“I didn’t really have a plan. I just had an idea.”

Back in 2022, I was sitting on my couch when an idea hit me: turn the toe box into the Ghostface mask and put a knife on the side. I originally called the design Ghostface Killers. The first version was red.

A lot of my early shoes started that way. I would have an idea, come into the shop, and start figuring out how to make it happen.

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Building the idea

I airbrushed the mask on the toe box. For the knife and the mask on the back panel, I designed the individual pieces, cut them from acrylic with the laser, then thermoformed them to fit the shoe and assembled them.

The first pair went to Killer Mike

I actually made the first pair for myself. I wear a 12, but I had a size 13 in the shop, so that was what I used.

Then the design went viral, and Killer Mike and I connected. I don’t remember whether he followed me or messaged me first, but he wasn’t asking for anything. I asked his shoe size. He said 13.

I offered to send him the pair out of love. I appreciated what he stood for at the time, and he was an artist I respected in Atlanta. I originally wanted to hand-deliver them, but that opportunity never came together, so I shipped them. I believe he still has that first pair.

The design kept evolving

The original construction had visible screws. I used black gaff tape to get the black effect. In the updated black version pictured here, I built out the entire swoosh to hide the screws. To me, that refinement elevates the design.

This is still one of my favorite designs to make. What makes it a favorite is the journey: having an idea without a complete plan, getting into the shop, and finding a way to bring it to life.

“It’s the journey.”