Focus
Footwear, Fashion, Modeling
Role
Lead Designer
Timeline
Summer 2025
Tools
Vizcom, Blender, Illustrator, Brand Comparison
Working for a streetwear brand, staying ahead of trends is crucial. When looking into inspiration for this shoe, I looked at brands at the top of footwear right now. Wether thats Justin Bieber's Skylrk, San Diego's ERL or even the ever lasting superiority of Birkenstock, I sought to recognize sales targets.
Looking at all these shoes I had came across in stores and in the streets of New York, I fell in love with the exposed back, or clog, style. I wanted to incorporate this into a mule for Stolen Arts, and with 3D printing and animal print trending, I saw spider webs as a major point of inspiration.
When Prepping this shoe, I started with some basic sketches. I wanted a rubberized upper with a cork sole, and I really wanted to capture the spider web. In doing this, I also decided to utilize an AI modeling platform, Vizcom, to visualize the shoe before I modeled it in blender.
Being one of my first full scale blender projects, I learned the best ways to achieve my form through constant iteration. I also utilized blender's rendering suite, yet I usually do this step in keyshot.
