So, one day later I am suddenly not so convinced anymore that these shoes are really all that great. But a pair of cheap shoes, some acrylic paint and spraypaint, a bottle of white wine and I sure had a fun last night.

I’ve always flirted with the Aeon FLux look, I mean clothes and especially the shoes sported by Charlize Theron in the Aeon Flux movie. (I like the cartoon Aeon even more though)

And I’ve been looking for similar shoes forever, but just haven’t found the right kind… until a few hours ago. I found hese cheap ass shoes at New Yorker, with the wedge heel, but real plain and somewhat sporty. Ok, they were PINK! but I can change that…

I mixed ‘primal’ binder with black pigemts. lots of black pigments. (normal acrylic paint turned out not to be opaque/think enough) And then I just painted the whole thing black.

I deliberately left some of the pink shine through at some spots. It gives it a sort of rugged vintage look. still might change that, though.

The insides of the velcro straps I sprayed silver. I though spraying might be easier on this material than using a brush and acrylic paint.

Then I started adding some silver patterns. I partially covered the sides with tape, leaving out a random pattern of grass-like shapes…

… and that’s what they looked like when I took off the tape.. well maybe not exactly like Charlize’s but hey!

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