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Michael DiTullo

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Published:: Aug 07, 2006

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Jordan 12.5

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Jordan 12.5 - Concept sketches for the Jordan 12.5

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xx2 5/8 - "Sleek, stylish, sophisticated - in other words, completely sweet. With its combination of rich, full-grain leather and breathable tensegrity mesh to help dissipate heat, the Air Jordan XX2 5/8 shoe is ideal for the player looking the support of a 5/8 cut hoop shoe and the agility of a low-cut feel. Step into a pair and prepare for liftoff. " From the catalog

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Jordan XX2 5/8

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Jordan 410 - Lifestyle boot for the Jordan brand

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Jordan 410 - Lifestyle boot for the Jordan brand

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Jordan Highrise - NBA level performance basketball shoe

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Jordan Highrise - NBA level performance basketball shoe

XX1PE - Designed to meet the demands of NBA level players, the extra wide eyestay provides extra fit adjustment, while articulated lace locks prevent loosing. An injected toe cap protects the premium leathers during play.

Jordan T4G

Jordan B2rue

concept sketches - sketches for the Jordan T4G and Show'M

Jordan Show'm

Jordan SL-23 - First women's specific Jordan.

Jordan Retro III bag - Co-designed with Alan Strack, this laptop bag was inspired by the AJIII. It uses the actual sole unit from the shoe in Michael Jordan's size, 13.5.

Jordan Select

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Concept Motorcycle Boot - A study for a motorcycle boot for the Jordan Racing Team.

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De La Hoya boxing boot

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Concept Sketches - T4G followup concept sketches

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Concept Sketches - T4G followup concept sketches

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Concept Sketches - T4G followup concept sketches

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Fall 06 Jordan Renderings

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Fall 06 Jordan Renderings

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Fall 06 Jordan Renderings

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Fall 06 Jordan Renderings

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Jordan T4G concept sketches

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Jordan T4G concept sketches

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Jordan LX3 concept - Proposed LX 3 from Spring '06

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Hydro 4 Slide - Quick one day project that went to production

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Jordan T4G Launch colors

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Turf Shoe for Derek Jeter

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Jordan Jump skate concept

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Jordan Two 3 dress concept 2006

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Preston Kirton Feb 06, 2013

Superb!!!
Aviv Butvinik Dec 30, 2012

The dress shoe concept looks Professional.
Michael DiTullo Dec 04, 2012

Thanks fellas
Mithun Darji Dec 04, 2012

Grt8 work!
dicky taufik ismail Oct 20, 2012

cooll !!
T'challa Pesante May 22, 2012

I had those in my store and they sold well Michael, pretty comfy as well
Mauro N. Manzo Nov 04, 2011

wooow...Great!!!
Michael DiTullo Aug 06, 2011

Thanks everyone.
britt ashcraft Aug 01, 2011

i love this shoe. i played ball in it for about a year, normally i don't buy jordans, too expensive and i destroy my shoes on the asphalt, but i had access to the nike company store, half off, love the clean lines
Michael DiTullo Apr 15, 2011

Thanks all.
Avies Behzad Jan 10, 2011

Nice sketches..Mike
pietro pellicelli Jan 05, 2011

Really nice, heel and tooling make it shine!
Michael DiTullo Dec 29, 2010

Thanks, this was a late development concept sketch right before techpack. I ended up transferring to Converse to lead the Portland based studio on the Nike Campus, so the final design was overseen by another designer, and it evolved far away from this sketch, which I still love.
asj Albano Dec 22, 2010

great job impeccable
Roshan Hakkim Dec 21, 2010

amazing work!liking the play of layers at the counter!
Joe MacCarthy Dec 15, 2010

Ooooh,,,nice Mike!
Michael DiTullo Dec 15, 2010

thanks all.
Michael DiTullo Dec 15, 2010

Thanks fellas, this was done back in 2005.... hard to believe it was only 5 years ago.
ramandeep singh Dec 13, 2010

cool...
ramandeep singh Dec 13, 2010

gr8 design...
Jean-Claude Kabongo Nov 09, 2010

very clean and so well thought out
Michael DiTullo May 29, 2010

Thanks everyone!
Patrick Ehlers May 29, 2010

Your work is really inspiring.
Guy Perez May 24, 2010

Yeah , not in the middle east I guess, i think I remember I saw them on some website. Is this a 2 layers of EVA at midsole?
Michael DiTullo May 24, 2010

