April 25, 2012

I'm going to do a pair of "logo heels" to try to jump start some advertising for my artwork! I bought the heels last weekend and I'm thinking I'll do this down the side of one shoe :) I'm going to make them all rainbow-y too

I also need to do a pretty massive overhaul of my website so I might use this design for that as well.

Cheers!
Red

Fish Shoes

The weather has finally gotten nice enough that I could get some good photos of the Koi shoes I painted back in February!

I still have to put the clear sealant on the fish but the weather hasn't been cooperating, it's been too cold or damp to go out and spray paint.

I also did some baby fish shoes!

These guys have little goldfish on them!

So of course I had to take some photos with the baby and daddy shoes together!!

It's like a whole school!

Cheers,
Red

KOI SHOES!

My first big project of the year!!

I finally got to work on AV's koi shoes! I've been dragging my feet because I didn't know what to put on them.

I wanted to do a tattoo style koi but I'm not great at that style so I ended up going a little more realistic.

Virgin shoes!

Koi sketched in marker

FINISHED!!

I still need to seal the images with spray paint. It's too cold out right now to do it though, so I don't know when I'll be able to get these all finished up :(

I'll still have to do some more "pro style" photos so I can put these guys up over at Little Red Shoes!

How I did it:

Free handed koi from reference photos

Acrylic paint

Eventually will be sealed with clear spray paint

Cheers!

Red 

January 5, 2012

Today is fish-flavored!

I bought a pair of Airwalks for AV a few weeks ago, they're pretty retro so they've got a nice big area for painting on! They look somewhat like this:

His have a lot less detail on them, they're just grey and white.

And I'm going to paint them with some koi!

This little fishy was drawn on the same page as yesterday's sketch and I did a terrible job of fitting it in the area. That's why there's a huge gap on the tail... there's a leg there in my notebook... oops...

When I finished that guy I realized he was too small so I did a SECOND fishy!

This little fishy got colored! I think this is going to be how I'm going to do the shoes, squiggly colors :D

Cheers!

Red

Fairy Tale Princess Dress-up

Last summer I picked up a little white purse and a pair of girl's red dress shoes at Goodwill. I was planning to make a dress-up set but I just never got around to it.

Fast forward a year and I finally had the time and drive to do it! Presenting the Fairy Tale Princess Dress-up Set! Both the shoes and purse are blue, purple, and pink with white stars and a lovely silver sheen. If I had a kid I would dress them in these things all the time!

When You Wish Upon a Star!

If you have a little girl with size 10W (I don't know what this means?) feet, I have a pair of adorable shoes for her!! These would look so so cute with a little frilly white dress :D

Cheers,

Red

How I did it:

Find a pair of shoes. Fake leather works best.

Paint them with thin coats of acrylic paint.

Stuff the inside with newspaper and spray the outsides with clear spraypaint (3+ coats)

Let dry at least 3 days (to get the tackiness and paint smell out).

Wear them and be awesome!

Thursday Project Update

I've been finishing up a lot of projects lately! Today I clear-coated a pair of little girl's dress-up shoes and two light switch covers. The other day I finished a pair of heels and I figured out what I was doing wrong on a dress I'm sewing. I also started working on a toddler's jumper set complete with hat and diper cover; all the pieces have been cut and the hat is almost complete!

Tomorrow I'll unveil the Fairy Tale Princess Dress-Up set!

Show Me Shoes!

I'm currently working on two pairs of shoes, a pair of little girl's shoes and a pair of heels. I don't have any photos of them right now, so instead I'll share photos of shoes I did in the past!

Check out some of the shoes I've made!