Space Trilogy
Posted by Troy | Filed under Collaborations
This week’s CollabFriday project was one heck of a challenge!
I received a handful of random photos from Cleveland photographer Caroline Moore, and T.J Walsh (who you may remember from his Odorifous interview) sent me a shot of one of his paintings.
After a bunch of random experimenting, I ended up with what reminded me of sci-fi covers from the C.S. Lewis “space trilogy” that I read 20-or-so years ago.
Does anyone know who the illustrator was from this edition of the series?
Tags: Caroline Moore, spontaneous collaboration, T.J. Walsh
Sexy Snowboarding Wallpaper
Posted by Troy | Filed under Collaborations, Shop
So I’m shamefully including the word “sexy” in the title of this post to increase search engine hits… is that a crime?
Today is collab friday again – and this is another reader suggestion! This time from my good buddy and fellow northwest-michigander Robbie Morford.
Tags: original illustration, print, reader suggestion, snowboarding, wallpaper
The Snail
Posted by Troy | Filed under Collaborations
For Collaboration Friday today I got a handful of totally random vector shapes from Minneapolis designer (and Old & New contributor) Anne Ulku.
I saw a snail and some tee-pees and a bird face so there you go.
Want to do a fun collaboration next Friday? Follow me on Twitter so we can make something rad.
Tags: Anne Ulku, snail, spontaneous collaboration
Bunny Eating Contest
Posted by Troy | Filed under Collaborations, Other
Illustration by Troy DeShano
It’s Collab Friday!!
This week’s illustration is a reader suggestion… and for some reason this week everyone was suggesting super-weird and specific things (like I’m that weird??)
Everything from three-headed-kitten-mermaids to stilted tortoises…
When two different people happened to mention pie I knew we were on to something though…
@sacredlotus suggested bunnies eating pie and Matt suggested Cake vs. Pie…
So I decided to draw Cake vs. Pie in a bunny-eating contest.
Still kind of weird for me, but that’s the fun of collaborating, right?
What should I draw next time?
Bunny Eating Contest Wallpaper
Get this delicious illustration on your desktop dudes:
2560×1440, 1920×1200, 1680×1050, 1280×1024, 1020×1080
Tags: original illustration, wallpaper
Wonder Woman Reads
Posted by Troy | Filed under Collaborations
Earlier this week I threw a “who wants to collaborate today” on Twitter and the first to respond was Lori Andrews (aka @designertweets) so I told her to send me a photo and I’d do something fun with it.
Having watched Lori’s work for a while I totally expected one of her Albertan landscape polaroids, but she totally threw me for a loop with this shot of Wonder Woman on her day off..
I immediately thought of those 1980s READ posters that you’d see at the library.
More Collaboration
This is the first of a brand new project category for Strong Odors – every Friday will feature a collaborative project. It will either be an Odorifous interview, a spontaneous collaboration like this, or a reader suggested illustration.
So for next Friday I need your help!
Leave a comment below or on my Facebook page what I should draw and I’ll pick my favorite to publish next Friday (January 20).
Who knows, your idea may even end up as a limited edition print!
Want to Collaborate?
Are you an illustrator, photographer, artist, designer, etc? Let’s do something fun together! Email me with an idea or a random image.
Tags: Lori Andrews, photo illustration, spontaneous collaboration
Crows
Posted by Troy | Filed under Collaborations, Shop
My favorite suggestion to yesterday’s query “what should I draw today?” was Kelly’s “lots of crows.”
I got quite a few ideas from folks on Facebook and Twitter… including several who suggested a “May 21 Rapture” theme.. and some concepts that were so specific I couldn’t help but think “why don’t you just make that yourself?”
I loved the design so much that I’ve decided to make it available in the shop. Only 11 will be printed—the first of which will go to Kelly for making such a great suggestion.
You can get this in the shop now for a few bucks (and it’s a 5×7 so finding a cheap frame will be easy for you.)
