Hziii Customizations used the mixture of ink colors as inspiration when creating the Poison Adidas Stan Smith 2. The Poison Adidas Stan Smith 2 can also be seen from a darker perspective with the black ink slowly but surely killing or “poisoning” the mint ink. The designer posted the Poison Adidas Stan Smith 2s at the Hziii Customizations Customsnkr.com blog linked here.

The exterior side of both shoes shows the mint color cutting across the black expanse in a thin line. If you imagine dropping some light ink into a dark fluid, you can see what a great job Hziii did with this design. The brush strokes that cut across the black paint may look haphazard but the image moves smoothly as the eye drifts to the toe.

Hziii used a more elaborate design on the interior side of the Poison Adidas Stan Smith 2. We see a broader band of mint green just behind the middle panel, surrounded on both sides by black paint. If you are interested in other work by Hziii Customizations, feel free to check out the designer’s work at the Facebook page linked here.

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Sole Brother Customs was asked by a girlfriend for some custom Stan Smiths based on 17th-century Japanese woodcut printing to give to her boyfriend. The Geisha Stan Smith IIs feature an orange/yellow colorway that is employed creatively to showcase a playful geisha on each shoe. You can check out additional information on the Geisha Stan Smith II at the Sole Brother website linked here.

The bright orange cuts across the toe box and emerges again on the heel tag. The backdrop for the heel and middle panel is a subdued yellow hue that breaks when we gaze upon the geisha. The geisha has written the Japanese figure for love as well as the names of the boyfriend and girlfriend on a white background.

My favorite part of the Geisha Stan Smiths is the blooming tree branches that extend outward from the heel and eyelets. The orange flowers look great against the soft yellow background and must have taken a long time to complete. Even though I don’t know the couple in question, it looks like Sole Brother has captured the essence of young love with these custom sneakers.

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There are many ways to celebrate your 21st birthday that don’t involve drinking and partying. I am sure that the designer Briezrs had his fair share of fun on his 21st but he gave himself the gift of custom sneakers ahead of time. He designed the custom Adidas Stan Smiths pictured in this post as a gift to celebrate his budding career.

Briezrs did not go overboard with color and the resulting Stan Smiths are clean and cool. There are simple black lines set against white leather that look like anonymous dancing figures from a certain distance. The designer created this effect with motion lines around each figure. Briezrs added a trendy touch to these Stan Smiths with Chinese lettering on both heels.

These Stan Smiths look fantastic and I hope that Briezrs shares his gift of custom design with sneaker fans well into the future. I hope he shows the same balance of innovation and restraint on future projects as he works on new projects.

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