Topic: Chucks + Sharpie = Awesome (Read 23584 times)

onewheelwizzard · « **on:** 17 Mar 2006, 02:21 »

This is a pair of Chuck Taylors decorated with Sharpies (I just got one of the rainbow 12-packs and used all the colors except the brown and black) that I did for a friend of mine. I've made 3 pairs so far. The first I did for my girlfriend as a birthday present. The second I did for her some months later, after she broke up with me, because she paid me 20 bucks to decorate another pair so she could give them to her new boyfriend (hey, 20 bucks is 20 bucks, and she paid for all the materials ... I just had fun). The one I posted above was one I did for her to give to someone else she knew.

Honestly, I don't know why I don't do these more often. I prefer wearing shoes that are much sturdier than the ones that can be reliably Sharpie'd (read: are made of something that isn't cloth), so I don't wear them myself, but they're really fun to make and people tend to like them. People have even told me to advertise them and make money off it, but the thing is that the materials cost 40-50$ alone, so I wouldn't be able to sell for very much profit, if any.

zutonna · « **Reply #1 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 02:37 »

Wow! Those are pretty cool! Well done!

So "Chuck Taylor's" is another name for Converse?

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #2 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 02:49 »

Most people I know just call them Chucks. I mean, they say "Chuck Taylor" on them, and Converse makes more shoes than just these, so it makes a certain amount of sense. Besides, it sounds more like what the shoe is, in my opinion. Calling them "Chucks" sounds young and inexpensive and fun, and the people who buy them are, in my expience, kids with a low budget who want fun shoes.

zutonna · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 03:04 »

Oh ok

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/icat/brdftwrconverseallstars

Low-budget?

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #4 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 07:26 »

OK, now that's just obscene.

They used to cost 20 bucks a pair ... now it's probably more around 40 (I'm pretty sure the last pair I bought was for 40). 35 GBP is just nuts. It's a few pieces of cloth attached to a piece of rubber! That's it! Cheapness is the whole point!

But then, trucker hats were going for 60 bucks or something like that at one point, so I shouldn't act so surprised.

Mr. Oysterhead · « **Reply #5 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 11:54 »

That is some really funky stuff. West Philly?! I live close enough to buy a pair off of you!

minignome · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 13:27 »

They look great, not something for me myeslf, but I could definitely see them on a friend or two of mine ;o)

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #7 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 16:00 »

yeah they used to be twenty bucks, made in america, and didnt fall apart. now they are 40, made in indonesia (last i heard) and fall apart like teenage weddings.
crap x 10

p.s. well done.

edscoble · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 17:37 »

they still only cost £20 here in England, bloody cheap (£20) is probably like $30 to yer yanks)

I love the pattern one I have, I need to take a piccie.

Kai · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 21:12 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine

yeah they used to be twenty bucks, made in america, and didnt fall apart. now they are 40, made in indonesia (last i heard) and fall apart like teenage weddings.
crap x 10

p.s. well done.

You can totally blame this on the fact that Nike kinda bought Converse.

edscoble · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 Mar 2006, 22:14 »

Quote from: Kai

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine
yeah they used to be twenty bucks, made in america, and didnt fall apart. now they are 40, made in indonesia (last i heard) and fall apart like teenage weddings.
crap x 10

p.s. well done.

You can totally blame this on the fact that Nike kinda bought Converse.

or you're not looking at the right place properly, I managed to scored a nice Converse when I was in LA (bloody dirty city it is) for twenty dollars.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #11 on:** 18 Mar 2006, 13:35 »

You could always get fake ones.

Not bad, though of course, I wouldn't wear any converse, let alone those, for anything less than a considerable sum of cash.

Kai · « **Reply #12 on:** 18 Mar 2006, 15:36 »

I wouldn't either. Mostly because they totally don't look good on me at all. And I had to wear them for an acting thing and they were uncomfortable as shit.

SteinFromTheJewishMafia · « **Reply #13 on:** 18 Mar 2006, 17:11 »

wow! that's really cool!

edscoble · « **Reply #14 on:** 18 Mar 2006, 17:49 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

You could always get fake ones.

for some reason the fake one are the worse.

Luke C · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Mar 2006, 02:53 »

Converse arn't my style. All the scene kids wear them and that sort of put me off. But those look pretty awesome I have to say.

I bet if you stared at them long enough you could go crazy with all those funky colours.

beat mouse · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Mar 2006, 03:14 »

man, when i was in 8th grade my cons cost me 12 bucks at footlocker. trends man. crazy.

also, these are pretty cool, but i imagine you couldn't really wear them that often? if they got wet at all they would bleed/get mucky pretty easily wouldn't they?

also.. are those white cons or something i dont know about? how would sharpies completely overtake pre-existing cons?

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Mar 2006, 06:25 »

Sell the designs to converse! Sell out!

I'd wear these in a heartbeat. But then again ... my mountaineering shoes (which I wear every day) still have their christmas decoration on.

