Retroed

Its about time Nike is attacking the Agassi line, but I do hope they come out the OG black and infra red Air Tech Challenges. These were the second generation flourescent coloured Tech Challenges that Agassi litterally rocked out. Props to him for changing the face of tennis.

Can you point out the inconsistencies when compared to the originals?

Why is tennis in the state it is?? Why isn't it exciting anymore? When it was MacEnroe, Agassi, Chang, Edberg, Lendl, Becker.. man.. I was glued.

10. Air Jordan XIV (Last Shots)

The count continues with the AJ XIVs. These were the pair Money wore while shaking Bryan Russell (giving him a slap on the a$$ while he was at it), finding himself some space in the lane, spotting up, taking his last shot in his final game as a Chicago Bull, following through, keeping his shooting hand up for good measure, draining it to give them the lead, winning their 6th NBA championship. An image burned in my brain forever.

No Biggie...

Did this tracing for a concept, but not gonna use it for the meantime. Guess it was good practice. Gotta use that Illustrator more often... dayam rusty. I'm pretty good at InDesign though!

Can't keep runnin away.

Decided to use today's 15 minute exercise to do a quick sketch of a concept idea for an upcoming project. I think i like the idea.. and i'm gonna go ahead and follow through.

9. Air Jordan XIII (Flint Grey)

The Jordan XIIIs, definitely my favourite Jordans to play ball in (though i haven't had a chance to play in all of them.... yet). Flint Greys, one of the best colour and material combinations in my opinion.

a green day.

Aiight, its been a while since the last post. Time to get back into the routine. I have indeed been busy, hardly gettin any sleep, but its not completely due to work i have to admit. I tend to stress myself out more than i actually get any work done! i'm such a drama queen living in misery.. ggoosh what introspective artistic minded tendencies i have. its not ALL so gloomy tho, i do spend a ton of time playing volleyball and also get a steady dose of bball. ooh and i love participating in the activity of alcohol consumption. This past St.Patty's day weekend was no exception.

i gotta say my mind just hasn't been right. Creatively its just been a huge struggle. Gotta jump back on the horse tho.. do them 15 minute drawings agaain.. and also gotta pump out a couple more t-shirt designs for some upcoming events.

8. Air Jordan XI (Space Jams)

Okay, so these were coined the Space Jams.. well.. cuz he wore them in the movie of course, but heck.. I remember them more for his comeback. He actually borke em out early. What he should have worn throughout the playoffs that year were the AJ Xs, but I guess while facing a young and dominant Orlando Magic team, I'm thinkin MJ wanted to gain ANY type of edge he could get. So along with switching his number back to 23 from 45, he decided to rock the (i'm assuming at the time prototypes) AJ XIs. Patent never looked so good. Nike hadn't even made a black version of the shoe yet, so while Mike was wearin his white shoes, the rest of the team was wearin black. He got fined from the NBA for breaking a uniformity rule. It was only after a couple more playoff games against the Magic that he finally switched to black. Another interesting thing about this shoe is that when it was released to be sold to the public, it never came out in this particular colourway. This definitely added to it's mystique... the shoe that appeared in only in a couple of playoff games and a movie! Years later they finally came out as retros.

7. Air Jordan V

Jordan double pumping from the 3-point line against the Pistons, draining it.

Back to work.

I've once again become a company man. Back to the grind. Yup, I've returned to the office. Today was my first day back at work, it was nice to see all the people again. Funny thing was that most people didn't recognize me... and I've only been gone for 6 months. Mind you I did grow my hair out, my braces were taken off and I wasn't wearing my glasses.

Anyway, this week is gonna be busy. Along with the full-time position, I've also have another possible freelance gig this week AND i've also got 3 pending t-shirt designs yet to be completed. I think i might skip out on my 15 minute drawings and focus my attention on these projects.

Laser Tag

This is pretty darn cool. Check it out here.

New Releases...

Another release that has caught my attention, the Jordan III Fire Reds dropping on March 24th. I hope there'll be no line ups for these!

Some ol skool pics of Jordan rockin em:

On the same day, the "Flips" will be released. I'm really not sure how i feel about these just yet. I'm usually against the whole elephant print overkill, but these Flips aren't lookin too bad at all.

And finally, the "Cool Greys" are ready to be sold this weekend Feb 24th. I ain't feelin these at all. Actually, I think the sample shown below it is way more attractive. Something about yellow outsoles that makes me happy.

10th one is free.

Taro Milk Tea with Pearls.

Fell a little behind on the 15 minute drawings. Gotta try to keep up with the pace next week.

Winged.

Trying to loosen up my concepts... get outta the norm. Just think crazy and stoopid. Its hard to break outta the box sometimes.

10 Miles A Day.

That was a feat that the chinese people accomplished laying down the train tracks back in the day. Been thinking about building an art series based on this concept. Reseached the topic years ago.. but its just like me not to do anything about it til now. If they could lay down 10 miles of train tracks in one day then I believe i can defeat this procrastination problem!