Before I had even finallised things with Erin at Vans I had a pretty well formed image in my head of how I wanted these shoes to look. Although the final design is much different from my initial drawings I had a pretty solid idea of what I wanted to achieve throughout.
Things have gone really quiet on Kyozokicks these past couple of months, Too quiet I say. But don’t let this be any indication of the things that are going on behind the scenes! In my personal life my girlfriend and myself uprooted ourselves and can currently be found in Luang Numtha, Northern Laos. We travelling South East Asia before landing in New Zealand this summer (well their Winter actually, summer to us Northern hemisphere folks) Where we have working holiday visas to work for the next year and decide if we want to be New Zealanders full time or not.
So I have been busy with personal stuff, does that mean I have forgotten about my hobby here? Of course not! If anything whilst things have been quiet here KyozoKicks my shoes have gotten the biggest boost I could ever imagine – I will have upto 5 pairs displayed in Vans stores across the US to promote custom culture. That means Vans got in contact with me to paint some shoes – Mind Blown.
We got Hatapon, Yaripon, Tatepon and even a Kabipon! In fact I got the chance to do a small army of Patapon. This was not a private commission but a gift for my Girlfriends birthday, she’s seen plenty of shoes come and go in this home so I thought it was time for a pair of her very own. Continue reading…
And now for something a little different. I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to both design and create the Oddworld shoes for a guy called Mike in Canada. I really enjoyed the whole process because I was able to work with Mike to come up with something he wanted, two minds coming together to create something completely new and fresh.
I use video games as my inspiration, is there a finer more deserving game than Okami? Continue reading…
I have been fortunate to have my shoes featured on some of my favorite websites [Kotaku, Destructoid, The Official Capcom Blog, Double Fine Productions] Among countless others in every language from French to Japanese.
However I think this is the first time I have ever heard someone actually talk about my shoes [01:40 into the video]. Featured on a custom shoe segment Bytejacker actually talks about Kyozokicks! I’m always surprised nobody gets in contact to talk to me about them (start the violins up) as I’m more than happy to chat about my shoes and Video Game art in general.
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A little treat this time around, not one but two pairs of shoes! (hence a slight delay between pairs) I have been hesitant to base shoes around what I consider quite mainstream/well known games until now. Ive seen poor Links little face plastered on everything from socks to lunch boxes. I saw an oppurtunity to do something I personally had not seen before, yet is quite (albeit it in a terriblely geeky way) iconic – the shields of Zelda. Why more than 1 pair? I couldn’t decide one design!
Edison Yan
Neo Gaf Member Edison Yan has put together a wonderful tribute to the now famous ‘Post 217′ to come out of this years E3. Hit the Jumps to read the full Story. NSFW language to follow!
Porky Mech
Another weekend is upon us and it’s time we wrapped up our recent interview with Camille Young, on closing Camille talk a bit more about her work on Mother 3, including where the entire collection finally ended up.
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