shoozies woozies

And now some history..

As you've been pointing out for a long time.. I must love these shoes. And I do
And that's probably quite obvious as I use them in my clothing designs almost all the time.

Probably that's because they are not detailed but plain what makes them a good match to almost every clothes.

Some years ago I was really into that NewRock style of shoes and boots because I always desired to have a pair. That desire passed away with the time as I don't like most of their designs now and surely wouldn't wear them. All the ones I have tried on were heavy and stiff as well as it was really easy to get cold feet while wearing them in winter. And my feet are cold almost all the time so I have to wear really cozy and warm boots in winter time.

The plain, all-in-black-with-no-details-Koma-shoes appeared long time ago as a contrast to detailed and bright lolita clothes. I like big guns, big shoes and well.. Big hairdoes that contrast well with the characters delicate appearance.

They are actually my own freestyle interpretation of goth styled plateau boots with all the additions such as buckles, spikes and such stuff. Koma shoes don't have any buckles, they only have stripes with velcro.. And that's it. I even didn't know I used that version such a long time ago @___@

And here I did some sketches of how you can draw platform shoes in different ways to avoid filling them with plain black what kind of points out how lazy I a when it comes to drawing shoes. Just a simple shading and some nasty outlines.. I've decided to use that only-plain-black version because it's easy to repepeat in many scenes and also they match my solid inking very well.

This is an old design, I even didn't know how old it was and I must be really in love with it since I've been using them for more than 3 years now



Even now I'd like to buy shoes like these but I can't find them anywhere. All the platforms I've seen had lots of these shiny stuff, buckles, pegs, spikes and other unnececary things that I don't need. Winter is comming and I need warm Koma-alike boots badly