Month: January 2018

1254. Moon Street (41)

Clearly Whysayit spent a little more time on this lovely piece in Moon Street than he has done on some of his other graffiti writing. One of the things I really like about this writer is that he can produce work on a spectrum, from scrawly tagging through to quick throw ups and to something like this which is a nicely executed clean piece.

Whysayit, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2018
Whysayit, Moon Street, Bristol, January 2018

The colours are excellent, the green hovering beautifully on top of the pink. The fill is clever too, starting as spots on the left, transforming to stripes on the right. Whysayit has also created a real feeling of depth to this piece. There is so much more to graffiti art than simply disguising letters.

Morning drag

 

Lethargic students

trudge their way to lecture halls

nursing excesses.

 

by Scooj

Optimist

 

Ingenuity

it’s a human condition

we can fix the world;

in the hands of young people

a balance can be restored.

Pessimist

 

My heart is filled with

an unbearable sadness

when I see the world

when I see what we have done

and the mistakes we have made.

 

by Scooj

1253. M32 roundabout J3 (61)

I have become rather fond of Elvs pieces recently. I enjoy their symmetry and the Gothic styling. and the colours he uses. This is a recent example of his work on the roundabout of the M32.

Elvs, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2017
Elvs, M32 roundabout, Bristol, January 2017

I believe he comes from Cardiff, but tends to make fairly regular visits to Bristol to seek out some walls. He is in my view one of the best DBK artists…DBK seems to have such a broad spectrum from fairly hopeless taggers at one end right up to rather classy graffiti artists like Elvs. Nice new year piece.

1252. M32 roundabout J3 (60)

I don’t know an awful lot about Lopes…I think I have sen his name once or twice around Bristol, but can’t be sure. His burner here is nicely executed, but it is the Kid Crayon character to the left that makes this wall.

Kid Crayon and Lopes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2017
Kid Crayon and Lopes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2017

I am not sure if this was a deliberate collaboration or if Kid Crayon added his work afterwards. I suspect the latter. However it came about, the KC character with his funny accent in the speech bubble adds so much to the writing of Lopez, bringing the most out of it by drawing attention to it.

Kid Crayon and Lopes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2017
Kid Crayon and Lopes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, October 2017

This is a witty and fun piece and so very typical of the understated brilliance of Kid Crayon. Perfect.

1251. The Bearpit (116)

More monsters from NEVERGIVEUP in The Bearpit. Although this one has been around for a while, I am posting it now because I didn’t want to flood the blog with too much of his work at once.

 

NEVERGIVEUP, The Bearpit, Bristol, October 2017
NEVERGIVEUP, The Bearpit, Bristol, October 2017

I enjoyed his monster phase and his incredible work rate, however over the winter he seems to have slowed down a little and reverted to spraying bunnies. I am looking forward to seeing what direction he takes in the spring.

January

.

Overwhelming gloom

constant miserable rain

sick and tired of it

.

by Scooj

1250. M32 cycle path (11)

This wall really belongs to Deamze. I don’t know if other artists leave it to him out of respect, or whether I only ever get to see it when his work is there. Either way, I have only ever seen pieces by him here.

Deamze, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2017
Deamze, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2017

Deamze likes to do his graffiti writing alongside a character on this wall, perhaps it has something to do with the proportions. In this piece he uses subtle tones across the work and created a focal point with his red ASK.

Deamze, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2017
Deamze, M32 cycle path, Bristol, October 2017

The character is Homer Simpson, and it is beautifully crafted although the hands and tongue are not in keeping with the Matt Groening creation. A good piece from Deamze.

Scrumptious

 

Favourite pudding;

chocolate panettone

bread and butter style.

 

by Scooj