Thank you. They were on the market in 2006 I think...
Guy Perez May 24, 2010

Beautiful!!! Can I have those? :)
Michael DiTullo Oct 27, 2009

I scanned a bunch of leathers. Once you have some good clean scans you can use the "texturizer" tool in PS.
Abhinav Dapke Oct 21, 2009

wow!
Ryan McGinley Oct 06, 2009

You're clearly a master of PS rendering. I know this might be one of your trade secrets, but how on earth did you get a leathery texture on that render? I've been playing about for a while attempting it in PS.
Michael DiTullo Sep 22, 2009

Joe, do you mean the textures? The triangle is just a repeat pattern in the heal I made in illustrator, as is the perf pattern on the toe. The lining is a scan of a material that I applied with the texturizer tool in Photoshop. The collar lines are just an illustrator pattern that I applied using texturizer in photoshop.
Joe MacCarthy Sep 21, 2009

Hey Mike. What do use to generate the patterns? You must have a series of brushes or just texture layers? I love these shoe renders. Me gonna have to lay some outs man!!
Michael DiTullo Sep 21, 2009

Thanks. I loved this shoe. Training shoe meets Basketball shoe. It was light and pretty iconic. I still see some dudes rocking them. It came out in 2006.
Michael DiTullo Sep 21, 2009

Thanks. This proposal didn't make it past a few prototypes, but I always loved it. This sketch is from early 2006. Super fun drawing, I think I rendered it in about 20 minutes.
by desinger Sep 18, 2009

very nice...cool...
Pëllumb GURRA Sep 10, 2009

WOW a Jordan boot?? Coooool!
JULIO OLIVERAS Aug 10, 2009

SWEET!
Irfan KACHWALLA Aug 07, 2009

Finesse !! though I hate putting my bag on the floor.
Roshan Hakkim Aug 06, 2009

awesome!
Tobin Dorn Jul 22, 2009

beautiful!
Onur ERYIGIT Jul 21, 2009

must be in my jordan shoes collections, really cool...
Rob Williams Jul 21, 2009

this is awesome! I wanna be like mike... DiTullo
ADRIEN WIRA Jul 06, 2009

great!!
Jules Sherman Jun 20, 2009

I love this sneaker. Nice color combo.
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

Thanks I like the upper left sketch series. I love exploring details like that.
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

Thanks guys. These were big seller, about 300k. I couldn't afford J's as a kid, so I would often draw them... I looked at these projects the same way, would they inspire a 14 yr old kid to draw shoes? Aesthetically, I wanted these to be a bit more approachable, a bit less spaceship like. From a performance standpoint, these are one of the highest scoring shoes from the Nike Sports Research Lab, max air heel, zoom air forefoot, great flex grooves, and bootie construction....
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

This guy never went to production obviously, but I still love this sketch. This was the first project I worked on at Jordan.
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

I feel the outsole/midsole was the most successful part of the shoe. This was one of my last Jordan projects and it was great to leave on a high note! It was a challenge to integrate to classic, very unique designs into one shoe.
anurag sarda Jun 12, 2009

Awesome Shoes! Loved the sole...
Roshan Hakkim May 18, 2009

Insane design!!awesome forms...very aggressive in nature!
Roshan Hakkim May 18, 2009

You are one pro at detailing!!
Roshan Hakkim May 18, 2009

A sweet proposal Mike!!Insane!
Roshan Hakkim May 17, 2009

one of the first downloads which went into my reference!
Roshan Hakkim May 17, 2009

