One of the worlds most artistic natural occurrences is botanical life, specifically flowers. Some of the patterns, fades, shading and colors can simply not be recreated by the human mind, eye, and hand. Taking on the theme of a flower is a hefty task. Evan Schultz of Art Kicks gave that task ago recently on…[Read More]
How to customize canvas shoes by Louie Gong
Custom Shoes: Basic Tips for Vans and Chucks by Louie Gong
VOTE: Vans Customs Pattern Designer
Vans recently held a contest allowing people enter pattern designs to be on the uppers of their canvas shoes. The winner gets $2000 and the chance to have their pattern be an option for online Vans custom orders. Take 10 seconds to vote for the best pattern HERE!
Art Kicks by Evan Schultz since winning our 1st Custom Contest
Ever since winning the first PaintorThread.com Custom Contest in June Evan Schultz Art Kicks has been in full creative mode. His medium is nothing new, people have been drawing on Vans Slip Ons for years. As well there is quite a few shoe customizers that exclusively work on these shoes. But Evan stands out with…[Read More]
RESULTS: Custom Contest #1
After 16 entries and over 100 public votes the results of the first Paint or Thread Custom Contest are in. 1st place is Evan Schultz’s Vans with handrawn unicorns shooting rainbow lasers from their eyes, 2nd place is Interaxionne “The Genesis” Nike Dunk decon-recon, and 3rd place goes to Champate for his Nike Dunk decon-recon….[Read More]
Fresh 23 Vans Shoe Contest with Jones Soda
PaintorThread is a big fan of anything entrepreneurial. One brand that fits that spirit is Jones Soda, if you have not heard of or tried their soda we suggest you check it out. Now though this contest makes PaintorThread an even bigger fan. Jones teamed up with Vans to give 23 high school art students…[Read More]
Lazy Oneofone Launch
The well known customizer Lazy has recently released some customs from his vault that are all 1 of 1. More info at Lazy’s Website
Hush Fabrications: Carbon Fiber Vans Half Cabs
Hush released these back in December, but they are so ill we had to share them. The entire shoe used to be red, so all the black material was added. Which is crazy because it was all done with an awl and a lot of time and patience.
Lazy: Vans Warped Event
New look at customs by Lazy via Sole Obsession: This special collaboration is an effort between LAZY and sneaker store WARPED, done for the WARPED 2nd Anniversary joint event with Vans and Vans Syndicate. The LAZY Vans custom pack consists of a SK8 HI, a Chukka Mid and an Era. The SK8 Hi pays tribute…[Read More]
SlipOffs: John Deere Vans
You can not get much more classic American green than this. SlipOffs Website
