Here’s a great little video from designer, Roshan Hakkim of him rendering this 3/4 view. Done over a time of 45 minutes, you can see how quick you can make a great sketch render, keeping it light and fluid yet still having quite a few details. Check out the video, and also a few other renders [...]
In this tutorial we showcase how to add some basic shadow & highlights to give your shoe some shape. Adding some subtle shadow & highlights can really make your shoe pop and make it jump off of the page. Every shoe designer I know has their own preferences as to where they like to add [...]
This is the first of many upcoming video tutorials covering everything from simple sketching techniques to advanced rendering. For this video Concept Kicks focuses on one of the quickest and most efficient tools for getting an idea out visually. Thumbnail sketches are a simple and basic way to communicate a...
Check out this rendering teaser video (I know, another one, we like to tease!) designed and rendered by ConceptKICKS.com creator, Daniel Bailey (MrBailey). Just giving you a taste of whats to come, from sketching to rendering, tech packs to color cads, we plan to showcase it all, so stay tuned! …
Nike’s notorious for coming up with dope products and techniques, but high frequency welding (hyperfuse) technology has really brought a new era to the world of footwear. Nike’s “Hyperfuse” is a process in which the shoe uppers are constructed through heat pressing three or more synthetic layers. Creating an upper…
