Friday night swag

Posted on May 5, 2012 by laptoplasane

I could be out drinking but…”My Oh My”

Bruce Lee “YOTD” Custom Lebron 8

Posted on January 18, 2012 by laptoplasane

Finally time to post these! I’ve been working on this pair for way too long (grad school = priorities?).

Anyway, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon so I decided to pay homage to THE dragon, Mr. Bruce Lee (In Mandarin, Li Xiaolong, which means “little dragon”). Arguably the greatest martial artist of all time, on screen and off, Bruce changed the way martial arts movies were made. When I thought to make this pair of shoes the colorway was obvious: the iconic jumpsuit from the film he didn’t get to see through to the end, “The Game of Death”.

When I leaked teaser pics online some people naturally thought of Quentin Tarantino’s film, “Kill Bill”. While I can’t deny Uma Thurman in all her big-toe-wiggling, hanzo-wielding, eyeball-squishing glory, no one wore it better than the Dragon.

“Be formless… shapeless, like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You pour water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put water into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow, or creep or drip or crash! Be water, my friend…” – Bruce Lee, 1940-1973

Lebron 8 Teaser

Posted on January 9, 2012 by laptoplasane

Rise of the Planet of the Apes customs

Posted on August 6, 2011 by laptoplasane

When I saw the trailer for this film I became giddy like a school girl. I had seen the original as a kid but was obviously too young to fully appreciate the premise (I just thought talking apes were cool). Anyway, I’m much older now and I have since rewatched the popular 1968 version, liked the Marky Mark revamp, and have concrete plans to see the other stack of sequels even though they didn’t manage to match the success of Charlton Heston’s ape-kissing, sand-pounding sci-fi cult classic.

"You Maniacs!"

Rise of the Planet of the Apes stars James Franco, Frieda Pinto and Andy Serkis as the leading chimp and a few supporting apes with the help of amazing motion capture effects. The film is a prequel to the 1968 classic and [spoiler alert...just kidding] tells the story of the Ape Revolution that will lead to the dethroning of humans as the dominant species some 2000 years from now, if dogs and cats can’t settle their differences before then that is.

Anyway, my excitement to see Serkis in another Gollum-esque performance and for apes just “going ham” (google it) in LA made me want to customize a pair of kicks for the occasion. All white Nike Air Force One Mids were the the base, the plans deviated from the sketch a lot but I am still pleased with them. What do you think? Watch this trailer I made for them and leave a comment on my youtube channel or twitter account saying how you feel about them, or how you feel about the impending doom that awaits your future great great great great great great great great grandchildren! Thanks for visiting