Patent ID: 7945343

Claim:
A method of customizing an article of footwear, comprising: providing a graphical interface system for designing a three-dimensional footwear representation; receiving a design including a customized three-dimensional footwear representation, wherein the customized three-dimensional footwear representation includes a designated background color and a foreground design; converting the customized three-dimensional footwear representation into at least one two-dimensional portion; defining on a sheet material a cutout region corresponding to the at least one two-dimensional portion, wherein the sheet material has a color different from the designated background color; printing the designated background color onto the sheet material within the at least one two-dimensional portion and also beyond the cutout region; printing the foreground design within the at least one two-dimensional portion; cutting the cutout region out of the sheet material into at least one portion of the article of footwear; assembling the at least one portion into a finalized article of footwear; and shipping the finalized article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address.