Wednesday, April 21, 2010

"Blossoms" by Cam Giblin


This was a relatively simple and straightforward design. I was given the theme Buddhist/cherry blossoms and allowed to have at it with artistic freedom.
She asked the beginning initials of her partner and two children to be incorporated into the trees.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

AK image gallery done my way. With my own hands. That touched a computer.


Art Kicks look glorious when you can see them all at once, on one page. For a year now, I've been dreaming of a photo gallery done my way. Well, recently I've been learning html and CSS for just that purpose, and without further ado, I present:

http://www.evandschultz.com/custom_shoes.html

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Robots for a baby



No, I don't actually think the baby will wear these. The baby hasn't actually been born yet, in fact. This is a present for the expecting parents, who hopefully won't notice that some of the robots cross the line from adorable into slightly creepy.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

"Album Year" by new artist Cam Giblin


Hey, this is Cam Giblin of LonePinesDesign.com, Evan's new Artkicks designer.
"Album Year" were my most challenging pair of Artkicks yet. These shoes include 20+ hours of labor and 19 different album designs. All in all, a fun design though.


Complex albums like "Appetite for Destruction" by Guns 'N' Roses had to be simplified so they would fit on the shoes, but I can safely say those are the tiniest skulls I have ever drawn.


Saturday, March 6, 2010

House with Cracked Walls by Paul Cézanne


Being asked to replicate a painting on a pair of shoes is a difficult task in any case. When the artist I'm asked to replicate is Paul Cézanne, the master of expressive landscape, I get a little panicky.


I think the final shoes came out well, however. There's a few inconsistencies between my replica and the original, but they're minor. I used over 50 colors, a personal record by far.


Monday, February 22, 2010

Turtle Aeronautics and Space Administration


If turtles decided to go to space, sea turtles would definitely be the ones chosen to go. Land turtles would fail miserably trying to navigate in zero gravity. Look at an African Tortoise and try to imagine that thing in a space suit. Yeah right. Sea turtles live in an aquatic environment, and NASA uses underwater training to prepare astronauts for space travel. It makes so much sense. Sea turtles are definitely Turtlenauts.



I tried to give the backs and sides the feel of a spacesuit covered in patches. Turtles wouldn't journey in the name of the United States, however. They would journey for all turtle-kind, hence the change in the flag patch.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Party Animals by Cam Giblin


Cam's first pair was for himself and he knocked it out of the park. The pictures speak for themselves. Let the orders pour in.