#vans customs

[vansfriend]

Sesame Street x Vans Customs

[daily-timekeeper]

Today timekeeper is: on a mighty fine pair of expensive shoes

[t666xin]

[normvlwansta]

A thing of dreams...

[marleebeeb]

YALL.

THEYRE HERE.

Custom Rimmy Tim Vans babeyyyyy

[lalasdreambox]

Hi guys! These are my first ever CUSTOMS!!! I had sooo much fun creating these even though it was slightly stressful LOL Sigh! Anyhoo if you'd like to see th eeriness behind me drawing on these vans check out this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW4EQGceAtA&t=255s

[houseofvans]

#YOUREIT | VANS CUSTOMS | ROB SATO

We’re loving these bold yellow Vans Customs with color elements designed by artist Rob Sato. Using inspiration from his color palette, artwork and paintings, Rob’s one-of-a-kind shoes were made using the Vans Custom Shop. Find out more about Rob’s Vans Customs creations and the process below!  

Photographs courtesy of the artist. 

Tell us a little bit about the design you used for your Vans Customs! What was the inspiration behind it? I knew I wanted to make either a very loud shoe or a very quiet shoe. I played with two main designs and this is the one that I was most happy with. I used imagery from a recent painting that was a little bit about living in and moving through the kaleidescopic landscape of LA, growing up in California, and climbing the weird, vibrant mountain of life. If you look close you can see tiny figures walking up those radiating hills. I like the idea of footwear for climbing psychedelic mountains, both holy and unholy, with mustard fields and ketchup accents.

What are your favorite Vans silhouettes? Since I was a kid, I’ve just liked Vans. I don't think there's a silhouette I don't like. I had a pair of slip ons in elementary school that I treasured. We couldn’t afford brand name shoes back then, but my Mom found them on sale one summer. I was so happy. I grew up in a half Japanese-American household and the rules were strictly shoes-off indoors, but I would clean the soles every time I came home so I could wear them inside. I wore them way past when I should have. Not only were they eventually ground down from too much life and love, my feet grew too big too fast and I tried to stuff them in there as long as I could. The Vans I wear most these days are a pair of velcro canvas Prison Issue low tops that I’ve had for years, but I think the classic Sk8-Hi’s are maybe my favorites. They're beautiful objects.

What would you title your shoe? Ascension

What have been some of your favorite reactions you’ve gotten on social media or by friends? People from every walk of life seem very stoked on yellow shoes, which is a bit of a surprise. My favorite reaction so far came when I was carrying them down the street in my neighborhood and a stylish elderly woman, a total stranger, demanded that I give her a closer look at these shoes. I told her the situation, and I’m not sure she understood, but she departed saying, “I want to wear those shoes.”

What was your favorite part about the Vans Custom shop process? Getting down to refining process. Once things were narrowed down it was really fun to play with the slight variations in those final options. It was difficult to choose but interesting to see how much the overall feel of the shoe can be changed by seemingly minor differences in color and design features.

Find out more about Rob Sato in our Art School Interview with Rob Sato. 

[witchybusinessbeck]

Hades and Persephone

Finally got around to doing these and I couldn’t be happier with how the turned out 😊

Persephone’s side has the pomegranate and Hades has the narcissus flower. The Greek spellings are written on the backs. The designs were done with prismacolor markers.