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Nailed it on the xis.
Tinker Hatfield's Original Air Jordan XI Sketches
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Interesting.
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Crazy that he took inspiration from a lawnmower, I wonder what aspect of that design he was looking to incorporate into the XI.
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man genius at work!
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Originally Posted by rcjbbp1313
Originally Posted by Mr718
these look like fire, man i would grab these they look like a jordan 11 and a Shake Ndestrukt fusion..... im mad these wont release lol
My thoughts exactly
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wow i see Iverson IX in the 2nd picOriginally Posted by steveo870
Originally Posted by rcjbbp1313
Originally Posted by Mr718
these look like fire, man i would grab these they look like a jordan 11 and a Shake Ndestrukt fusion..... im mad these wont release lol
My thoughts exactly
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fakes!!!!
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These sketches are proof that lots of times, the focus is about designing/testing/finalizing the tooling before the upper of the shoe.
Remy LeBeau
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If this design would have came out it would have been way before its time. These are clean thoOriginally Posted by steveo870
Originally Posted by rcjbbp1313
Originally Posted by Mr718
these look like fire, man i would grab these they look like a jordan 11 and a Shake Ndestrukt fusion..... im mad these wont release lol
My thoughts exactly
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those are awesome
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Originally Posted by rcjbbp1313
Originally Posted by Mr718
these look like fire, man i would grab these they look like a jordan 11 and a Shake Ndestrukt fusion..... im mad these wont release lol
I think those look extremely like girls shoes.Also, the side lacing and use of patent leatherWas used in some models of the air ndestruktAnyway. The final version of tge XILooks way better than any of those sketches.
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There were a few in this book, including that exact pic from above with the lawnmower: Amazon product ASIN B001SAREBE.
Also inside there's a lot of detail into the design of most of the shoes (up to the XX), if I recall. Been a while since I took it off the shelf. I do remember a very detailed story about how the concept for the III kept Michael Jordan at Nike.
EDIT: Someone mentioned spats earlier and the book talks about putting spats on the XVI. I think. Once again, it's been awhile.
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Awesome thread. Interesting.
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The man is a visual genius. Had the opportunity to meet and greet with him. Saw some sketches, just pure amazing.
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thank god!!!!!
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Nice artwork. Thanks for the pics. I wonder what the other preliminary sketches look like? (Sig)
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ignore*
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Tinker is crazzy.
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They should release these colorwaysOriginally Posted by RustyShackleford
Originally Posted by Mr718
I agree
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He put together one of my top 3 fav pair of J's
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Tinker is the man! hopefully he has a few more classics to drop before he retires
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Damn. I'm trippin. I always thought they got the idea from these. Not from a lawn mower. *shrugs*
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I wonder how many times he draws up designs for a shoe until he decides what to all use. Pretty cool to see his ideas on paper.
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We all are very lucky.
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nope