r/Customsneakers

The camera doesn't do the UV detailing justice, but pretty happy with how these came out.

I have to touch up the midsole since the dye bled through.That dye is some serious stuff to work with.

I was lucky enough to grab a pair of Nike’s new 3D-printed shoes last week. As cool as they were, a solid black shoe just wasn’t really my style.
I decided to break out my new KixKote paints for the first time and turn them into a galaxy-inspired custom. Painting on a 3D-printed surface was definitely a challenge for an amateur like me, but that’s part of the fun—trying new techniques and pushing myself to get better.
I’m really happy with how they turned out. Always learning, always creating.

i want to customize a converse all star for my gf, she likes blue and yellow best and im planning to make a drawing of a sun on one side of the shoe and sm else on the other.

I need help with

• How to colour the shoes(i.e the shade and placement)
• Where i can buy the paint for this sort of material since am not sure what it is
• How to clean the shoes (im buying second hand)
• What to draw on the other side

Any help would be great thanks for your time

Haven’t done apparel in a while. Wish I knew and had taken advice I had read by a known sneaker artist: draw the design first and then tape off and spray with a clear matte spray. Knocks down the fibers and helps promote smoother line and paint application. I struggled. Angelus and Posca then 2 coats of 4-Coat satin.

This pair is inspired by Battle Beast from the Invincible universe! If you haven’t read the comic or watched the show (what are you doing?), Battle Beast is a fearsome warrior with an insatiable rage that he seeks to extinguish through dying in combat to a worthy opponent. Problem is… there is nearly nobody in the universe as powerful as him. He’s currently starring in his own spinoff series, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast from the Invincible creative team: Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley - check it out!

These shoes take notes from Battle Beast’s design, utilizing the same color scheme as his armor and incorporating the character’s white fur.

*details*
-The laces on these are meant to evoke Battle Beast’s braided hair.
-Blood spatter is a huge part of the Invincible aesthetic, so I had to incorporate it on the midsole. Fun fact: there is also some glow-in-the-dark green splatter on there to simulate some alien blood.
-The tongue tags were painted so that the “Nike Air” is in the Invincible font.

I have no idea what to do with these shoes. I love DBZ and I’ve seen really cool custom pairs of AF1s and thought to myself that it would be sick to have my own, so I bought a clean pair of AF1s about a year or so ago after someone offered to paint them for me for free. I’ve seen them paint other AF1s before, so I figured I could trust them. Turns out they’ve never done anime before (clearly) and I was too hesitant to tell them that they don’t look great because I actually know this person. Now I’m left with chubby Goku and looksmaxing Gohan. They’ve been sitting in a box in my garage for over a year now and I felt the need to let the world see them. If you were me, what would you do with these? I’d hate to toss out a pair of brand new shoes, but there is no way I’m wearing these out.

First pair of shoes I've painted in like a decade. Gotta get re-aquainted with making my paint more matte.

Pair of customs for a friend's son's bday.

Made these for Edu Giardina, drummer for Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso. He’s a huge Peart/Rush fan. Security wouldn’t let me bring them in so they were delivered. He came out to greet me at the show in Detroit. Angelus and Posca then coated twice. Chad Carothers gave me advice for canvas I wish I had before I started. After drawing design, tape off rubber and coat with clear satin to knock down fibers for smoother lines.

Almost done. Just a little more touch-up / clean-up work and then the finish coat to go. Also, more customs deserve cool insoles!

First time customising shoes (for my partner).

There are a few places the leather dye (as apposed to the leather paint I believe) has leached onto areas I’d like to correct back to white (first two photos shows on leather and on rubber) is there anything I can use to achieve that?

Additionally, in the areas I’ve tried to paint white leather paint over coloured leather dye (regrets) the colours have leached through to the white so wondering if there’s anyway to top that with a white or product that won’t leach? (Third photo)

I’m using all angelus products for this so far.

Thanks for your help!