Commissioned by  backlash

Kira and her friends are something of a rarity in the fandom in that they all wear shoes as part of their default outfits (well, all except for one, but we'll leave him for later), and not only that, sometimes using specific styles of real-world footwear. As such, artists commissioned to draw Zak, his sister Kira and their friend group would benefit from references showing a standardized view of what these shoes look like when drawn on these characters, since a lot of otherwise competent artists have trouble drawing shoes "correctly". This is seen even among manga artists, where many schoolgirls' penny loafers look strangely blocky in contrast with the technical accuracy of the rest of their uniforms. This revelation long ago prompted me to learn how to draw shoes "correctly" on my own OC's, or at least recognizably based on real-world styles. Hence this series of commissions intended to help...other artists commissioned to draw these characters :D

Some characters in this group have specific styles made by a particular company (like Zak's Birkenstocks) while others have more generic examples not based on any particular real-world model. In the latter case I picked the closest real-world equivalent and adapted the drawn version from that. The character is drawn in a full-body view wearing said shoes with their default clothing, along with close-ups of the depicted footwear in outside-edge, arch-side, front and top-down views. Where applicable, I added notes pointing out details that are often missed, mostly limited to those that can still be included in low-detail renderings (say, in comics or group shots).

An example for Kira's ballet flats, one such detail is the way the sides are extremely low-slung compared to typical flats of years past. Many, many artists draw flats and other pump-style women's shoes with high sides enclosing most of the wearer's foot, which just doesn't look right, and is even more off-the mark when trying to depict a low-sided shoe like a ballet flat. In addition, I provided top views of the same shoe as drawn with three-toed as well as four-toed feet, to show how these can be drawn on both types of foot model, (in this case, the shape was traced from a photo of a real-life model (Kate Spade "julianne") with the opacity turned down a little so you can see the shape of both foot styles inside the shoe, whichever one the individual artist is used to, even though this is kind-of redundant on shoes with enclosed toes, I just included them for the sake of consistency across these references, some of which depict sandals.

Technical:
Refer to the first pic in this series in case you're curious. The info stays the same across the submissions.

Digital drawing done in Clip Studio Paint EX. 60 layers (mostly text objects), 14.7MB .CLIP file. Part of Project ID# 511