My friend wants to design shoes for a hobby but eventually a living. Not the shoes themselves but the design on them, the artwork. And since Ive had luck selling comics and shirts at conventions he figured he’d try his hand at that and then opening an online store. The problem is, he doesnt know where to begin. A few of his main questions are:
What kind of shoes or sneakers lend well to design material and space wise?
How can you get the design to stay on the shoe permanently without cracking or fading?
Can you silk screen shoes?
What paints do you use?
What the best way to mass produce?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kathrinee C
May 6, 2010 at 2:57 pm
make them modern
Desi
May 6, 2010 at 3:09 pm
ask my cousin
David L
May 6, 2010 at 3:19 pm
He should take proffesional courses, and go to design school. If he’s good enough, companies can take him in for a shoe designer, they’ll provide tools and stuff, but if not, it’s a bad job, because it probably won’t be mased produced if you have to hand-make them.
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Odera N
May 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm
go to cheap stores like pay less to promote. talk to the owner or something.
Kacky
May 6, 2010 at 4:43 pm
You can go to a design school, or learn it from a book.
http://shoes.about.com/od/shoe_design/a/shoe_design.htm
xoxo
May 6, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I don’t really know much about this topic, but i do know that converse sneakers have a large space available to designs.
Maybe he should contact converse or some other companies that put designs on their shoes to get more information (: