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by Arturo I. Tolentino Jr.

Converse Tar Max Destroyer Remix

I’m back with a new remix! I remember seeing and wanting these pair of Cons back in gradeschool. Back when…

Basketball, Converse, rendering

Shaqnosis Remix #ShoeADay #Shaq #BigDiesel #Reebok

Merry Christmas! I’m sharing a doodle I did a few days back that had a few likes on my Instagram…

Thumbnail Sketching a Page of Shoes on Record. #sketching #footwear

One question always asked to me is how long do I take to finish a page of ideation thumbnail sketching.…

drawing, pencil, sketching

5 Reasons NOT to Get This Sketchbook

Look what came in the mail today! The good folks over at Render Demo were kind enough to send a…

Footwear Design, Illustrator, photoshop, Render Demo, rendering, sketching

Products Of New York. #Pony #LetsGetInOn #Philippines #Rothco

Last Friday, the folks at Pony Philippines invited me to a product shoot to launch their newest back to school…

Philippines, photoshoot, Pony

One Bowerman Drive #Nike #JordanBrand #Pensole

A long overdue post. Last year, as part of the Pensole Future of Footwear class, we were treated by Dwayne…

Beaverton, Jordan, Jordan Brand, Nike, Pensole, Portland

A place called #Herzo. #Adidas #Design #Academy

I’m back with more good news. Towards the end of last year, I entered a competition for the right for…

Adidas, Adidas Design Academy, blessing, competition, design, Germany, Herzo, Herzogenaurach, Nuremberg, Philippines

Rene Herrera, From Dock Worker to World Olympian. #Philippines #SEAGames #Rio2016 #AdidasDesignAcademy

The past 2 weeks I’ve been working on a quick project. I submitted my portfolio in the Adidas Design Academy…

2012 London Olympics, Adidas, Asian Games, London 2012 Olympics, Philippines, Rene Herrera, Rio 2016, SEA Games, Southeast Asian Games

WEEK 2 and 3 #Pensole #FutureOfFootwear

During week 2, we learned everything to know about materials. Dwayne handed the group over to Ms. Suzette Henry, THE…

Adidas, competition, D'Wayne Edwards, FN Platform, Future of footwear, Pensole, Portland

First Week. #Pensole #FutureOfFootwear #FNPlatform

It’s freezing cold! My initial reaction as I got out the airport. My cousin, of all places to have family,…

competition, Coroflot, D'Wayne Edwards, Danner, design, FNPlatform, Future of footwear, Jordan Brand, Mesh01, Pensole, Philippines, Portland

#FutureOfFootwear 2013 #Pensole #FNPlatform

This will be a series of blog posts as I recall the Pensole Future of Footwear 2013 competition experience. I…

blessed, competition, D'Wayne Edwards, design, FNPlatform, Mesh01, Pensole, Philippines, Portland

Future of Footwear 2013

I don’t know what else to say but thank you! I wish Portland wasn’t so far from Manila though, need…

blessed, competition, design, Future of footwear, Pensole, Portland

Make History. The First Class. #iPensole

Whew. That was fun. As I mentioned in my previous post, I got in the 1st iPensole online footwear design…

blessing, D'Wayne Edwards, design, industrial design, inspiration, iPensole, Pensole, rendering

Air Max Experience #SoleAcademy

Earlier this month, Sole Academy had made some Christmas wishes come true (and may have broken a few new year’s…

Air Max, AM1, Atmos, CLOT, Doernbecher, Infrared, Jordan, Livestrong, Nike, Safari, Sole Academy

Digital Paint Ex.1

I saw some digital art of basketball players online and decided to give it a try. Here’s Derrick Rose!

Adidas, Art, Bulls, Chicago, Derrick Rose, NBA, Paint, Return, Sports

EARN YOUR SPOT. #Pensole #iPensole

Almost a week before Christmas I received an email informing me of one of the greatest blessings I can ever…

blessing, Core77, Coroflot, D'Wayne Edwards, design, inspiration, iPensole, Jordan, Mesh01, Nike, Pensole

HOPE #THERETURN

It took a while but here’s the next exercise I did. My current favorite NBA player, Derrick Rose. #TheReturn Too…

#TheReturn, Adidas, Chicago, Derrick Rose, design, DRose, NBA, Sports

There are no shortcuts, you have to put in the time and practice.

I’ve been inspired by a series of videos from FZD School of Design based in Singapore (I’d love to attend!).…

Adidas, ideas, rendering

“I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good.” – LMVDR

We went to a design talk at the city museum earlier this year. The speaker was a design manager currently working…

design, ideas, inspiration

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