Kicks On Canvas: This Week’s Illustrated Recap!
By Andres Carrillo -Dec 28, 2015
Welcome back to another edition of Kicks On Canvas! If you are not familiar with this weekly feature: our very talented friend, BB Sketch, picks three sneaker stories from the week to recap with his fantastic illustrations. If you missed last week’s recap you can check it out here. This week was an exciting one, so let’s jump right in.
THE GEL LYTE 3 CAPS OFF IT’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A BANG!
Ronnie Fieg and Asics have been working together for quite some time now and they decided to pay “Homage”, pun intended, to their partnership with this release. This release from Ronnie Fieg and Asics celebrates not only the 25th anniversary of the Gel Lyte 3, but the 25 different designs and colorways of the silhouette that Fieg and Asics have produced together since 2007. 13 different Gel Lyte 3s that were created by Fieg were combined to create this Homage pair that sold out instantly when released last week.
New Balance and Boston-based Concepts linked up yet again this past weekend to release another collaboration, the Concepts x New Balance 998 Grand Tourer. This time they took the 998 silhouette and drew inspiration from vintage cars. Some of the details include a checkered flag box, and carbon fiber on the heel of the shoes as well as a full suede upper for that luxury feel.
This past Saturday we saw the annual release of the Nike Basketball Christmas collection which featured the LeBron 13, Kobe 10, KD 8 and of course the Kyrie 2. The Nike Kyrie 2 seems to get more popular with each colorway that is unveiled and this Christmas rendition is the perfect example. Inspired by the Abominable Snowman, this Kyrie 2 came equipped with a zig-zag embossed graphic on the mid-foot strap which symbolizes the animal’s ferocious teeth. Overall it was a clean colorway and many people’s favorite from the entire collection.
What was your favorite release of the week? Did you pick up any of these three? If so please share a photo of them with us on either Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #KicksOnCanvas and we will be sure to RT and repost a few! Also be sure to check out BB Sketch on Instagram to see more of his awesome artwork.
See you next week for another edition of #KicksOnCanvas.
What was your favorite release of the week? Did you pick up any of these three? If so please share a photo of them with us on either Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #KicksOnCanvas and we will be sure to RT and repost a few! Also be sure to check out BB Sketch on Instagram to see more of his awesome artwork.
See you next week for another edition of #KicksOnCanvas.
