Custom Light Up Shoes and 1 of a Kind Hand Painted Customized Sneakers

This summer the online sneaker customizing community has been taking part in a tournament style battle ran by the good eye of Jest3R of 3R customs. After 11 first round battles, my pair is finally up against JBF Customs. Despite a few roadblocks I was happy with most of the design. As long as I'm in the contest I've promised myself I would at least try using a base shoe I've never used before. So to start out I got a hold of a pair of Gourmet Diablo's which I titled "Dropped Diablos".

The making of these took me back a few years. In the past I loved the freedom and creativity of making customs without any trademarked or obvious inspiration for a design. Usually the end product would be the result of trying out a new technique or a new idea I had to change the majority of the shoes aesthetics. I'll probably try following that same process more often as the making of these was really one of the reasons I began customizing over 8 years ago. Be sure to check them out in the 360 view at the Clash of the Customizers website.  Finally, come back in a few days to see if I make it to the 2nd round.