq and on top of all, the new ZBII!
cheers
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johnny szabo
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| 7:55:00 AM Sunday, December 17, 2006
Cool, love that logo! That'll be a good game, although I dought Shaq will play. |
Ryan Holler
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| 12:48:00 AM Monday, December 18, 2006
Basically if a shoe is more than 50% black in overall color, it's a black shoe. And if a shoe is more than 50% white in overall color, it's a white shoe. A team has to be unified in the shoe color they wear. Trim color can vary, as long as it's a team color. |
Ben Adams-Keane
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| 3:47:00 PM Wednesday, December 20, 2006
What do you think guys? Defintely bound to raise some opinions to say the least...
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stephen christian
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| 10:30:00 PM Wednesday, December 20, 2006
they remind me of the airwalk "basketball shoes", that were also made from basketball material back in the mid 90's...crazy, man, crazy... |
Travis Peterson
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| 3:12:00 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006
If they wanted to take it to another level they coulda made the laces look like basketball nets haha. those are interesting because they're different-i wonder if they bounce |
Travis Peterson
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| 3:56:00 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006
also let me take a second to introduce myself-im 16, from h-town and ive been following the site for 8 months or so but ive never posted until now.. i dont have all that rendering software and ive never entered an artist series contest but im hoping to change that soon. i love designing, shoes especially, and ive been greatly motivated by all the great work on this site. so basically thanks to all...and now back to the shoes :) |
Ryan Holler
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| 8:46:00 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006
Travis -- Welcome to KicksGuide Chat. I think it's great that you "don't have all that rendering software". As long as you have a pencil and paper, you've got all you need to grow into a solid designer. |
johnny szabo
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| 10:38:00 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006
Hey Travis, welcome to the site. Finally someone pretty much the same age. Yeah as long as you have a pencil and some paper its on! Those Js are sick, just checked em out on NikeTalk yesterday. SOmeone said that thats where all the old bballs went to.lol. Those aint fake, just a pair of samples. Did ya'll hear, Iverson in Denver! I'm real curious if his game will change, if they'll win rings and so on.... |
Ben Adams-Keane
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| 3:42:00 PM Thursday, December 21, 2006
Ryan: Yeah, as Johnny said, they're samples from kenlu.net. |
Aurélien Longo
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| 3:56:00 PM Thursday, December 21, 2006
Ryan ! your work is very interesting ! i saw one of your concepts somewhere about a jordan "wallaby". i liked it :)
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edgar vergara
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| 12:03:00 PM Friday, December 22, 2006
Ryan/ very very very good! |
Carlos Bravo Arenal
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| 6:03:00 AM Saturday, December 23, 2006
hi, hope this is the right place for this.
anybody remember a zoomkobetwo render i made before summer? i posted here in kicksguide, but didn´t finish it.
i just saw a new converse wade shoe that it´s suposed to be designed by tinker hatfield and find some similitudes between them. i think that midsole shape & side leather cut are almost the same... what do you think?
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Carlos Bravo Arenal
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| 6:04:00 AM Saturday, December 23, 2006
...and this was my render
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johnny szabo
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| 2:32:00 PM Saturday, December 23, 2006
Love that Wade it turned up so nice. No disrespect, but I dont think so, there are simularities. But its just probably a coincidence. |
Arnaud Redon
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| 6:58:00 PM Saturday, December 23, 2006
I think they've really copied you, but I think it's a fake version of the wade made by Converse itself, to make us think its the wade 2, but the real wade 2 will be different, cause this sample is ugly !
PS : I really like this/my comment Oo |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 4:19:00 AM Sunday, December 24, 2006
Merry Christmas to everyone!
I wish you all some great holydays!
cheers Christoph |
Carlos Bravo Arenal
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| 5:28:00 AM Sunday, December 24, 2006
feliz navidad from spain! have fun |
johnny szabo
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| 8:46:00 AM Sunday, December 24, 2006
Merry Christmas to ya'll and your familys!-peace |
johnny szabo
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| 4:42:00 PM Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Here's somethin I've been workin' on. For Kobe, I got the idea from his nickname Black Mamba, the strap locks around the foot like a snake. Didnt render it yet, just some sketches.
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johnny szabo
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| 4:52:00 PM Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Another two sketches first is an AI inspired by how he's a soldier and I got ideas from tanks. The secound is a Paul Pierce, inspired by the F 117 fighter plane.
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stephen christian
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| 8:13:00 PM Tuesday, December 26, 2006
nice scratches, johnny...the one below the colored one on the first of the two postings has a lot of potential, at least the bottom of the upper. the strap on the one to the right of the colored one in that page looks like it could be combined with the first i mentioned. damn, that's kind of hard to follow...but overall, they're nice starting points. |
Travis Peterson
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| 12:26:00 AM Wednesday, December 27, 2006
yeah johnny i really like the idea on the kobe shoe. man im gonna have to get some of my work up soon |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:18:00 PM Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:19:00 PM Wednesday, December 27, 2006
sorry about the size, was actually supposed to be small!
[Edit... Christoph, images post at a standard size of 400 pixels wide on this board. I adjusted your spinning jumpman to its actual size. Just remember how it works next time. ;) -- Mod.] |
Travis Peterson
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| 1:54:00 AM Thursday, December 28, 2006
thats reall cool christoph i like the effect |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 6:35:00 AM Thursday, December 28, 2006
thanks KG!!!!
When will the January theme come out?
regards from Austria |
johnny szabo
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| 12:27:00 PM Thursday, December 28, 2006
I'd be interested in that too....Anyone else on my sketches? |
Carlos Bravo Arenal
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| 7:26:00 AM Sunday, December 31, 2006
i don´t know if the strap could be functional, but i like the black mamba from J.S. i also like the way swoosh goes into the outsole, but maybe they need something there (about support). keep working on it, i also think it has some potential!
feliz 2007! |
johnny szabo
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| 9:21:00 AM Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thanks for the comments ya'll. Keep em comin'. Oh and Happy New Year to everyone! |
Travis Peterson
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| 2:29:00 AM Monday, January 01, 2007
happy new year everyone |
Christoph Döttelmayer
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| 5:49:00 AM Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy new year !!! |
Tony Hardman
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| 7:43:00 PM Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year guys! I haven't posted much but still checkin' in.
Ryan~ Your shoe looks great man! Wish we had time to find inspiration etc. Great stuff though.
Wayne- I never heard where you got in? Please share!
-TH |
meka dizzo
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| 5:38:00 PM Wednesday, January 03, 2007
HNY2A...so when does this month's contest begin? |
Ventsislav Nikolov
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| 10:04:00 AM Thursday, January 04, 2007
Hey , my friends !
Happy new year 2007 ! Ole ! |