Mike,,,insane page!
Roshan Hakkim May 17, 2009

insane render Mike!!
Jose Figueroa May 13, 2009

nice!
Randall Puzzitiello Mar 05, 2009

timeless look. nice shoe man.
Jonathan Osborne IDSA Feb 25, 2009

fun!!
Andres Parada Feb 04, 2009

Extremely cool. I wish it was my idea....
Glenn Johnson Jan 13, 2009

I live the style lines too - there is a a kind of soft 'angularity' that I find very modern... great work Mike.
Jose Sallet Jan 07, 2009

wow! Very nice.
Yury Sysoev Dec 19, 2008

Fantastic trainers!
David Fearnley Dec 18, 2008

Nice proposal Micheal, love the rendering technique.
Onur ERYIGIT Dec 18, 2008

very nice, I'm a collector of the jordan shoes, Ä± wish Ä± have it...
Charles Phillip Valerio Dec 17, 2008

I love the translucency and the design. I'd wear this one too.
Charles Phillip Valerio Dec 17, 2008

Amazing design! One of my faves.
Charles Phillip Valerio Dec 17, 2008

I would wear this!
Mohammad Haeri Aug 14, 2008

nice footwear
Mohammad Haeri Aug 14, 2008

nicee.......
Chris Ng Jul 26, 2008

I * AM * LOVING * IT *~ You Rock! Man
Chris Ng Jul 26, 2008

wow. it is so cool~
Chris Ng Jul 26, 2008

sweet~!!
FaShon VEGA Jul 01, 2008

buying it
Archie Tolentino Jun 13, 2008

i dont know if this has too much detail into it... well.. it's a DiTullo... It's gotta be good...
ELI LIBSON May 19, 2008

Michael did you ever work with my friend Mike Lindow, Dave Pederson or Ben Kuchler? Anyway nice work I want a pair of your shoes.
Warren Skeete Apr 30, 2008

the combination is unique and teh outcome is crazy i love them
Tobin Dorn Apr 06, 2008

Wow! you just dont stop amazing me with your design skills. Congrats on some super concepts and detailing. Kind Regards-
Jonathan Globerson Mar 22, 2008

lovely sketch
Jonathan Globerson Mar 22, 2008

Great concept, nicely done, the design language of this bag speaks repetitiously.
MAUPOIL Anais Feb 23, 2008

hummmm , it's very gooood!!!!
francisco planelles Feb 19, 2008

sweet!
Jeff Wheeler Feb 19, 2008

Awesome ideation here. I can always count on your work for motivation to create. Thanks for the inspiration as usual.
daniel kim Feb 01, 2008

You designed that??!?!!? that bag is NICE!
Cenk Kara Jan 14, 2008

Great work!
Michael Brown Jan 05, 2008

really nice concept!
Gary Major Dec 31, 2007

Nice proposal Michael, I love the translucent skin - very different.
sa 5b Dec 24, 2007

this bag is in sale in the northridge san jose mall its like 150$
Mark Britton Dec 11, 2007

Nice way to present. It really pops!
Pen Elope Nov 29, 2007

haha i just saw this on: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://kicksguide.net/images/artist_series/sept_jordan_xx/arsen_rock_jordan_xx_250.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kicksguide.com/admin/artist_series_2004.asp%3FstrMonth%3Dsept&h=169&w=250&sz=31&hl=en&start=183&um=1&tbnid=7YG30hPjmLrQCM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dshoe%2Betching%26start%3D180%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Pen Elope Nov 28, 2007

great layout :)
francisco planelles Nov 26, 2007

really nice!
Wayne Russell Nov 24, 2007

Finally. I sexier looking boot last. Those are hot.
Gary Major Nov 24, 2007

Great sketch sheet Michael. Final product is really faithful to the original intent too.
francisco planelles Oct 28, 2007

really nice touch.
Vincent Cadena Oct 20, 2007

this a great work! very nice projects
FRed PRIVAT de GARILHE Oct 06, 2007

HI Mike... So much time that I want to tell you how I love your style about Jordans & in your general work... ;-) Cheers, Fred
Warren Skeete Sep 29, 2007

where did the inspiration come from 4 dis design !??
Warren Skeete Sep 29, 2007

i think this is a great concept and it has evolved well from sketch to finished design
Gary Major Sep 20, 2007

