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Description And now some history..

As you've been pointing out for a long time.. I must love these shoes. And I do
And that's probably quite obvious as I use them in my clothing designs almost all the time.

Probably that's because they are not detailed but plain what makes them a good match to almost every clothes.

Some years ago I was really into that NewRock style of shoes and boots because I always desired to have a pair. That desire passed away with the time as I don't like most of their designs now and surely wouldn't wear them. All the ones I have tried on were heavy and stiff as well as it was really easy to get cold feet while wearing them in winter. And my feet are cold almost all the time so I have to wear really cozy and warm boots in winter time.

The plain, all-in-black-with-no-details-Koma-shoes appeared long time ago as a contrast to detailed and bright lolita clothes. I like big guns, big shoes and well.. Big hairdoes that contrast well with the characters delicate appearance.

They are actually my own freestyle interpretation of goth styled plateau boots with all the additions such as buckles, spikes and such stuff. Koma shoes don't have any buckles, they only have stripes with velcro.. And that's it. I even didn't know I used that version such a long time ago @___@

And here I did some sketches of how you can draw platform shoes in different ways to avoid filling them with plain black what kind of points out how lazy I a when it comes to drawing shoes. Just a simple shading and some nasty outlines.. I've decided to use that only-plain-black version because it's easy to repepeat in many scenes and also they match my solid inking very well.

This is an old design, I even didn't know how old it was and I must be really in love with it since I've been using them for more than 3 years now



Even now I'd like to buy shoes like these but I can't find them anywhere. All the platforms I've seen had lots of these shiny stuff, buckles, pegs, spikes and other unnececary things that I don't need. Winter is comming and I need warm Koma-alike boots badly
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malditesque [2009-06-20 23:51:04 +0000 UTC]

wow. . . i don't like boots that much but you made me love them . . .

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Vedette9 [2007-03-03 03:35:57 +0000 UTC]

I have a pair of boots almost exactly like this minus the straps. They're waterproof, I bought them for walking in the snow and their awesome: toasty and no slippin'.
They're called Gaetanna and are made by La Canadienne if you're interested^^

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erichazann [2006-12-13 08:34:32 +0000 UTC]

Hiya. I love all your art.. and I'm a total shoe ho! I'm a designer/programmer, but I went to fashion school just to learn how to make shoes!

First, finding good,comfy plats like that is almost impossible, because the huge plat is a subculture speciality thing.. midrange designers (like Steve Madden, etc) that produce quality shoes (I'm talking $150-$300 USD) rarely venture in that direction. New Rocks are probably the best made shoes in that style.. but they are a little too manly for me these days. I have several huge plat pairs, and I reserve them for concerts so I can see over everyone.

Magic Shoe/Pennangalan Dreams/Cobblers To The World shoes are ok made, but since they are made in England in a smaller factory, they are more expensive than they should be. I have a pair of their $300 Transmuter boots. For $300, you don't expect to get a shoe that still has pattern markings on it in pen.. and the first round of them had soles that fell off. Also, I'm convinced that they use narrow width lasts (forms) for a lot of their shoes and mark them as medium width, and after being educated in footwear design/construction/anatomy, I think it's a Really Bad Idea and a bad business practice. You can really screw up people's feet by not making anatomically correct shoes.

Second, like the other poster said, the Fluevog OS footwear thingie is a total longshot, and they usually modify your shoe to fit their family styles and if it was even chosen, it would be at least a year in production.

The easiest and cheapest way to get these boots is to get these or similar boots
[link]

and a seam ripper.. you can rip off the bottom 2 straps and the straps that hold down the buckles. And then take the boot to a cobbler who will likely have a post sewing machine that can get into the small areas of the top of the shank. He/she can easily sew on velcro bits to the straps and shanks. OR. easier, you can hand sew on the velcro with a leather needle.

You'll still have a boot with some perforations left where the stitches were, but it would be cheap. I would not be that great quality tho, because Demonia/Pleaser boots are kinda crappy.

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erichazann In reply to erichazann [2006-12-13 08:36:51 +0000 UTC]

oops. not SHANK, shaft. the shank is in the midsole!

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ESiobhan [2006-09-24 21:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Oww...you might like the boots that Nana and Ren wear in Yazawa Ai's "Nana". Do you know it? If not I'd gladly find some examples for you^_^ I always loved the boots myself!

