There were 20 entries into the 4th Paint Or Thread Custom Contest. Once again showcasing a wide variety of skills and experience. After all the results were tabulated first, second, and third place winners are as follows:
First place Contestant H: Jessie Kavana “Carpe Diem” Nike Air Force 1
Second Place Contestant P: Lauren Seal Womens Converse Chuck Taylors
Third Place Contestant O: Desp1 of F&F Customz titled “Ele’Mint” Nike Dynasty High
All entrants below:
A: Name: Birju – AIR76
Description: Stan Smith Addidas, urban rusted background with assoted gears at the heel and a barbed wired fence on both sides of the shoe. Brown and white outlined mech with flat head screws at the front to simulate the metal theme.
B:
C: The Bad Hatter by YoaKustoms
D:
chuck taylor all star with acrylic paint …
customizer name : THE_BODAT
website : www.thebodat.blogspot.com
any other information:
thebodat comes from Indonesia, I was an engineering student at the University of Trisakti.
E: Theses are “RisingSun” customs themed from the Japanese flag and culture. They display a samurai on the outsides of the shoes with floral and splatters design in the background. The insides feature a bonsai tree and 3 Japanese symbols. They read top to bottom as followed: Japan/Land of rising sun, and Samurai. I love the Japanese world so this was my tribute to it.
F: By: Team Status Customs
G: Mysterious Liquid Air Max 90
H: Customizer Name: Jessie Kavana
Description: Started off as all white Nike Air Force Ones that I hand painted. Features a fade from royal blue to white using dots, as well as the quote, “Carpe Diem” written on the front of both sneakers. Details include painting of the seams, around the letters of the quote, and intricate lacing.
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J: My name is John Ross from Harrisburg Pa. These are my Mike Jackson tribute custom af1s.
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aim: johng3m1n1
K: I made these shoes for a Girl named Julayy. The pair doesn’t represent much, except artistic freedom. One shoe the two monkeys are in the jungle, and on the other shoe they are chillin’ in the city. I used bright colors, and even some glitter and crystal rhinestones to really make the shoe stand out. www.chilesshoes.com
L: artist : donny k rutji
email : donnykrutji@yahoo.co.id
title : “sentimental da punk”
media : sneaker acrylic paint and permanent sneaker marker (oil base)
year : Februari 2010
I bored with animation, cartoon, or casual colour…… and then I see a punker through in front of me, I talk to him about everythings (of course art has been in conversation too)…. but he really like to talk about family, love, actual act, and social stuff….I think this guy is really rock….. by this conversation…punk, love in february valentine, social, mind, idea, sneaker concept , glam rock,etc…. I inspired to make this custom sneaker. I want to freeze that conversation and put them into my kicks so If I win ,I will give this shoes to him………………… thanks yo my punk
M: By Jonny Blaze
N: Customizer: Justbeast
Entry Name: The Amazing Spiderdunks
O: They are called Ele’Mint Dynasty Hi. The kicks were a quickstrike edition so the leather was great to work with. I used 2 shades of Grey, Black, and Mint for the colorway. The sneakers feature dark grey midpanels, Black toe cap and heel panel, Mint swooshes and heel quarter panel. The lace and toe panels are done in a grey with dark grey Elephant print paint on top. The print is my own take on the elephant print used on Jordan sneakers so it is obviously different. Also hit up my blog (http://freshandflycustomz.blogspot.com/) for info on upcoming custom footwear from Desp1 of F&F Customs. Also hit up the twitter http://twitter.com/Desp1
P: Hi! My name is Lauren Seal and I am a student at the University of Mississippi. You have no idea how excited I was about finally finding somewhere to submit a pair of shoes I’ve done! These are girls converse high-tops, and I wanted to note that it is a cigarette in the mouth that’s on the shoe tongue. I wish I could have submitted more pictures so that you could see all the sides-I hope you enjoy them!
Q: The theme for this custom is “Envy”. The colors Lilac and Black is used to represent the nature of “Envy”. The depiction starts from the back of the shoe, where the lilac slowly changes gradually to the toe box and becomes full black. The lilac represents the start, envy is conceived and begins to grows in a humans heart and when it becomes full black, shows the action of evilness a human will take when envy takes over them.
The patterns in the middle section between the lilac and the black shows the complexity of envy. This part represents the process of the human mind and the struggles of what they are thinking when envy starts to grow.
My website is: http://hziii.blogspot.com
customizer name: hziii
facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=50700949423&ref=ts
R:
S: “Starry Night”
T:
Name: Revive Customs
Title: “Stunts, Blunts and Hip-Hop”
This shoe was created to honor the 1992 rap album by Diamond D. and his crew; the Psychotic Neurotics. The air jordan 7’s were worn by Diamond D. on the cover. This album in particular was chosen as inspiration because it represents the golden age of hip hop and its influence on sneaker culture.
Website: www.revivecustoms.com
Hi. Now I’m not saying this because i design shoes. But the winners are never great designs. There’s a difference between designing a custom shoe v. taking an anime cartoon, or drawing some drawing on it, and making a painting pretty much. I feel that there is a fine line between the two, and that line is a HUGE difference when it comes to sneakers. Having done this for 4 years, i can tell when a person has just drew something, and actually DESIGNED A SHOE. not knocking these designers, because some of the artwork is GREAT. I just feel that Judges should look at other aspects, because everything seems to be the same to me.
This cant be for real. No way!!!..
what do you think?