I bought a pair of Faded Glorys that just happened to be my size at the thrift store. $8 bucks for a plain tan pair. I figured I could spend $10 on paint and make them my own, so this is what came of that brilliant idea:
6 hours of painting freehand with not much of a plan, but it worked out I'd say. Lots of changing up sketches and plans, but I'm happy with the results.
Like I said, $8 dollar shoes, $10 on fabric paints and $4 on paint thinner to clean things up in the end.
Next pair I need to be a bit more clean. Colors mixed where they weren't supposed to and the surrounding rubber on the bottom got almost a full coat of paint.
Here's the background of the right shoe before it was covered up by the octopus and bubbles.
A picture of the pair after the first session. I wanted to stick to reds, yellows and tan, but like I said, plans changed.
Work area:
I sketched up the entirety of both shoes before starting on the painting process. It's a much more crisp and detailed image with just pencil. With enough practice, I'll be able to do that with paint.
Before starting, I sketched up a rough plan. In my head I was going to draw a template for the left and right and do everything real precise. After finishing the left sketch, this all changed. I just worked off of it and decided to get right to the real deal as soon as possible. The only things that stayed consistent between this and the final shoes were the sun and smoke.
Before anything was done to them
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