Tinker Hatfield's Original Air Jordan XI Sketches

[mr718]

More preliminary work. While the colorways weren't set, the palette was coming together nicely. Many at Nike remained skeptical of whether Mike would even return to basketball, but Tinker kept the faith and kept working. But we suspect not even he knew how it would pay off.

 

[violetuniverse91]

the prelims look ugly

 

[vdfosho]

interesting.. glad they didnt go with any of the early sketches

 

[RustyShackleford]

Originally Posted by Mr718

More preliminary work. While the colorways weren't set, the palette was coming together nicely. Many at Nike remained skeptical of whether Mike would even return to basketball, but Tinker kept the faith and kept working. But we suspect not even he knew how it would pay off.

They should release these colorways

Both look sexy as fuark

 

[dmxfury]

I love seeing sketches and drawings of shoes (I have some Fury ones), great stuff

 

[ijapino]

The early designs with the stretch mesh reminds me of the elastic bands that run over the top of the Adidas Top Ten 2000's.

 

[mr718]

Honestly I think the strap with the side lacing is pretty dope.

 

[superdude2311]

interesting to see the evolution from concept to actual shoe

 

[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

 

[greatabyss43]

never seen those before, thanks for posting the pictures

 

[eltouha]

awesome! i love seeing stuff like this and would be really keen on a book encompassing all the sigs in this way.

 

[KMante]

 Very interesting 

 

[tommy gibbs]

   I found this video which details alot of those sketches.  Might be worth a watch.  

 

[ymcmb1]

This would be a good poster

 

[freelythinkingmind]

I would def cop the PRELIM COLORWAYS

 

[SteveSteve72]

Interesting, thanks for the pics.

 

[jfmartimcdandruff]

patent cut too short

JK

but seriously, Tinker, hell....all of the Nike designers should gather up all their sketches, put it in a book, sell it

 

[xbiker47]

love seeing stuff like this

 

[bronle]

Look like Lebron 3s, or the other way around technically

 

[trethousandgt]

Thing I find funny with the XI's is that they look just like Spats
http://www.defynewyork.co...here-was-spats-footwear/

 

[zapatohead408]

I love seeing these types of sketches. It's funny to see how the sneaker changes its designs.

 

[cashm0neyand1]

Glad they scrap the original plans. I dont think the shoe would be as popular if they use the preliminary sketches

 

[wilt chamberlain]

History in the making...amazing love it

 

[toniotran]

cool stuff here...good thing he did some revisions before releasing the final

 

[toniotran]

Originally Posted by cashm0neyand1

Glad they scrap the original plans. I dont think the shoe would be as popular if they use the preliminary sketches

i agree