Love Tamil

A tribute to one of favorite musician, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam. (Known as M.I.A)
Love Tamil was inspired by some of Arulpragasam’s graphics design from 2001.

At Cocopunkz, we believe in uniqueness and individuality. Hence each pair of shoes is hand painted with care and each pair of shoes has its own story and meaning.

These shoes will go well with:
-Bomber Jacket, long t-shirt and bold hues leggings
-Hot Pink Boyfriend blazer with black leggings
-Graphic hooded sweater, grey skinny jeans

There will only be one pair of Love Tamil. Get them before they’re gone.

Tags: Colourful, Graphics, Shoes

Save the World: One Pair of Shoes at a Time

Being a hero is not hard!  Here’s how:

1) Show your pretty face at the Typhoon Ondoy Fundraiser on Tuesday Oct 6, 2009 at Box Studios (1622 Frankin Street)

2) Bid on the pair of custom Cocopunkz that we donated for the silent auction

3) Enjoy envious stares when they announce your winning bid for our one-of-a-kind hand-painted shoes!

Tags: Auction, Shoes, Take Action

Cocopunkz Sneak Peek #4

It doesn’t get fresher than this! Just finished custom hand-painted shoes:

First off, a mix of Raincity and Obsession by Ada.

Then we’ve got a reversed version of Peonies, Nightfall by Miranda

And finally, Miranda’s (failed) watercolor effect test project:

Not only was I unable to achieve the watercolor effect I was hoping for, but these were also one of the most time consuming pairs I’ve worked on ever!  The headpieces on the girls head were so intricate and detailed that I my face was literally 6 inches away from the surface of the shoe the whole time.  It didn’t help that I saw a whole buncha cheap mass-produced printed-on canvas shoes at the shopping centre today (some were just awful, though the Reebok ones were kinda cool)…not a big bang for a whole lotta work.  Never again will I work on something this intricate unless my reward is a three hour massage at the spa to alleviate the resulting back-pain. But I did enjoy wearing them today though!

Tags: Shoes, Sneak Peek

The Shoe Show

Art and functionality collided in Grace Gallery’s latest group exhibition on August 14. Here are some pics of our shoes that we exhibited at The Shoe Show (part of the Olio Festival).

Urban Overload by Miranda

Propaganda by Ada

Tags: Shoes

Wearing Cocopunkz #2

Once in a while, I like to mix patterns.  So for the second post of how we wear our shoes, I decided to mix a little animal print with stripes.  A little pattern never hurt anyone, right?

The palette:

The Outfit:

The Shoes:

Tags: Shoes, Stuff we wear, Wearing Cocopunkz

Another Sneak Peek!

It’s been a while since our last sneak peek! Here’s what we’ve been working on:

This pair was done for Cindy who wanted something one of a kind as her best friend’s birthday gift.  The theme of these shoes is cherry blossoms.  In the background, you see peonies done in Chinese paper cut outs style.  This was taken as the shoes were near completion.  After this shot, I added further details to the cherry blossoms and added pearl accents.

This pair by Ada was created for Emilie who will be wearing them on her wedding day to match a beautiful white and green gown!  The shoes are based on Ada’s Raincity but instead of the waves, abstract hearts were incorporated into the design.

This pair was done for Sheila who was one of the winners of our “Submit Your Own Design” contest!

Here’s the original sketch:

Stay tuned for our next sneak peek!

Tags: Shoes

Customized AF1

Customized AF1 int its way to meet with its owner!

Retro robot theme/w detail background patterns~

Tags: AF1, Fashion, Shoes

Sneak Peek!

A little peek of the shoes I’m working on:

Custom pair of shoes for an etsy order.  (Ink Flared II)  Doing this pair with blue and purple instead of green and purple.  Cute eh?

This is a pair I’ve been working on for Ada. They’re not finished yet though…

Tags: Shoes

Wondering how customized Cocopunkz work? Here’s how.

Because 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…)

Tags: Shoes