Nick Katritsis
Curry Super Saiyan Mode
Nick Katritsis
Santorini, Greece
Curry Super Saiyan Mode
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Product Details
This design blends two worlds that shaped me as an artist: basketball and anime. I wanted to capture the energy of a player entering “another mode” during a clutch moment, the same way a character powers up in Dragon Ball. For this project, I reimagined Curry in a Super Saiyan state, translating that transformation into color, movement, and emotion across the pair.
Each shoe represents a different stage of power.
One side carries the explosive lightning and electric blues of a full transformation, with sharper highlights and aggressive lines to show intensity and focus. The other side uses warmer tones, glowing flares, and dynamic strokes to represent rising energy and momentum. Together, they tell a story of growth, pressure, and confidence — the feeling right before a game-changing shot.
Every detail was painted by hand using layers of acrylic, controlled splatter for motion, and anime-style shading to keep the characters alive. I wanted the sneaker to feel like a frame pulled from an animation, frozen at the moment where everything shifts.
This project isn’t just fan art. It’s my way of showing how sports and anime share the same spirit: pushing limits, evolving, and stepping into a version of yourself you didn’t know you had. That’s what inspired the design, and that’s what I hoped to bring to life on this pair.
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