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louis finazzo · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:34 pm

k. this is a design concept for a friend of mines class i'm helpin her out with. it'll be pretty simple... like this on the left side and the adidas logo somewhere lower/right with text somewhere on the lines of "finally a shoe fit for the gods. apollo: size 10 1/2" or something. havn't thought about colors or anything yet....

but my main concern right now is the wing. i couldn't really figure out how to draw the feathers part... so i'm kinda sticking w/ this for now. if anyone would be so kind as to maybe sketch in their own version of a wing, i'd like to get a couple different styles and see which one i'd like.

also any ideas or feedback would be great... i'd appreciate it.

faeklone · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 10:57 pm

I could be wrong, but isn't the winged shoes usually associated with Mercury or Hermes?

louis finazzo · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 11:34 pm

heh, i dunno. she just sat here and told me what to draw and she said apollo so i assumed he was the winged messanger god and started helpin her out with ideas for the text. *shrug*

Sukhoi · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 11:35 pm

The stripes are pointing the wrong way....

Sukhoi

louis finazzo · Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2002 11:47 pm

um, considering i had the shoe right in front of me at the same angle, they were pretty much straight across. thanks anyway

Beowulfthefallen · member Member # Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 147

Those penstrokes are really shaky. Any reason why?

Mharett · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 1:06 pm

as said above, the god is mercury/hermes, not apollo. its kinda funny though that mercury is being used for an adidas add, mercury being the god of Commerce and speed. i did a quick bit of research and then did some overpaints, took me a couple tries, but heres my thought on the concept.

if this isnt any help, try:
redwing shoes
their logo has a wing behind it, may be of some use. had alot of fun with this concept. good luck to your friend with it!

mhar

louis finazzo · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 2:04 pm

Mharett: thanks, i think that's what it was missing, was the short feathers at the 'bone' or whatever, and i'll let her know when she gets back from vegas about it being mercury.

Beowulfthefallen: christ, get an easier name to type

shaky maybe because i wasn't zoomed in very close and i'm only working with a graphire2 (4x5) ? *shrug*

thx guys, appreciate the crits

AJ · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 5:30 pm

I thought it was a weird kind of seahorse thing when I first looked at it.

Then I turned my head sideways..

pixelsoldier · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 8:18 pm

I posted a ref. pic in your Eatpoo thread, louis. Maybe it'll help a bit too.

DarkVVulf · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 8:25 pm

I thought it was a weird console at first. Not a bad idea tho for a console.

louis finazzo · Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2002 9:36 pm

heh weird... i totally see it as a shoe, but yah, that's all it's ever been to me. i wonder if i could use this as a console on a website and people would never know if they just turned their head sideways it would be a shoe