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This one’s for my anime fans. I brought a few anime’s to life on these custom Nike Air Force 1s for a birthday gift!🎨👟

Featuring Luffy from One Piece, Uncle Iroh from The Last Airbender, and Killua Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter. I really like the blocking and line work on this pair and finding ways to make the characters fit within the panels of the shoes.

In future anime projects (got a big one coming up😉), I’m looking forward to honing my line work skills and trying a few different techniques to make the characters really pop off the shoe.

Celebrating Canada during the Copa America tournament🇨🇦

We shocked the world, placing 4th overall at our first Copa America. Extremely proud of our boys, and this piece honours our legendary run⚽️

Made and inspired by what it means to be a Canadian, these cleats represent us all at the same time, regardless who we wear on our backs, we’re all on the same team.

They are currently up for raffle, link in bio for details!🔗

Black Air Force CPFM customs made for you.
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My client wanted his last name in the Cactus Plant Flea Market font along with the AIR, this was the result. These are a great way to add a custom twist on a pair of everyday shoes.
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Any letter, any word, message me to get your pair done📲
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Black History Month Sneaker Drop!

This pair was inspired by an awesome collaboration I worked on back in 2021 for BHM. It has held heavy significance for me over the years, and I wanted to do something special to honour them, along with my growth as an artist while affecting positive change in my own community.

I’m releasing a limited run of 10 pairs of these BHM - BLM Air Force 1s, first come, first serve. Each pair features the following and is made to order in selected size:

- “BHM” cutout in premium black and white leather
- “BLM” cutout in premium black and white leather
- Standard/Regular lace or rope lace options
- 20% of proceeds to be donated to a local non-profit organization. I will publicly update this when orders close.

*Shoes are included in the price. Price excludes shipping*

Standard/Regular Laces - $400
Rope Laces - $425

Comment “BHM DROP” and I’ll DM you with purchase instructions. Or DM me to buy.

I’m releasing these today but will also be popping up during their Black History Month skate “Rolling With The Culture” this Saturday February 24th from 9pm - 1am. If you want to see this pair in person and have a great time, definitely come out for the night!

I also need to give a big thank you to everyone who has supported me and this idea. The response I’ve gotten on these has been overwhelming and so fulfilling. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in any way big or small. I really couldn’t do it without you.

This is my first but definitely won’t be my last.

“Get Money, Make Change.”✌🏽

To shed some light on how I made the shoes, whenever I have multiple pairs in an order, this is the general process I take with all of them. I batch the same parts of the process so that I don’t have to back step and repeat tasks.
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I want to highlight what changes between each pictures, so here is each slide broken down to its contents:
Slide 1 - Reference (Pre touch ups)
Slide 2 - White base coat for the liner
Slide 3 - Outstep gradient
Slide 4 - **Middle bar**
Slide 5 - Stencil
Slide 6 - Pre touch ups
Slide 7 - Mid touch ups
Slide 8 - Sealing
Slide 9 - Laced up
Slide 10 - Final Pictures
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** The middle bar technique uses a mix of the two colours of a gradient to seamlessly blend them together. It’s essential for any gradient work.
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For the previous 2023 season, and I decided to switch it up and use all black Stan Smith’s as the base shoe.
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This set features a circuit board with a gradient backdrop and a pop of colour using the ‘Defiant Red’. I had a lot of fun challenging myself and bringing these pairs to life!
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Custom shoes for Toronto Defiant’s 2022 season.
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Handmade Air Jordan 1 Switch
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At this point I’ve shared so much about the process I’ve almost run out of things to say. This build taught me so much and it was a really fun silhouette to take on. I’ve always liked them from when they first released, and to have it come full circle in this way is really surreal.
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I’m looking forward to applying everything I learned from this build in other projects and constantly improving my knowledge, skill, and craftsmanship.
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This pictures was created on using the new generative A.I tool.
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**This is not in affiliation or collaboration with any brand and is my own artistic expression**
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The last pair I did for was their previous 2023 season, and these looked a little different. Up until this point we had only done Air Forces, but we switched it up and did some Stan Smiths, as we were aiming for a ‘varsity’ look.

Surprisingly, these pairs took longer than expected due to all of the masking and stencilling that had to be done. Every part of the shoe that’s painted used a stencil is some way. Each and every one of the 49 eyelets had to be stencilled around the edges to get a nice clean paint job. Even when the prep takes so long, it’s always work the outcome.

What model of shoes should I take on for the next batch of team shoes? Let me know below!

Keeping the theme going, these are the pairs I brought to life for their 2022 season. I’ve been working with Toronto Ultra for the past 3 years now, and every year we always manage to do something new and unique from the year previous.

This pair features an iridescent drip swoosh using pigments from , Toronto Ultra logos and branding, a painted sock liner and tongue using the Toronto Ultra Ultra-Violet, and custom tongue tabs. There was a lot of back and fourth on this design, but when they sent me the first concept and said “holographic” in the description, I knew exactly what I was going to use. I’ve used on previous projects and it worked perfect for this one too. Make sure you check them out if you’re looking for something really out of the box on your next project.

Let me know what you think of this design, and what y’all think would be cool to include in future designs!

Toronto Ultra x Nobis Tactical Vest. This one was a blessing. Swipe through. Story below.
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Over the past couple of years, I have been fortunate enough to work with and design their team’s footwear. In early June of 2022, I was invited to the Major IV Tournament by a good friend . It also happened to be on my university campus to make it that much more special. It was incredibly surreal to see my footwear in use and on display in front of so many people. It was during the second day of the tournament when the crazy (but awesome) idea for me to paint live during the fourth day of the event was brought up. After a lot of back and forth and setup on the back end, it was confirmed, and I found out I would be painting on a vest live during the final day of the tournament which was less than 24 hours away.

On the actual day of the tournament, I spent a lot of time designing and preparing the vest. I knew we were going to be giving it away, so I decided who better to talk to about what fans would want to see on this vest then… the fans themselves. Using their input, I was able to bring this to life. A Toronto Ultra themed Nobis Vulcan Tactical Vest.

The vest features the signatures of the 2022 roster, elements of such as the compass; tweaked to represent the city, the gr***de logos, Toronto Ultra logos and branding, and the CN Tower on the back of the vest with a touch of Ultra purple.

A few weeks later, the Nobis and Toronto Ultra team came together to make a video feature of the vest to use as promo for the giveaway. Huge shoutout to and the rest of the team for creating such an awesome video and also making me look great. If you want to give it a watch, head over to my website, link in bio.

This project was definitely a highlight of my portfolio, and I’m forever thankful to all of those involved who helped me, guided me, and supported me along the way.

Toronto Maple Leafs City Edition 2022
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Done in early 2022 for the annual city edition night, this project was unique as I was given total creative freedom to bring this designs to life and it would also be auctioned off for charity. This was a big motivation for me to make these wearable and sleek, but stylish enough to be a display piece as well.
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Starting with a triple white Adidas Superstar, you can see the 2022 roster as the background, with a leather leafs patch on the foreground. Additionally, the eye stays were used to symbolize a classic wooden hockey stick. On the instep, I continued the roster and went for an outline of the skyline to bring the classic Toronto elements to the shoe. After accenting the details with by painting the adidas logo, sole stitching, sock liner, and tongue, I wrapped the shoe up with some loose rope laces to symbolize the collar on a hockey Jersey.
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I don’t often show the first version of mock ups behind a project, but this one was definitely cool enough to include so you can see what my thought process on a first draft often looks like. It’s also really cool to note how much but simultaneously how little the mock up changes from first draft to completion.
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