"Smoking Kills Pt.2"

So this is a preview of my second panel in the series "Smoking Kills." I call her Strawberry Kush...Shes sweet and juicy in all the right places...

Elmer-

"Ladies love ELMER"

I'm not going to be posting the leak this time around, cause the girls killed it last night. It took but an hour for the balloons to come down. Kudos goes out to Erica and Rachel...Especially Erica she got the NEO (Matrix Colorway)...It is the one balloon that I have gone out of my way to post super high...Congrats to the ladies...Keep giving them boys a run for them kicks.

Elmer-

Show Me Yours...

I have advised all collectors participating to send me pictures of their collections. This is my first lady sneaker collector, Erica. She got into a rumble with Papa Z(MVP) over the "TIFFANY" Blazer, just kidding. But they did run into each other while searching for the balloon. These kinda of chance meetings with other collectors is kinda of what I was hoping for, Erica and Papa Z landed up looking for the balloon together. I hope more chance meetings come along the way, share your stories and I'll post them. I can only hope that the community around sneaker culture will grow and grow and if my little balloons help to do this, than it's all smiles on my part.

Happy Hunting!
Elmer-

Sneaker Juice DROP!!!

Tonight was a very windy night downtown. I was hoping that the weather would chill a bit so I could put some more in the open with out having to worry about them blowing away...But no dice so I focused on nob hill cause their are plenty of nooks and crannies(SP). Happy Hunting and good luck...

Clue#1(Nob Hill):Tiffany and I were taking a stroll when we came across a glowing HOBO...must of been the moonshine...

ps. I would really like some feedback or some suggestions on how I can make this scavenger hunt better...So feel free to comment/make suggestions. I appreciate it....


Elmer-

"Sneaker Juice"

So I just got a text 3 hours ago from my brother, he got the last remaining shoe (Frankie"s Gore)that was out. This time around I didn't release the clues until a day later. Thus far most of the shoes got snatched up in a hour or so. So I figured that this would give it more time to run. In total I dropped an extra two on campus, so there were 5 total on campus. Trying to give everyone an opportunity to get a balloon. I will post the deadstock list here in a few. Keep checking for clues and good luck to everyone participating.

Elmer-

"Smoking Kills"

This is the first work-in-progress panel in a new series called "Smoking Kills." I'm hoping that I can eventually get this series of panels published into a small book. All panels will be scracthboard mixed media. They all tackle the idea of progressively killing yourself at the mercy of an addiction. Having smoked for close to a decade and feeling the health affects the older I get. I really wanted to embody the feeling of decay and use that as a foundation towards something that resembled the idea of death. Twisting it with the use of bold and bright colors, keeping with my style and vocabulary.

Elmer-

The reason you don't have any balloons...

So as of 7 o'clock tonight all the shoes that I had released were gone. Which brings me to the reason I'm posting this blog...We have an MVP up in the mix. Thus far this collector has gathered more than half of the balloons that have been released. Papa Z is my first cousin and is nutty about collecting the SNEAKER JUICE balloons. Although he is family, this guy has played by all the rules, never getting a clue or an extra hint more than any other player. He's just hungry for those sneaker, and thats the kind of attitude that amasses you quite the collection. So hats off to Papa Z for his hunting skills.


Elmer-