Lovely design Mike and the first time I've seen the electro-luminecent detail done with panache. Ace 'Tron' footwear!
Thomas Rushbrook Sep 18, 2007

loving it mikey
footwear designer SCOTT WILLS Sep 18, 2007

nice sketch, good ink work
Bondan Prasetyo Aug 06, 2007

great work!!!
Sean Gallagher Jul 23, 2007

one of the best products, ever.
Sean Gallagher Jul 23, 2007

sick.
Sean Gallagher Jul 23, 2007

sick. I need to be working with you.
Tobin Dorn Jul 22, 2007

really sweet!!!!
T'challa Pesante Jun 01, 2007

can i design the next with you
Tony Hendrix May 10, 2007

If I was still boxing, I would have those in blk/slvr. The jordan brand is so classy and refined, I only wish the logo was smaller.
Pierre-Alexandre Merlet May 07, 2007

Very Nice boot !!!
Ameet Mehta. Apr 28, 2007

F A N T A S T I C ! ! !
Mike Turner Apr 27, 2007

Oh man! These are seriously nice boots! As a kid I lusted long and hard over a pair of white canvas Nike Vandal Supremes (the ones with the black velcro top strap) Well, anyway your designs bring back all these long forgotten sensations of longing. . . thanks for the super-future/retro notstalgia trip remix. I owe you one buddy! Keep on posting the good stuff, and thand for supporting the Frontline Industrial Design group with your great work.
Marco Serrano Apr 27, 2007

Nice! I like the detail of the tread on the toe. Is the Convex shape close to the ankle portion for support or protection...maybe both?
Jermain Steed Apr 03, 2007

Im jealous of this one!
Jermain Steed Apr 03, 2007

Beautiful
Jermain Steed Apr 03, 2007

Very good color scheme, nice use of materials.
aaron carlsson Apr 02, 2007

very nice, clean, assymetric construction on that toebox. beautiful.
Mike Turner Apr 02, 2007

Your work makes me sick and tired - sick of not being this good - and tired from trying to keep up! Awesome creative output: a true inspiration to anyone looking in. Thanks so much for sharing these images with the group, Michael! Keep on posting more of your delicious stuff - I'm sure I'll get used to the inferiority complex eventually! All the best, Mike
Michael Brown Mar 24, 2007

im buying that right damn now, thats the coolest bag idea ive seen for ages!
Antoine Dickens Mar 01, 2007

those are nice!
Daniel Afrahim Feb 25, 2007

Wow! Cool!
Duncan McKean Feb 19, 2007

nice...
Cathe Davis Feb 11, 2007

love it!
Brian Chesky Dec 15, 2006

Nice!!!
Michael DiTullo Dec 09, 2006

It's coming soon, there was a full page photo of it in the December issue of Dime magazine...
Shane Harbour Dec 08, 2006

that jordan bag is tight, I wish it were really available man.
Michael DiTullo Dec 08, 2006

thanks guys...
Erik Arlen Dec 08, 2006

yes really nice
Ben COLLETTE Dec 07, 2006

That's a cool idea.
Pen Elope Nov 30, 2006

im not much of a basketball sneaker person, but this is very nice!
Joe MacCarthy Nov 27, 2006

Looks good Mikey!! _Joe
Tony Hendrix Sep 20, 2006

Those are sick like Green Lantern

Tony Hendrix Sep 20, 2006

Those are sick like Green Lantern
Joe MacCarthy Nov 27, 2006

Looks good Mikey!! _Joe
Pen Elope Nov 30, 2006

im not much of a basketball sneaker person, but this is very nice!
Ben COLLETTE Dec 07, 2006

That's a cool idea.
Erik Arlen Dec 08, 2006

yes really nice
Michael DiTullo Dec 08, 2006

thanks guys...
Shane Harbour Dec 08, 2006

that jordan bag is tight, I wish it were really available man.
Michael DiTullo Dec 09, 2006

It's coming soon, there was a full page photo of it in the December issue of Dime magazine...
Brian Chesky Dec 15, 2006

Nice!!!
Cathe Davis Feb 11, 2007

love it!
Duncan McKean Feb 19, 2007

nice...
Daniel Afrahim Feb 25, 2007

Wow! Cool!
Antoine Dickens Mar 01, 2007

those are nice!
Michael Brown Mar 24, 2007

im buying that right damn now, thats the coolest bag idea ive seen for ages!
Mike Turner Apr 02, 2007

