An interesting and rather curious portrait piece by Minto peers out from the tunnel wall at passers by. The portrait is composed of an obvious outline and conventional eyes, while the rest of the piece is filled with fragments of shapes and colour to complete the whole.
The cartoon face a find a little unsettling, but it is a skilfully crafted piece and very much presented in Minto’s rather crowded style. Lots of ‘white space’ and busy bits. Great work from the graffiti writer.
Well, this is something a little different from Dirtygypo. I can’t think of a piece by the artist that has strayed from his typical presentation, but this piece, although instantly recognisable as the work of Dirtygypo is surprisingly different.
I love it when artists deviate from their standard and experiment. The letters are much more uniform in height and rather “blocky”. I think they spell out QUICHO. There are some interesting fill colours which have hard interfaces between them, rather than blended and the whole thing is set within an interesting frame. A look at his gallery will show how different this piece is.
A quick glance back at my archive revealed this Tera piece from back in July this year. I have now idea how this one missed the first cut, but I will make up for it here.
This is another demonic combination piece by the Tattoo artist!with the evil character sandwiched between the words ‘Tera’ and ‘Graff’. The whole scene is a perfect representation of a demonic horror apocalypse with a background of bare trees and a murder of crows.
The demon is a little lost in the whole thing, so here is a close up. Great work from Tera.
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No need to get wet
we have all the time we need
plan for tomorrow
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by Scooj
Another fine piece from the Tickz tribute hoarding and another fine piece by Soker, one of Bristol’s legendary graffiti writers. The writing here, spelling Tickz, is both outstanding and fitting.
Unfortunately, the colours are not well represented here, as the sun was directly behind the hoarding and has washed out much of the colour and tone. It is still possible to see the fine craft of the work though. Great work.
Ha ha, this one from Zake really tickled me. It was painted alongside a piece by Hire, and there was a bit of an aquatic and fish theme going on. This ‘monster from the deep’ is straight out of the bizarre horror genre of monster movies.
The half-human half-fish character is striding towards Hire’s graffiti writing with a little, maybe misunderstood, heart emanating from its mouth. A nice aquatic background scene and some fish round off the story well. Super stuff, and most appropriate while I am enjoying my annual fishing holiday.
More quick ones today, there is fishing to be done. This is another piece by Gent48 in Birmingham. It is quite an old portrait piece, but the artist is clearly respected, because the piece is still here and untagged.
The cartoon-style character is painted with a sepia tint, making it look like an old photograph. I’m not too sure what the back story is, but it is a nice piece.
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Exhausting cliff walk
rewarded with beautiful bay
bass today’s quarry
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by Scooj
Back to the unfamiliar streets of Birmingham and the work of Gent48. This is a humdinger of a piece full of intrigue and creepy stories. It would seem that Gent48 ‘owns’ this area of boarded up shopfronts with several of his awesome pieces in quick succession.
A seated character appears to be on the receiving end of an attack by ghoulish forces or something of that nature. Brilliantly designed and executed.
Ok. I am now on my annual fishing trip in Cornwall, so this post, written last night will be short. Stivs is on fire. Everywhere I look I find his pieces, whether portraits, calligraffiti or combinations of the two.
This is a gorgeous piece of writing occupying a full section of wall at the Green. The elaborate letters spelling STIVS are stunning, and the colours look like precious gems set on a black background with hearts aplenty. Beautiful.
