Texture....

Playing with and FINALLY got the hang of adding textures.

Shading...

After some basic color blocking it's time to add a touch of shadow

Lines lines lines!

Working on that sole some more

A break from vector...

To explore other stuff...like the live paint feature in illustrator.

Branding...

It seems excessive but you gotta know what they are, yeah?

Practice...

Choose a random sketch and decided to work on my vector line work.

Dunzo...

Finished my quick exploration into extra views...now to make it habit

I got sole...

Practicing the view...now if I could only figure out how to make that
herringbone tread pattern...

'never underestimate minimalism'

As told to me by a professional designer...so I'm practicing exactly
that with my shading.

Color-blocking.

3 views in an hour and a half...I think that's a little improvement =)

Almost there..

But yet so far...

Top-down...

Still trying to translate what's in my brain onto vector lines...

More work...

Can't wait to work on the rendering! But first thing's first...

Speed's the aim...

Working on techniques to cut down my vector line work.

Working on views

I realized I tend to ignore the top and bottom view but I see it helps
in fleshing out forms.

Development...

Working on fleshing out the scribbles from yesterday =)

Chicken-scratch...

Just put the pen down, started scribbling, and got this...I think I'll
refine it later tonight.

A few more...

Just to warm up

Dialing it in...

Been watching a lot of transformers as of late and decided I wanted a
phone inspired by them...initial sketches.

Being unemployed blows...

Leaves!

The day it fell apart...

....is the day these came together.

Good nite...

One last sketcharoo...

Back to basics...

Some sketching

Scheming...

Playing with color patterns before I flesh it out more

Then...

Some shading!

Colorblocking...

Fun!

Vectoring...

Practicing the illustrator stuffs

Low cut...

Low-cut basketball shoe real quick

Shoes to get away in...

Running from problems with a work night

2 minutes...

Seriously

But...

It won't stop me from coloring it...if anything, more practice never
hurt anyone.

Cleaning up the lines...

I think the toe is a little small on this one so it's back to the
drawing board...

Further development...

Plastic 'wave' forms that add stability to the shoe.

Seventy-five cents...

3 quarters view of a shoe in development...

Back to basketball....

Inspired by the original hyperflight...this is a design I think I will
develop further.

Converse trainer...

After a few running, I figures I'd throw in a cross-trainer.

More running!

Thought of the anime tekkaman, the spiridon and viola!

Tech-inspired...

Took something from the epic and something from the tech challenge and
I got this...

After a few minutes...

Applying some quick marker to the previous sketch.

After a run...

...I decided I wanted to crank out some running shoes!