CHOOSE YOUR SHOES

My custom shoes are now in a fancy art book! The book is called CUSTOM KICKS, and it features customized shoes by 150 different artists. Here's what Amazon.com has to say about it:

Customizing is hot. Everything can be customized: from pimped cars to retro furniture. This major trend is especially popular in footwear. Customizing your own shoes is a way of stepping out of the crowd, of showing your personality. Just about every sneaker brand has found a way to put street art into their products; rain boots have never been more hip; and there are even customize festivals and exhibitions.

By inviting 150 artists and illustrators to show/create customized shoes the book will appeal not only to sneaker freaks, fashion fetishists, and trend watchers, but also to the graphic design and art audience. The main focus is on the artwork but the text examines the trend and asks: How did it start? What materials do the artists use? There are also tips and tricks on how to create your very own unique shoes.

Here are a few portraits I did for my first assignment in Intermediate Photography class (I skipped beginning photo so this is actually my first shoot since I started college). The assignment was "Fabrication" (basically we had to set up shots instead of just observing) and the shots submitted for class were to be done with 35mm black and white film. I used a fan/blower thing and about 20 of my friends (unfortunately a few of the rolls of film I shot didn't turn out too well, so only a few are being posted) with three cheap lights against a bulletin board. We had a lot of fun doing these and I think some of the results are really nice.

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Spring semester has started and I'm already overwhelmed with work, but I have managed to make a few pairs of shoes in the past few weeks. Here are some pictures of my latest work...

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