Your work makes me sick and tired - sick of not being this good - and tired from trying to keep up! Awesome creative output: a true inspiration to anyone looking in. Thanks so much for sharing these images with the group, Michael! Keep on posting more of your delicious stuff - I'm sure I'll get used to the inferiority complex eventually! All the best, Mike
aaron carlsson Apr 02, 2007

very nice, clean, assymetric construction on that toebox. beautiful.
Jermain Steed Apr 03, 2007

Very good color scheme, nice use of materials.
Jermain Steed Apr 03, 2007

Beautiful
Jermain Steed Apr 03, 2007

Im jealous of this one!
Marco Serrano Apr 27, 2007

Nice! I like the detail of the tread on the toe. Is the Convex shape close to the ankle portion for support or protection...maybe both?
Mike Turner Apr 27, 2007

Oh man! These are seriously nice boots! As a kid I lusted long and hard over a pair of white canvas Nike Vandal Supremes (the ones with the black velcro top strap) Well, anyway your designs bring back all these long forgotten sensations of longing. . . thanks for the super-future/retro notstalgia trip remix. I owe you one buddy! Keep on posting the good stuff, and thand for supporting the Frontline Industrial Design group with your great work.
Ameet Mehta. Apr 28, 2007

F A N T A S T I C ! ! !
Pierre-Alexandre Merlet May 07, 2007

Very Nice boot !!!
Tony Hendrix May 10, 2007

If I was still boxing, I would have those in blk/slvr. The jordan brand is so classy and refined, I only wish the logo was smaller.
T'challa Pesante Jun 01, 2007

can i design the next with you
Tobin Dorn Jul 22, 2007

really sweet!!!!
Sean Gallagher Jul 23, 2007

sick. I need to be working with you.
Sean Gallagher Jul 23, 2007

sick.
Sean Gallagher Jul 23, 2007

one of the best products, ever.
Bondan Prasetyo Aug 06, 2007

great work!!!
footwear designer SCOTT WILLS Sep 18, 2007

nice sketch, good ink work
Thomas Rushbrook Sep 18, 2007

loving it mikey
Gary Major Sep 20, 2007

Lovely design Mike and the first time I've seen the electro-luminecent detail done with panache. Ace 'Tron' footwear!
Warren Skeete Sep 29, 2007

i think this is a great concept and it has evolved well from sketch to finished design
Warren Skeete Sep 29, 2007

where did the inspiration come from 4 dis design !??
FRed PRIVAT de GARILHE Oct 06, 2007

HI Mike... So much time that I want to tell you how I love your style about Jordans & in your general work... ;-) Cheers, Fred
Vincent Cadena Oct 20, 2007

this a great work! very nice projects
francisco planelles Oct 28, 2007

really nice touch.
Gary Major Nov 24, 2007

Great sketch sheet Michael. Final product is really faithful to the original intent too.
Wayne Russell Nov 24, 2007

Finally. I sexier looking boot last. Those are hot.
francisco planelles Nov 26, 2007

really nice!
Pen Elope Nov 28, 2007

great layout :)
Pen Elope Nov 29, 2007

haha i just saw this on: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://kicksguide.net/images/artist_series/sept_jordan_xx/arsen_rock_jordan_xx_250.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kicksguide.com/admin/artist_series_2004.asp%3FstrMonth%3Dsept&h=169&w=250&sz=31&hl=en&start=183&um=1&tbnid=7YG30hPjmLrQCM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dshoe%2Betching%26start%3D180%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Mark Britton Dec 11, 2007

Nice way to present. It really pops!
sa 5b Dec 24, 2007

this bag is in sale in the northridge san jose mall its like 150$
Gary Major Dec 31, 2007

