Let's get one thing straight, I'm a huge Star Wars fan. In fact, I am passionate about anything sci-fi and comic book related. I'm a geek at heart and darn proud of it.
And so by combining my passion for art (my first and true passion), sci-fi, comics and sneakers, customizing shoes was born.
I'm not a professional by any stretch of the imagination (though I would still love to be one day) but I do my best to produce works worthy to be seen and worn on people's feet.
This brings me to my Star Wars custom sneaker project. This was my second project as I had previously produced a Studio Ghibli pair for my wife after her all white Keds got stained during a rain storm last year. I'll publish a post on those sneakers later.
I was inspired to do this project since the franchise got a huge shot in the arm with the release of "The Force Awakens" last, last winter and with Rogue One about to release in theaters. I chose some of my favorite characters across the different episodes but obviously left out a few which I just found a bit too difficult to fit into the composition of the shoe...sorry princess. In the end, I was still very happy with the end result.
For my "canvas", I used a slip on canvas shoe from Uni Qlo which I got on sale. I had previously used colored Sharpie markers but those bled when it got a little wet so I opted to try fabric pens for this project. I also used artist pens of varying tips with water based permanent ink to draw the details. I plan to later go over the shoe with acrylic paint just to fill in the large spaces with deeper black tint and finally protect it with a matte finisher from Angelus.
If you have any questions about this project, feel free to leave a comment below. This item is currently for sale on eBay. You may access the link here.
Till my next post. Thanks, everyone!
