How to Design Sneakers Online

On the Internet, one can be a shoe designer in a matter of minutes. This article will help you discover your inner designer and unlock your hidden skills and talent. Get tips on websites to use to become a shoe designer, and become a fashion mogul to your friends and family.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Internet connection
• Scanner

Internet Shoes Desings in Minutes

1. 
   Keds Shoes from Zazzle and Kimberlee Ketring

   Go to Zazzle.com (link in Resources section below). Choose the "My Zazzle" link on the top left side of the site and fill out the registration form, submit the form and you can begin to create shoes.

2. 
   Kids Keds

   After registering and logging in, choose the button "Create a product." You will be directed to a page that displays seven rows of products to design. Keds shoes will be the last product in the second row--click on it. Under the list "custom shoes," pick the type of shoe you want to design. I am choosing '"women's slip-ons" for this article. Choose "Create Shoes" and you will be ready to begin designing shoes.

3. 
   Patch of Painted Design used to make Kids Keds

   Keep your images approximately 600 by 800 in dimension and create a folder on your desktop. Put your images inside the folder. The images will be uploaded to the Zazzle website for your designer Keds. Choose the "customize it" tab to upload your images, upload images from your computer, browse to the folder on your desktop and choose the first image. Upload all your images.

4. 
   Designer Page from Zazzle

   Choose the "Area" link on the designer page and a drop-down menu will reveal the area of the shoe to put your images, choose the area desired and choose your image repeat the process until the entire shoe has been covered with your image.

5. 
   Checker Decker Keds by Kimberlee & Zazzle

   Use your own images or use Zazzle's royalty-free images and color options. There are billions of designs to make. Zazzle allows its members to open a merchant store and supplies a widget to post products on Myspace or other websites.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep image sizes at around 600 by 800, or in some cases a bit larger. Upload a family member's face or your favorite pet and put it on the upper part of the shoe. When using original paintings and photos use a scanner to scan your paintings into your computer, crop the scanned image to the correct sizes. Another website that offers similar designer options is Cafepress.com.
• Be sure the images used are original and not copyright protected. Read Zazzle's website for more information on designing your best Keds. Consider selling your designed shoes at the next spring bazaar.

Resources

• CafePress
• Zazzle
• Kimberlee & zazzle Designs