• Focus on rendering accurate footwear shapes and proportions for your characters.

• Use clean line art and a separate color layer to define soles, laces, and textures cleanly.

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We start by drawing a basic circular shape to mark the ankle area and the top of the foot.

We added the reference circles: one at the top for the ankle, one at the back for the heel, and a smaller one at the front for the tip of the toes.

We joined the shapes with fluid strokes to build the overall structure of the foot with volume and perspective.

Starting with the foot, we began to outline the shape of the shoe, marking the thick sole and the body of the shoe.

We cleaned up the sketch and defined the main lines of the footwear without the guides of the circles.

We added characteristic details such as the tongue and the stitching of the shoe.

We drew the crossed laces and side stripes to give it the final look of a sports shoe.

We applied the base color, shadows, and finishing touches to the shoe and ankle to complete the illustration.

I hope this was helpful :)