Nice proposal Michael, I love the translucent skin - very different.
Michael Brown Jan 05, 2008

really nice concept!
Cenk Kara Jan 14, 2008

Great work!
daniel kim Feb 01, 2008

You designed that??!?!!? that bag is NICE!
Jeff Wheeler Feb 19, 2008

Awesome ideation here. I can always count on your work for motivation to create. Thanks for the inspiration as usual.
francisco planelles Feb 19, 2008

sweet!
MAUPOIL Anais Feb 23, 2008

hummmm , it's very gooood!!!!
Jonathan Globerson Mar 22, 2008

Great concept, nicely done, the design language of this bag speaks repetitiously.
Jonathan Globerson Mar 22, 2008

lovely sketch
Tobin Dorn Apr 06, 2008

Wow! you just dont stop amazing me with your design skills. Congrats on some super concepts and detailing. Kind Regards-
Warren Skeete Apr 30, 2008

the combination is unique and teh outcome is crazy i love them
ELI LIBSON May 19, 2008

Michael did you ever work with my friend Mike Lindow, Dave Pederson or Ben Kuchler? Anyway nice work I want a pair of your shoes.
Archie Tolentino Jun 13, 2008

i dont know if this has too much detail into it... well.. it's a DiTullo... It's gotta be good...
FaShon VEGA Jul 01, 2008

buying it
Chris Ng Jul 26, 2008

sweet~!!
Chris Ng Jul 26, 2008

wow. it is so cool~
Chris Ng Jul 26, 2008

I * AM * LOVING * IT *~ You Rock! Man
Mohammad Haeri Aug 14, 2008

nicee.......
Mohammad Haeri Aug 14, 2008

nice footwear
Charles Phillip Valerio Dec 17, 2008

I would wear this!
Charles Phillip Valerio Dec 17, 2008

Amazing design! One of my faves.
Charles Phillip Valerio Dec 17, 2008

I love the translucency and the design. I'd wear this one too.
Onur ERYIGIT Dec 18, 2008

very nice, I'm a collector of the jordan shoes, Ä± wish Ä± have it...
David Fearnley Dec 18, 2008

Nice proposal Micheal, love the rendering technique.
Yury Sysoev Dec 19, 2008

Fantastic trainers!
Jose Sallet Jan 07, 2009

wow! Very nice.
Glenn Johnson Jan 13, 2009

I live the style lines too - there is a a kind of soft 'angularity' that I find very modern... great work Mike.
Andres Parada Feb 04, 2009

Extremely cool. I wish it was my idea....
Jonathan Osborne IDSA Feb 25, 2009

fun!!
Randall Puzzitiello Mar 05, 2009

timeless look. nice shoe man.
Jose Figueroa May 13, 2009

nice!
Roshan Hakkim May 17, 2009

insane render Mike!!
Roshan Hakkim May 17, 2009

Mike,,,insane page!
Roshan Hakkim May 17, 2009

one of the first downloads which went into my reference!
Roshan Hakkim May 18, 2009

A sweet proposal Mike!!Insane!
Roshan Hakkim May 18, 2009

You are one pro at detailing!!
Roshan Hakkim May 18, 2009

Insane design!!awesome forms...very aggressive in nature!
anurag sarda Jun 12, 2009

Awesome Shoes! Loved the sole...
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

I feel the outsole/midsole was the most successful part of the shoe. This was one of my last Jordan projects and it was great to leave on a high note! It was a challenge to integrate to classic, very unique designs into one shoe.
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

This guy never went to production obviously, but I still love this sketch. This was the first project I worked on at Jordan.
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

Thanks guys. These were big seller, about 300k. I couldn't afford J's as a kid, so I would often draw them... I looked at these projects the same way, would they inspire a 14 yr old kid to draw shoes? Aesthetically, I wanted these to be a bit more approachable, a bit less spaceship like. From a performance standpoint, these are one of the highest scoring shoes from the Nike Sports Research Lab, max air heel, zoom air forefoot, great flex grooves, and bootie construction....
Michael DiTullo Jun 20, 2009

Thanks I like the upper left sketch series. I love exploring details like that.
Jules Sherman Jun 20, 2009

I love this sneaker. Nice color combo.
ADRIEN WIRA Jul 06, 2009

great!!
Rob Williams Jul 21, 2009

this is awesome! I wanna be like mike... DiTullo
Onur ERYIGIT Jul 21, 2009

must be in my jordan shoes collections, really cool...
Tobin Dorn Jul 22, 2009

beautiful!
Roshan Hakkim Aug 06, 2009

awesome!
Irfan KACHWALLA Aug 07, 2009

Finesse !! though I hate putting my bag on the floor.
JULIO OLIVERAS Aug 10, 2009