SailorPunk · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Mar 2006, 14:03 »

i would so love a pair of these. i wear my chucks everyday..they're like an old friend....albeit an old friend who is USELESS in the winter. *shakes fist at chucks...then feels bad and hugs them*

grrraham · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Mar 2006, 17:47 »

Pfah!
When I was a lad a pair of All Stars only cost me a nickel, and I bought them from Chuck Taylor himself!
And they were made to last back then!
I still have my pair of red high tops.
They're getting on seventy years old now and the only wear they show for it is a bit of scuffing from my days in the mines.

edscoble · « **Reply #20 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 02:58 »

Quote from: beat mouse

man, when i was in 8th grade my cons cost me 12 bucks at footlocker. trends man. crazy.

back in the 1970, BMW cost about £500, now it's £20,000! trends man, crazy.

negative creep · « **Reply #21 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 17:21 »

those are some fucking awesome shoes there! whoa!
as for the fake chucks: i've got a pair, but they aren't really good. (remember? the pink ones...). now i bought some real converse and the quality is way better. but they are black, so no psychedelic colours for me....

beat mouse · « **Reply #22 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 18:25 »

Quote from: edscoble

Quote from: beat mouse
man, when i was in 8th grade my cons cost me 12 bucks at footlocker. trends man. crazy.

back in the 1970, BMW cost about £500, now it's £20,000! trends man, crazy.

it's not 1976 though

xladymacx · « **Reply #23 on:** 21 Mar 2006, 19:59 »

that is awesome. how long does it take to do? usually sharpie on chucks bothers me, since it's all the scene kids drawing big X's on thier toes or UU kids writing silly things.
And Chucks are not that expensive, and do hold up quite well. I got mine two years ago (i needed black shoes for stagecrew) for like $15 at Hot Topic. I wear them every day now and they're fine.

edscoble · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 Mar 2006, 02:45 »

Quote from: beat mouse

Quote from: edscoble
Quote from: beat mouse
man, when i was in 8th grade my cons cost me 12 bucks at footlocker. trends man. crazy.

back in the 1970, BMW cost about £500, now it's £20,000! trends man, crazy.

it's not 1976 though

exactly, chuck at £20 still pretty cheap in comparison to the other overpriced sport trainer that chav only wear outside shopping centre in Milton Keyne.

est · « **Reply #25 on:** 22 Mar 2006, 03:28 »

can we stop hijacking the thread and talk about the art/craft project now instead of just rambling on about Chucks?

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 Mar 2006, 20:43 »

Whoops, I should actually be talking about stuff on this thread.

It generally takes about 3-4 hours to do a pair. The first pair took mroe like 6 but it doesn't take long to get used to the process.

Yes, the Chucks are (were) white. I wasn't aware that white was a rare or unknown color.

They fade a little eventually, but I don't think the colors bleed together very easily. As long as you're careful about where you wear them (basically, anywhere they won't get wet and muddy) they'll last.

butmyrobotloves · « **Reply #27 on:** 14 Apr 2006, 10:18 »

Those are pretty amazing!

Dude, chucks and sharpie are such a great combination. When I was in high school, I was constantly drawing all over mine. Haha in fact, when I was 14, I had Ben Kweller and some of the kids from Ozma sign my chucks, I thought I was soooooo cool. Oh man!

The extra letter · « **Reply #28 on:** 23 Apr 2006, 03:37 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine

yeah they used to be twenty bucks, made in america, and didnt fall apart. now they are 40, made in indonesia (last i heard) and fall apart like teenage weddings.
crap x 10

p.s. well done.

Didn't the same thing happen to DMs?

strawberry_gashes · « **Reply #29 on:** 25 Apr 2006, 16:24 »

Those are some seriously amazing shoes!! Good fucking job!

negative creep · « **Reply #30 on:** 17 May 2006, 17:26 »

i just found this old picture of my shoes:

Pumpkin · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 May 2006, 14:54 »

my last pair of chucks were like that. although i wrote dominic monoghan qoutes all over them. they tore up within six months. for once the indie cliche was right : i liked you better before you sold out. although black ones seem to last longer. discuss.

ruyi · « **Reply #32 on:** 04 Jun 2006, 02:12 »

when i first saw the subject i was really turned off (apologies, but really, the first thing that comes to mind is how in junior high i scrawled cringe-worthy stuff with black sharpie all over my knock-off chucks from payless) but wow. you are super talented! i dunno why, reminds me of http://www.ducttapefashion.com/ in terms of diy coolness. anyways. hmm would you be interested in taking commissions?

at the very least you should totally take commissions from your friends living in your area, just make 'em buy the shoes to use first, that should cut down the cost right?

and hey, you could use your awesome skills on all kinds of shoes, not just chucks. slip-ons from payless come to mind.

meg-kate · « **Reply #33 on:** 02 Jul 2006, 22:18 »

My chucks cost me $70 australian, and extra-hi tops cost me $110
Those one's are pretty rad, I'd buy them

pennyroyal · « **Reply #34 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 21:08 »

those are awsome! you really should sell them. i'd buy them.

ComfortEagle · « **Reply #35 on:** 01 Sep 2006, 07:54 »

I actually did some like that except I drew this really wierd mechanical owl and like alien vegitation... I love them and get lots of comments, but they are fadding pretty bad now.

kurt · « **Reply #36 on:** 07 Sep 2006, 11:39 »

those look soo cool :3
gimme xD

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