Brandon Laskowski Back in the 1960’s artist Andy Warhol created numerous screen prints of photographs of celebrities. The most popular was undoubtedly of Marylin Monroe that he made shortly after her death. Warhol printed numerous color combinations and the imagery was forever placed in iconic pop art standing to later be reused and “inspiring” to many other artists. SN Customs used the slew of colors as well as any artist rendition of the Marylin Monroe piece I have ever seen on this pair of Nike Air Max 90s.
If you are either wanting to get into customizing sneakers or need one of the cleanest sneaker artists around let me introduce you to JGoods Customs. Since we are not all in person your gonna have to read my recent interview with Jon aka JGoods to see how he can help you try your hand at customizing or maybe wear some of his clothing line that is set to release soon.
State your name, age, where you are from and or grew up?
My name is Jon Goodman and I’m from Minneapolis, MN. In the sneaker customizing world, I’m known as JGoods.
What if any art based education have you had?
Aside from a couple color design courses in college, I guess I’m a self taught artist.
When did you start and what got you into customizing?
I was always in to the latest Nike shoes when I was a kid and eventually wanted something more exclusive. I started customizing about seven years ago and got my first break in the NikeTalk Sneaker Customizing Contest. It was the same event that put SBTG on the map. Before that, I really admired Methamphibian’s and KVN’s work. I would say those two really helped to bring customizing where it is now.
Here we go again. Custom Sneaker Contest number 2. This time sponsored by Tagur Footwear with 1st and 2nd place prizes. Go get it! Complete guidelines HERE!
Sneaker customizer Sharp020 out of Florida is calling these a platform for a couple little experiments. Hmmm, what else could Sharp020 have up his sleeve? Of course check back here to see the latest or his site. But as the circle of “decon-recon” customizers is slowly growing by the days so are the crazy designs they coming up with. Though along those lines of moving forward a bit of simplicity is always nice to see. I guess you could call these simple at least by today’s standards, three years ago these would have been blowing peoples minds.
As for inspiration Sharp020 told us he really wanted a black and gold shoe and a denim shoe both added to his rotation. He used a Puma Suede low top as the base since the Puma Basket high top is pretty much out of production. To make the pattern he used a Puma Basket high top that he had to order from Singapore, so if you want a Puma Basket custom Sharp020 is your guy as he can now make a pair out of nearly endless fabrics using those patterns. The most interesting part of this pair is the fact that the vinyl is vintage from around the 1950s. I imagine its quality is extremely better than something you’d purchase made this year. Hmmm, again I’d can imagine some pretty killer customs made using some vintage fabrics.
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