In our first project of the year, we started off by designing shoes for the vans shoe design contest. The category I chose was local flavor. I designed the San Diego landscape with the California flag. The hardest part in this design was drawing the California flag. I used a template I found online and it made it much easier. The bottom of the shoe has a tri-color design, which is found on many vans shoes. The front of the shoe shows a San Diego sunset, which I think are very pretty. However, I don't think my drawing skills does the sunset justice.
This image is the one I submitted for the contest. I think I worked very hard on this design and used all of the time allotted in class. I also think this is one of the best art pieces I've created.
Below is an idea I had for using markers for deeper color, but it didn't turn out too well. I included it to show my progression to my final shoe design.
I took into account the critique I received from classmates and decided not to continue with this marker design.