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snowwhited [2006-08-25 23:40:54 +0000 UTC]

you know, Pennangalan [link] had a style VERY similar to those (only with 5 straps at the top) but i can't find that style on their cataloque anymore.

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karincoma In reply to snowwhited [2006-08-25 23:52:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I was curious and looked into their catalogue but I can't see such shoes anymore as well.. All the shoes the have include buckles and laces now..

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xCemetaryDrivex [2006-08-25 15:01:43 +0000 UTC]

I just love these effin shoes, if I could only get a pair... oh man

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FuchsiaG [2006-08-24 10:08:03 +0000 UTC]

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somnio-insania [2006-08-24 08:41:51 +0000 UTC]

[link] rev=/search%3Fq%3DMoi-m%25C3%25AAme-Moiti%25C3%25A9%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den

<3

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Padoras-Locket [2006-08-24 02:31:49 +0000 UTC]

yay! big shoes ^^

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Sebs-DA [2006-08-24 01:16:13 +0000 UTC]

I like when you drew it all in black, whithout details, it looks good and so cool !

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sukkuba [2006-08-24 01:03:41 +0000 UTC]

Even now I'd like to buy shoes like these but I can't find them anywhere. All the platforms I've seen had lots of these shiny stuff, buckles, pegs, spikes and other unnececary things that I don't need. Winter is comming and I


poszukaj lepiej , a jak nie znajdziesz z przyjemnoscią zrobie to za ciebie

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karincoma In reply to sukkuba [2006-08-24 09:47:58 +0000 UTC]

Zeby tylko nie byly z blyszczacej skory ani lateksu ale z polmatu (nie odblyskujacej skory ale takiej jak normalne buty) i bez szwow z przodu. Ze zwyczajnym koturnem (bez wstawek, nie-30cm i nie 5cm, taki nie za wysoki ale nie za niski) jednak wyprofilowanym do chodzenia, ktory nie jest wykonany z tego twardo-'gabczastego' czegos - bo tych nie lubie. Z trzema paskami nie dookola calego buta lecz tylko z przodu na rzep - ale tak zeby paseczki odstawaly pod katem niemal prostopadlym do buta. Czyli ni mniej ni wiecej takie jak wyzej. Bede wdzieczna bo przydalyby mi sie na zime.

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akiou [2006-08-23 23:56:55 +0000 UTC]

shoes

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elektrodolly [2006-08-23 23:10:14 +0000 UTC]

i had a pair of demonias (6" platform, 8 buckles up each side, metal plates inbetween) that were beyond glorious to look at, but you're completely right in calling that style of footwear on just not being that confotable or practical.

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shadymonster [2006-08-23 23:09:17 +0000 UTC]

haha, a wiesz, ze mialem zamiar napisac Ci komentarz o tych bucikach przy ostatniej pracy z Jess?
Pozytywnie, bardzo gustowne, seksowne i twoje.. no i niech tak zostanie, bo prace z takimi butami nie potrzebuja zadnego podpisu

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karincoma In reply to shadymonster [2006-08-24 09:52:47 +0000 UTC]

Oj potrzebuja, potrzebuja, zapewniam Cie.
Po calek Komo-manii sporo osob polubilo te buty

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shadymonster In reply to karincoma [2006-08-24 11:04:14 +0000 UTC]

ooo.. no to w takim razie, ja jestem do tylu, bo u nikogo innego ich chyba nie zauwazylem

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karincoma In reply to shadymonster [2006-08-24 11:22:53 +0000 UTC]

Bo u wiekszosci to byly jednorazowe eksperymenty. Niektorzy jednak przejeli wlasnie ten sposob rysowania uproszczonej wersji buta i korzystaja z niego - i to jest poniekad w porzadku do pewnego momentu. Poki nie przypisuja sobie autorstwa tej full-plasko-czarnej interpretacji. Choc i na to sie nic nie poradzi - ale nie ma bolu poki ludzie pamietaja, kto zapoczatkowal ten most-easy sposob rysowania.
To tak jak z Koma, sa podrobki ale zawsze znajdzie sie ktos, kto spyta sie autora czy przypadkiem sie nie inspirowal ta postacia.
Wiec poki jest pamiec ludzi - nie ma sie czego obawiac

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Vox-Mogget [2006-08-23 22:17:59 +0000 UTC]

oooo! i wants them!!!! they is soooo cool!
:boots:

