Style up your trainers

Create your own unique look

Plain white trainers are a great look right now, but how about creating your own custom pair? X multi markers from edding are a brilliant way of adding your own personality to your trainers. The rich colours, such as the red and grey shown here in our design, are perfect for expressing your creativity in whatever way you choose. Not only that: the ink is permanent (just as you’d expect from edding), so your design will easily cope with any passing rain shower.

Category: Colouring and Zendoodle
Products: Acrylic range
Materials: Natural materials
Plastic and foil
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

In our example, we’ve chosen to use X multi markers in red, dark grey and white. Before starting your design, you first need to activate your X multi markers. To do this, shake each of the markers with the cap still on until you can hear the small ball rattling inside. Next, carefully press the nib up and down a few times on a piece of scrap paper until the ink fills the tip. You can also use the piece of paper to try out a few practice marks.

Step 2

We’ve used the seams on our trainers to frame our design but, depending on the style of your trainer, you might want to get creative across the whole shoe or just a small area. When designing smaller areas, we recommend using the narrow edge of your X multi markers (as demonstrated by our red marker in this picture).

Step 3

It’s also important to wait for each colour to dry fully; otherwise your colours will run together. For our second colour, we’ve gone for a dark grey on the toe and back edge of the trainer.