Sab_One: Nike Dunk High Spawn Custom Shoes

The first look at a all-around complete custom shoe is a great moment: clean painting, flowing color blocking, complementary accent colors and realistic graphics. The customizer responsible for the most recent great moment is Sab_One.  Spawn characters have always been extremely detailed, Sab_One followed that reputation in his version of Spawn themed Nike Dunk highs: from the red cape to the chains to the menacing green eyes and smile. Even more the fact that he did not paste the  “Spawn” title all over the shoe makes these somewhat subtle relying only on great recreation of a comic book character on a 3D canvas. Customs like this are the ones that make other customizers and fans remember your name. Lookout Sab One the requests will start flowing in!

Sab_One’s MySpace

Union NYC x Nike Dunk High Challenge looks eerily like C2’s Customs

Hold up. Okay I knoooooooooowwwww Nike created the Air Tech Challenge II many moons ago, well Tinker Hatfield working for Nike for you specifics out there. Of course Nike has every right to use the original designs in new ways and customizers really have zero legal backing to say they made a design first in one of their customs, especially if they are using Nike’s creative elements and Nikes shoes as the base. Though there is a big and obvious “but”.

You have probably seen the recent pics this week of a collaboration between Nike and the shop Union NYC that is a mash up of a Dunk, Air Tech Challenge, and maybe something else. The shoe is kinda creative since it takes design elements of the original Agassi Air Tech Challenge and its black and pink breaking fade print. BUT it was also creative about 4 years ago when c2 customs was inspired by the original Air Tech Challenge in his design on the Nike Air Force 1. Yes, I’ve already stated Nike created the design elements and can do whatever they want. But I would not believe ANYONE involved in this “collabo” if they said they had no idea of c2’s customs. Especially since c2 has made numerous colorways and a pair for one of Nike’s rather upscale account store owners Ty of Leaders1354.

See any resemblance? Hmmm I do. Oh except for the mind blowing aesthetics of the camo liner. Genius.<puking sound> Oh wait, what?</puking sound> Oh yeah, now I feel better.

C2’s Website

AKKUSTOMZ: Custom Disney’s Aladdin Nike Air Force 1

If you have read most of PaintorThread’s posts you would probably realize custom shoes like this do not get very much love and attention. These Disney Aladdin Nike Air Force Ones by AKKUSTOMZ are worthy of some attention though. With the Genie and Aladdin on the toes airbrushed and hand painted, and small movie scenes on the back panels. It is a bit hard to tell if the back is painted or a sort of printed on fabric, I assume the latter, either way it looks good. Not overdone, though not something everyone could wear.

Brad Douglas Customs: Motorcycle leather Nike Dunks

We showcased some of Brad’s custom shoe work earlier on: “Basketcase Dunk Mid“. Since then Brad has still been at “decon-recon” work on some customs and a new website. This round he used the same Dunk mid model but with some high quality motorcycle leather and snakeskin the second pair of lows has a really crisp metallic toe and lace panel that we love. Too bad Nike can not release good shoes like this instead of all the bright colored, pointless patterned crap they have been producing lately. Leave the crazy looking kicks to the customizers!

Brad Douglas’ Website