Custom Vans for Portal fans

The shoes I made for my sister were much admired by her friends at college. I was happy just to get the compliments, but a friend of hers asked if I could paint shoes for him, too. Given that I'm also happy to make a couple bucks where I can, I agreed. He wanted me to paint characters from some video game called Portal. I don't play video games, and had never heard of Portal, but evidently one of the characters from this game, the Weighted Companion Cube, is very popular. I googled it to find reference photos, and discovered crocheted versions, costume versions, cakes made to look like it, plush toys, one made out of chain mail, and so on. (I didn't see any shoes though....!) The other character is some kind of robotic guide with a British accent named Wheatley. I don't know. It was all very confusing. But...it doesn't matter if I understand the appeal of this Portal game or not. I just had to put the pictures on the shoes.
I'm very happy with how they turned out. And given my incredible ability to procrastinate any artistic endeavor that might take longer than twenty minutes, it was good to have the accountability of someone paying me for them. Plus, it's always fun to start from nothing and wind up with something that looks cool. Anyone want some shoes?