New YouTube Tutorial Up!!!! How to Make Cartoon Custom Kicks!
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New YouTube Tutorial Up!!!! How to Make Cartoon Custom Kicks!

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Over the last 3 months or so, Nike has been absolutely on fire releasing collaborations and new colorways and materials for their shoes.

There have been so many collaborations that its become nearly impossible to count. There’s the obvious ones, like the Off White collaboration with its Chicago 1 rendition. There’s the recent Art Basel Miami collab, which brought us two new, pastel colorways that screamed Miami. Then there was the recent collab with Levis and their Jordan Levis 4s causing mass hysteria over the U.S.

One thing that all 3 of these collabs have in common?

Well, besides being next to impossible to get your hands on, I can unfortunately announce that I caught an L for all 3 releases. That’s what these collabs have in common. Sneakerheads across the globe were thirsty for all of these releases and the limited supply called for a lot of crying Michael Jordan faces at the end of the day (wait, you never seen the Jordan crying face before!? Have you been hiding under a rock??? Google it!).

As my hopes dwindle missing out on catching any of these releases for retail (the way my bank account is set up, I can’t pay resell), I decided to do a mash up of all the recent releases that I couldnt get my hands on, on a pair of Yin Yang 1s.

That’s when Joshua Vides decided to hit Instagram by storm. Who is Joshua you may ask? His work can be seen all around Los Angeles and he recently opened up his own art gallery in LA. He’s known for taking objects such as a fire hydrant, for example, and repainting the entire object to look as if it was in a cartoon. His pop style combines the use of minimal color (black and white) but he uses them to such an effective degree that you couldn’t imagine that the simplicity of it results in something so surreal. It literally looks like he pulled a fire hydrant from a cartoon and placed it in front of you!
His style went viral so quickly, he has even collaborated with Nike & made a pair of Jordan 3s in his signature style for Tinker Hatfield himself!
Now, that’s a real come up! Needless to say, Joshua inspired me to try this “cartoon” themed style out myself.

So there you go! Now you have an idea what my thought process was before starting this custom. Now, let’s take a look at the results! Without further ado, here is your tutorial on how to make custom cartoon kicks, inspired by Joshua Vides & the most recent Nike collaborations that have been taking the sneaker scene by storm. Enjoy!

14 Responses

  1. Paul Walker
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    Your art is an inspiration it’s unreal. Only thing I can’t figure out is where you get the carbon fiber and how to use it.

    • suheel sheikh
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      That’s a reconstruction process and takes experience in seeing and gluing.

  2. Frank Braxton
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    What do I need to do to get a custom from you?

  3. Ethan Walton
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    How do you make paint stick and stay on the soles? Love the shoes by the way!

    • suheel sheikh
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      I use very little paint on the soles and mix with 2hard. For the bottom of the sole I use sharpie.

  4. Ethan Walton
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    Also how do you get the white to show up so easily on the black? Everytime I do customs it requires many coats to show up.

    • suheel sheikh
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      Just takes time. You do need several light coats.

  5. Luis Perez
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    Bru, I don’t know how you are not the biggest in custom.
    The details, the colors, the cartoony design! I swear i would kill for these sneakers,
    Also, Haseeb is the best raper I’ve ever listened to in a long time.

    • suheel sheikh
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      Luis thank you so much man! I’m honored to see this comment. And I agree, Haseeb is so refreshing for hip hop.

  6. Chris
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    How much would you charge me to do a custom Jordan 1 but I wanted to do the drip look but I wanted the trip to be Louis Vuitton

    • suheel sheikh
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      Hi there. I would contact @sierato for this custom.

  7. Marc
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    Love your work! Where can I purchase the large Nike swooshes?