Van is the guy behind the most famous Barack Obama customs that are now made by the fake factories in every color ever imagined. Talented painter he is, that can be seen clearly in his run of Wolverine themed Nike Air Force 1s. More info on Van check out his MySpace: Van’s MySpace More pics…[Read More]
Masked Magician by hziii
Customizer hziii posted up his latest work, Masked Magician, featuring a character he created: It’s a silhouette of a magician wearing an oxygen mask. The idea of the mask was from a famous magician called “the masked magician” which I was a fan of from young. I wanted my magician to be unique from the…[Read More]
Mizzee: Friday the 13th 4.0 and Retrospective
Mizzee Customs made his first pair last spring for our buddy SneakFiend. 10 months or so later and its an actual Friday the 13th and the movie is released AND version 4.0 is complete. 4.0 is probably my favorite of them all just because of the foggy woods at night scene he recreated. The grey…[Read More]
Milk: Purple Giraffe
milk1 of the Sneaker Freaker forums recently put up these “Purple Giraffe” adidas Stan Smith hi-tops. Something that today is definitely following our motto :K.I.S.S., seven years ago these would have probably been called crazy in the customizing world. Today they are rather run of the mill, but milk1 still did a great job thats…[Read More]
New Balance and Shoes-Up contest
Just found on HypeBeast.com is a contest sponsored by New Balance and Shoes Up. For the first time in its storied history, New Balance is loosening up the creative reigns and letting YOU create a design which could potentially see the light of day at sneaker spots around the world. Based on two solid offerings,…[Read More]
Weekly Methamphibian Throwback: #2
Six years ago in 2003 was when these were released. These were Methamphian’s second retail collaboration, the first being with Prohibit NYC. Yet, I’m pretty sure these were his first mulitple pair release being out of Undefeated LA. Based of the iconic Nike Air Jordan III and the color of the Los Angeles Lakers these…[Read More]
Snakeskin on shoes is hard to mess up
Somehow, someway, snakeskin almost always looks good on shoes. Yet Nike definitely has messed up a few times especially on womens releases, while adidas almost always has snakeskin looking good. But what about customizers? Usually they know how to make it right. That is what lakebay2 of the NikeTalk Sneaker Art Forum recently finished up:…[Read More]
Old shoes can look new again………
Making old shoes look new again is one of many reasons people get into customizing. If you are starting out it is actually best to use old shoes since there is a good chance your going to do something wrong or make a mistake. When you do you will be happy you did not shell…[Read More]
JGoods: Quick YouTube video How To
Having trouble explaining to people how to customize sneakers with a simple paint job? Show them this quick video by JGoods Customs and they should understand the process.
