Boba Fett Custom Shoes

Boba Fett custom shoe commission!

WAY overdue for posting, but here they are!! These were a challenge! But I am very happy with how they turned out!!

DA: (x)

~Ginny

The Lost Princess

SO! This started out as a fun little project for me to play with my new set of gouache paint..... which turned into a mixed media ball of fun! Rapunzel (and Ariel, who is next) are my absolute favourite princesses and this was a blasty blast!!

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~Ginny

Deadpool Shoes: Complete!

Deadpool shoes are complete!!!

Gosh, this was an effort all of its own kind. The whole process went much quicker than the Iron Man shoes (which I would chalk up to being more experienced this time) but it was still a challenge!

I hope you all like them! :) I’m pretty excited to wear these babies!

DA: (x)

~Ginny

Deadpool Shoes!

FINALLY got started on those Deadpool shoes I sketched out a million billion years ago! 

~Ginny

New Year pt. II

Continuing with the New Years theme...

My Facebook was recently flooded with people posting a neat little money saving idea where you save a dollar amount based on what week of the year it is. This is week  1, so I would save $1 ... week 51 I would save $51 and so on. I had seen it before and thought I should give it a go, and when I saw the flood I figured it was a sign, haha. 

This was the pretty (massive) mason jar I painted to go with it! It's the Martha Stewart multi surface satin paint on glass, and I added some sticky pearls for the flowers and dew drops! I didn't bother to seal it because it'll just be sitting on my desk. 

I actually really love it! I can't wait to fill it with money! Hah!

~Ginny

New Year!

And with it comes a fresh start and all that jazz!

So to start off the year, I've been doing some crafting! 

I bought these little flower pots for my herbs waaay back in the summer, but never had a second to actually sit down and paint them! Now I have! Unfortunately my herbs have died since then... haha. So um, New Years resolution is to not let my herbs die now that they have a pretty home!

~Ginny

Final version

AAAND here is the final!

After the fantastically spectacular fail with the original in marker, I attempted to use acrylics. It worked out MUCH better this time. Though there are definitely some things I would do differently next time.

The best part is that my friend loved it! So worth all the frustration!

~Ginny

Progress!

I'm going to post a little WIP preview of a piece I'm working on for a friend!

I think I'll (finally) be posting the DW comic soon, as well!

~Ginny

Galaxy Shoes II!

Three pairs of shoes later.. I finally have a pair for myself! I really love these and can't WAIT to wear them!!

And! Since I am a HUGE dork, I am making some custom pink glow-in-the-dark laces to go with them. 

Yeah. That's happening.

DA: (x)

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~Ginny

The final versions!

Here we go with the finals!

The client was very happy with them!! Which makes me so happy to hear! The whole process was a little challenging at times, but overall I had a wonderful time. I can't wait to do myself a pair!

~Ginny

Iron Man shoes...

So I thought I'd do a little write-up on the process before posting the final shoes (Some photos will be repeated from the previous post)!

The shoes I used for this project were actually provided by the client (which makes my life so much easier, I must say!) But they were an almost.. khaki colour. After taping the bottoms (painter's tape), I started off with a priming coat:

I then went to the back of the shoes. I cut out a stencil of the logo (I went cheap and easy- I just used a card stock file folder I had laying around):

The stencil with the final version.

Next I tackled either side! I used my own arc reactor template from before (which has been surprisingly useful for something I did for a cake project!)

The next part, the front, was the trickiest part of the whole piece. I had to figure out a way to make the image work so that the major focal points (Iron Man himself and the repulsor) were centred properly! And, as longtime followers of my art will note, I NEVER draw robots of any kind, so I had to make sure I was getting this perfect! It's the first thing you look at, after all!

The base drawing (Sorry about the shadow, haha)

After I finished, all that was left was to do a sealer coat to protect the shoes! I'm currently using Americana Acrylic Sealer/Finisher. It's a glossy coat which, if I had the chance to do over, I would not use. I'm going to look into getting a matte finish for it. That's just me nit-picking though. It works quite nicely with the galaxy shoes, however!

Will post the final versions next!

~Ginny

More progress...

Now just one section left!! I am very pleased so far!

~Ginny

Update!

Sorry I haven't posted this week! I've been working a lot! But! I have a WIP photo of the shoes I'm working on this week!

                              

Iron Man shoes!!! I am very excited! I'm trying to finish them up ASAP, so hopefully I'll have the final photos soon!!

~Ginny

Practice!

I was commissioned by a friend to do a pair of shoes for her. Now in the past I've painted pants, t-shirts, TVs and boxes .. but never shoes. So, in an attempt to get some practice before the real thing, (I had a pair of shoes I had bought to paint anyway) I did some galaxy shoes!

I am VERY VERY pleased with how they turned out!! PLUS! They were STUPIDLY fun to do! What more can I ask for on a Sunday afternoon? I'm just heartbroken that these shoes don't fit me. But I think I have a volunteer to give them a good home, so that's good!

~Ginny

Annnd the final photos.

All right. So here are the final photos!

The front (with close up)

And the back! (Yeah, I apologize)

~Ginny

Progress Photos!

So the pants are complete, and I've submitted my entry to the contest! Here are the progress photos for now!

First are the final inks.

And the chalk roughs on the pants. Fun side note: these are my first roughs. The ones I drew on the WRONG side of the pants. MAN that was a kick in the ass.

More to come tomorrow!!

~Ginny