Colorful space shoes

Hey guys! So this is my first submit here and I hope that you will find it pretty, wonderful and whatsoever. I got a pair of white shoes from my sister since she didn't fit them, and I thought that I wanted to do something fun with them to make them look less plain. I decided to go for a space theme, but instead of doing the old black-purple-blue theme, I went crazy with all kinds of colors to take advantage of all the whiteness.

1. First of all you need a pair of white shoes. These are actually like Dr.Martins, except for the fact that they are fake. They have kind of a shiny surface which I thought was perfect to work with. Fabric-shoes can be a bit difficult to work with when doing this, but hey, if that's what you got why not give it a try?

2. Remove the shoelaces and prepare everything that's needed.
*A flat surface where you can mix your colors. I just used a red candle-tray that I found in my garage.
*Colors. I use acrylic colors. I wanted to go with a really bright colorful theme so I am using everything from pink, yellow, green, blue, black, red and so forth.
*You will also need brushes and some kind of sponge. I just took some old brushes that I found. It's not really important if they are cheap or expensive or how they look. As long as they work for you. For the sponge I took some kind of cleaning sponge, cut of the green part and then cut it into smaller pieces. You can see them hiding behind the shoes. The texture of the sponge is a bit smoother

*Some kind of clear varnish, to help the paint stay fresh and protect it from water and so on.

3. Then you go crazy with your sponge. Just take a bit of color and start to apply it on the shoe. Take another color and mix it into the other one to make a smooth transmission. I chose to go down on the sole a bit and even add some black spots to make the contrasts even bigger. And eventually your shoes will look something like this. You can if you want to, add some cool details with a brush.

4. Now it's time to go all STAR over these beauties. So first of all, I took some white paint and mixed it with some water, took a harder brush and dipped it into the color. Then I used my finger and bent the straws against me and let go. Kind of like how you do when you want to shoot food at someone with a spoon. And by doing that all over the shoe I got small small dots all over. If you want to you can just let it be like that. I chose to make it even starier. So I took a small brush and made a bit bigger dots everywhere until I was happy with it. I even added some details with gold and silver. When it's completely dry you coat the entire shoe with clear varnish. And Voilá.

Here you have some music to go with them;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQwgpaLR6o