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Night-Flower [2006-08-23 22:16:32 +0000 UTC]

I love boots. I've always wanted a pair of New Rocks though, and I still don't own any(they cost SO much...). I do own 2 pairs of tall ones though and then 2 other combat style ones. la la.. here a picture of me and my boots. [link] they're very broken, they actually broke right after I got them but I loved them too much to stop wearing them, and I fix them somehow everytime they break sooo. yeah. the other pair I have are similar no buckles though and not shiney, they're black with red stitching and red laces and zippers of course... they leak bad if it rains though..

anyways yeah.. Yay for boots. I've always liked the simplicity of Koma's boots. ^_^

byebyes,
~Nana

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karincoma In reply to Night-Flower [2006-08-23 22:23:56 +0000 UTC]

Hell yeah, most of the boots I see have TOO many additions attached to them. I like looking at others wearing such boots but I could't wear them myself.. I don't like the way I look having them on my feet -_-
But the shoes you own are really ok to me!! They don't have any unnecesary additions and the buckles are really delicate. So these are boots that I could wear. Although I'm afraid I'd damage them as well, I don't have luck when it comes to boots xDDD

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Night-Flower In reply to karincoma [2006-08-24 22:47:52 +0000 UTC]

yeah I've basically gotta accustomed to my boots breaking. all but one pair are seriously messed up and broke. But I love them. I always have to wear like 3 pairs of socks with them during the winter though, 'cause my feet like freeze off haha. and my school like wants to save money all the time, so most of the classes aren't heated properly. I really like boots that don't have too much on them, like even some of the simple pairs I have like to get stuck on things and 'cause me problems, I can't even imagine all the problems I could have with ones that have a ton of things all over them.

la la la. there's a few other pics of me and my boots if ya wanna check them out. [link]

seeya,
~Nana

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Orithyia [2006-08-23 22:09:29 +0000 UTC]

OMG... do I have the link for you! If you get enough votes for your shoes... they may make them for you!

[link]

You can see some current ones here [link]

I found this link from one of *SAGG 's deviations [link]

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karincoma In reply to Orithyia [2006-08-23 22:14:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I would never though that someone could organize such a contest xD
But after looking through few pages with the designs mine looks nothing more than ordinary and uninteresting in comparism to the others ;____;

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Orithyia In reply to karincoma [2006-08-23 22:17:07 +0000 UTC]

But if you look at the ones they actually make (the site is kinda hard to look through), they really simplify the designs and pick parts of hte various shoes that they like, etc. I think with your simple design... and most likely, the popularity of it (if you're looking for that style of boot... I'm sure others are!!), that it'd be a winner... plus you can be a helpless sell out and pitch it here on DA! The more votes the merrier.

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karincoma In reply to Orithyia [2006-08-24 12:12:45 +0000 UTC]

I don't know if I couldn't find it or is there no contest for shoes taking place now?
I can see the finalists but I can't find any info about their contest so I don't know where to send my design.. I've actually sent it as an opensource one because even if I don't manage (somehow) to join the coontest maybe they will decide to produce this design or one pair for me lol

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Orithyia In reply to karincoma [2006-08-24 19:03:49 +0000 UTC]

Woohoo! Good luck. When they have it showing... tell me where to vote for it! I had a hard time navigating that site as well. I didn't see an active contest, but when I asked in an email they sent me this link [link] (which I have no idea how you can get to that page... but that gives submission info at least) and they told me that the "contest" or "open source" is always going.

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StudiousOctopus [2006-08-23 22:07:14 +0000 UTC]

ah. ^____^ kool...
hey im buying some platform shoes right now..very cute...white with just laces...
they do some black ones that are pretty plain if you want a link?

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karincoma In reply to StudiousOctopus [2006-08-23 22:08:51 +0000 UTC]

I will gladly look at them. There's a possibility that I will like them more than the ones I'm drawing But I'd like to try them on first.. But that's the risk about shopping on the net.. -_-

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StudiousOctopus In reply to karincoma [2006-08-23 22:11:42 +0000 UTC]

^____^ okay, its an ebay shop btw, i hope you dont mind....i think ebays pretty secure isnt it?
here > [link]

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LunaMiel [2006-08-23 22:06:16 +0000 UTC]

I love the Koma boots, I wish I had a pair too.

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