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Published: 2008-08-01 06:15:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 15461; Favourites: 249; Downloads: 140
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Shoes for Jessica 's birthday, a la ~Bobsmade .Hecka fun stuff. I still have a buncha acrylics and matte wood varnish left, so anyone else who'd like shoes just holla. 'Course, you *could* just spring for the real thing at bobsmade... but that's like 95 euro ($142).
NOTE: It's harder than it looks, FELLAS.
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Yup regular acrylic paints on cotton/canvas shoes
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hey man im doing my own customs but can you give me any tips on getting some views!
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haha, no idea. I just play around for fun. I think it's my fanart that brings people around to the shoes once they're done with it.
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what acrylics did you use? are they for fabric canvas or will any acrylic hold up?
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these were just regular old acrylics (Liquitex I think) sprayed over with matte finish (to waterproof them)
As long you paint on canvas/fabric shoes (that don't have some sort of of finish or paint on them) you should be fine. You can always wipe down the surface with nail polish remover to prep it to help the acrylics stick better and remove any coating that might have been put on the shoe fabric.
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whats the matte finish? is it like an oil or something? i did do a few that are on etsy but was so worried bout ppl damaging the by walkin in rain and stuff [link]
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matte finish comes in a spray can [link]
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I have never tried on leather. ...But I hear you need special (pricey) leather paints. I like painting on canvas shoes cause then I can use the regular paints that I have laying around.
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yeah it was recently brought to my attention that leather paints work better than acrylics
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Acrylic paints, sharpie, and matte finish spray to waterproof it after the acrylics dried.
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hey I was looking at this And I just wanted to congratulate on making such great shoes, I would buy these with no doubt. You did a great job, I am going to do my own soon (wish me luck 
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Thank you, I am proud of them. And you should totally do your own. It is so fun! Good luck!
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Did you color the black on the rubber yourself? I'm trying to paint a pair of shoes myself but nothing seems to be sticking (I've used acrylic and spray paint).
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No, the rubber came black. I am not sure what to suggest to you for painting on rubber. I've never done it.
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Ah, okay. Thank you for the reply.
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Haha, I want some for myself, but I am too much of a lazy-butt to make them for me.
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working on a pair of my own right now -_- waaaay hard
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yeah! But so worth it! The first ones I did were a lot harder than I expected. ...especially to get them to look as nice as I wanted them to.
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Truely amazing shoes! I want to try and make some like these with acrylic paint but are they water proof and okay to wear in the rain??
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I sprayed mine with matte wood varnish once they were finished. ...so yes! Acrylic in itself is not terribly waterproof though.
Thank you<3
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As a finishing coat, to waterproof the acrylic (and also give it a more matte look)
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Awesome. People who paint on shoes are the coolest.
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cool shoes, I also make shoes and I was very curious as to what you use the matte wood varnish for?
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Sealing the acrylic once I'm done, so they're totally waterproof, and so they don't look so shiny.
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You used acrylics and matte wood varnish? like, matte wood varnish on top of everything? I ask because I'll might paint my own shoes, but I have no clue what equipments I'll need and how to make them last long... 
I really love these pics, those colours looks marvellous and those pictures are so happy and lovely
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Check out =Bobsmade for some great examples and tutorials (there's a great youtube video over there).
My process:
1. Cloth/Canvas Shoes
2. White Acrylic basecoat everywhere
3. Pencil outlines
4. Sharpie/waterproof pen outlines
5. Color in w/acrylic
6. Re-do pen outlines
7. Spray matte wood varnish over all the (dried) acrylic.
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Woo! Thanks I had fun with the colorsssssss.
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Thank you very much, talented graffiti artist (:
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thank yu too
i was considerin whether i shud invest in doin shoes..
but yur work is beautiful 
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It's fun if you've got some extra acrylics lying around (otherwise that's the expensive part)
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ha yeaa thas tha thing..
i hav very limited acrylics
i usually just use prismacolor markers for mi work
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omg thanks
my hero<3
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It's not really that hard to me
xD
I guess it varies with person.
Nice job!
I would post pictures of my shoes but alas, no camera
D;
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Thanks so much ;D It took me a few colors to get the green right ;D
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your welcome. i'm glad the color worked out for you.
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