New sketches for shoe designs

Because last summer was quite hectic, and school business began immediately after, I haven't updated my blog in forever. But hopefully I'll be more active in the next few months!

During my downtime, I have resorted to drawing whatever's on my mind. Here are some of my recent sketches (I apologize for some of the horrible iPhone quality images), which might possibly appear on a shoe near you:

A little design for a little shoe

Another Hawaiian-themed design I did for my friend's birthday. Her feet are so tiny; she wears a size five! Very simplistic but a joy to decorate. It's about time I've painted another pair. :)

Tale as old as time...

This was the first pair of non-TOMS shoes I decorated... they were Vans! Painted on the Vans are "Beauty & the Beast" stain glass images. This is NOT my original design... I merely copied it from an existing pair for a friend of a friend who adored the look of the shoes. Here is the site for the original: http://wenuwishuponastar.deviantart.com/art/Beauty-and-the-Beast-Shoes-139375075
The friend found the shoes on tumblr and wanted a similar pair for her birthday, so that's what I ended up doing. :D This was all freehand with pencil, then sharpie, then acrylic paint. I ADORE the original design and the artistic talent of the girl who painted the Beauty & the Beast Vans... I could never replicate something as stunning as the original!

I finally decided to test out my manual setting on my Nikon D3000... the images above are results of my test :)

A purple heart and a red rose

Yet another pair of red TOMS... and with a rose on it, nonetheless! :)

The purple heart with the "love" stitching was a nice touch!

Bringing Hawai'i to California

A Hawaiian-inspired shoe for a friend of a friend. It was for their birthday, so I raced against the clock to finish them! I really loved painting on the hibiscus... the yellow and pink mixed very nicely. :)

This was also the month that I bought my Nikon D3000 SLR camera... I was still testing out the settings, so these pictures I believe are on auto.

Phantom number two

The girl who received the "Phantom of the Opera" TOMS had a friend who wanted the same style, only with giant "P's" on the toes. So that's exactly what I set out to do. :)

Love under the stars

This style was a replica of my original pair, only it was on grey TOMS, set at nighttime, and was on a smaller canvas (the shoe size was a lot smaller!)