SWEET!
Pëllumb GURRA Sep 10, 2009

WOW a Jordan boot?? Coooool!
by desinger Sep 18, 2009

very nice...cool...
Michael DiTullo Sep 21, 2009

Thanks. This proposal didn't make it past a few prototypes, but I always loved it. This sketch is from early 2006. Super fun drawing, I think I rendered it in about 20 minutes.
Michael DiTullo Sep 21, 2009

Thanks. I loved this shoe. Training shoe meets Basketball shoe. It was light and pretty iconic. I still see some dudes rocking them. It came out in 2006.
Joe MacCarthy Sep 21, 2009

Hey Mike. What do use to generate the patterns? You must have a series of brushes or just texture layers? I love these shoe renders. Me gonna have to lay some outs man!!
Michael DiTullo Sep 22, 2009

Joe, do you mean the textures? The triangle is just a repeat pattern in the heal I made in illustrator, as is the perf pattern on the toe. The lining is a scan of a material that I applied with the texturizer tool in Photoshop. The collar lines are just an illustrator pattern that I applied using texturizer in photoshop.
Ryan McGinley Oct 06, 2009

You're clearly a master of PS rendering. I know this might be one of your trade secrets, but how on earth did you get a leathery texture on that render? I've been playing about for a while attempting it in PS.
Abhinav Dapke Oct 21, 2009

wow!
Michael DiTullo Oct 27, 2009

I scanned a bunch of leathers. Once you have some good clean scans you can use the "texturizer" tool in PS.
Guy Perez May 24, 2010

Beautiful!!! Can I have those? :)
Michael DiTullo May 24, 2010

Thank you. They were on the market in 2006 I think...
Guy Perez May 24, 2010

Yeah , not in the middle east I guess, i think I remember I saw them on some website. Is this a 2 layers of EVA at midsole?
Patrick Ehlers May 29, 2010

Your work is really inspiring.
Michael DiTullo May 29, 2010

Thanks everyone!
Jean-Claude Kabongo Nov 09, 2010

very clean and so well thought out
ramandeep singh Dec 13, 2010

gr8 design...
ramandeep singh Dec 13, 2010

cool...
Michael DiTullo Dec 15, 2010

Thanks fellas, this was done back in 2005.... hard to believe it was only 5 years ago.
Michael DiTullo Dec 15, 2010

thanks all.
Joe MacCarthy Dec 15, 2010

Ooooh,,,nice Mike!
Roshan Hakkim Dec 21, 2010

amazing work!liking the play of layers at the counter!
asj Albano Dec 22, 2010

great job impeccable
Michael DiTullo Dec 29, 2010

Thanks, this was a late development concept sketch right before techpack. I ended up transferring to Converse to lead the Portland based studio on the Nike Campus, so the final design was overseen by another designer, and it evolved far away from this sketch, which I still love.
pietro pellicelli Jan 05, 2011

Really nice, heel and tooling make it shine!
Avies Behzad Jan 10, 2011

Nice sketches..Mike
Michael DiTullo Apr 15, 2011

Thanks all.
britt ashcraft Aug 01, 2011

i love this shoe. i played ball in it for about a year, normally i don't buy jordans, too expensive and i destroy my shoes on the asphalt, but i had access to the nike company store, half off, love the clean lines
Michael DiTullo Aug 06, 2011

Thanks everyone.
Mauro N. Manzo Nov 04, 2011

wooow...Great!!!
T'challa Pesante May 22, 2012

I had those in my store and they sold well Michael, pretty comfy as well
dicky taufik ismail Oct 20, 2012

cooll !!
Mithun Darji Dec 04, 2012

Grt8 work!
Michael DiTullo Dec 04, 2012

Thanks fellas
Aviv Butvinik Dec 30, 2012

The dress shoe concept looks Professional.
Preston Kirton Feb 06, 2013

Superb!!!