Category Archives: Illustrations

Surface Design on Shoes

By Nalini Arora | Published: May 9, 2012

Last year I wrote a post here about Aaryn Nutter, and her amazing print studio Aaryn West -Surface Design. I had the opportunity to look thru her collection of prints (which by the way are so inspiring & impressive), and found a few prints that I thought would be great for Spring 13 footwear designs. [...]

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Kids shoe details & sketches

By Nalini Arora | Published: April 19, 2012

I have been spending the last few weeks researching for women’s & kids projects, and am overwhelmed with ideas. I thought I would share some kids ideas with you that I really love. People ask me, “why do you post your ideas on your blog?”, and make comments that I am feeding ideas easily. I [...]

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NALINIARORA.COM

By Nalini Arora | Published: April 18, 2012

In between projects, I do things I normally don’t have time to do  on a daily basis. These tasks include marketing, keeping in touch with clients, website updates, and staying creative with the blog. I am updating the website this week, and have been working on the blog design FOREVER with my programmer. I don’t [...]

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A kids shoe… designed by a kid!

By Nalini Arora | Published: April 11, 2012

Recently, a friend shared with me her daughter designed a shoe for a class project. I was so curious to see what an eight year old designed, I asked her to email me a picture. I received this cute little boot with googly eyes. I had to share with you this fantastic drawing from a [...]

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The Shearling Truth . . .

By Nalini Arora | Published: January 11, 2012

  A few months ago, I was in search of some cool weather gear.  I found a fur vest that I added to my collection that made me feel like a little Eskimo. This vest got me thinking about fur, shearling, and anything fuzzy. I started my next sketching frenzy of boots inspired by Nordic [...]

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Criss cross & go under the bridge

By Nalini Arora | Published: January 3, 2012

Over the last two weeks, a few books have been added to our library. I wrote a post here about the latest illustration book added to the collection. Since that posting, I have come across another book that has been unexpectedly fun and informative called “The Man’s Book” by Thomas Fink.  This book is an [...]

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A shoe holiday card for the shoe vivant!

By Nalini Arora | Published: December 23, 2011

Earlier this week, I posted The makings of a shoe holiday card where I showed you my inspiration for the 2011 holiday card. I envisioned taking ornament ideas and incorporating them into shoes with the idea that they too can be hung on a Christmas tree. I promised to show you the actual card and [...]

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The makings of a shoe greeting card

By Nalini Arora | Published: December 19, 2011

The last few years, I have designed my own holiday card. You can see one design here. It’s important for me to add my personal touch to everything I do, and rather than buying a box of greeting cards, I opted to design my own. During the last few weeks. I have been sketching little [...]

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Sneaker Girl

By Nalini Arora | Published: November 29, 2011

Some of you, who’ve known me for a long time, know that deep down inside I’m a sneaker girl. Collectible Nike’s, old school high tops, worn down Chuck Taylor’s, and any rubberized low profile athletic design not worn by the masses, is what I seek out. Yes, I may love wearing my Jimmy Choo’s or [...]

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Happy Halloween!

By Nalini Arora | Published: October 31, 2011
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