Wondering how customized Cocopunkz work? Here’s how.
Written by Miranda on May 9, 2009Because I just finished a pair of shoes for a lovely customer named Wendy, I’m gonna use her order as an example.
Wendy wanted something with butterflies but had no idea how she liked her butterflies done. All she told me was that a) she wanted lots of pretty butterflies b) she wants them in purple, pink and turquoise.
Cool.
So in order to get a better sense of what style Wendy liked, I sent her a buncha butterfly images found online. From that she eliminated the styles she doesn’t like and identified her favorites. That gives me something to work from.
Next, I did a sketch of what the shoe could look like along with background details. In this case, I added simple peonies in the backdrop so that they won’t over power the butterflies. I showed Wendy the sketch and she loved it.
This is the part where I start painting. As I paint, I also take photographs of the shoes to show Wendy the progress. Here is the image I sent her for update #1 to see how she liked the Peonies.
Of course she loved them! So step two of the process is to start adding the butterflies. Here’s update two:
Wendy liked the design but told me she would like to see more butterflies and peonies because the side and toe seemed a little plain. Based on her comments, I added more to the side and toe of the shoe and sent her update #3:
She loved it!
I’ve since coated and delivered these shoes. I hope you enjoy them, Wendy!
~Miranda
(PS. Once again I apologize for the quality of the photographs…)
Shea said:
April 2, 2010
o,o 0,0 O,O awesome~!