7939. Frome Side (70)

Serm and Sub, Frome Side, Bristol July 2026
Serm and Sub, Frome Side, Bristol July 2026

This is a rather unlikely collaboration between Serm and Sub. I haven’t seen either collaborate with anyone, other than Sub with Bloem, so I had to look twice to make sure I had seen this right, which I believe I have. Infortunately there is a lot of glare on the photographs, a constant problem with this wall under the M32.

Serm, Frome Side, Bristol July 2026
Serm, Frome Side, Bristol July 2026

Both artists have written their own letters in their own style, but what this makes it a collaboration is that each has incorporated a character, Tom and Jerry, which are interacting with one another. On the left, Serm has painted some beautiful green letters with a deep reddy-brown drop shadow and Jerry the mouse making a quick escape from the clutches of Tom.

Sub, Frome Side, Bristol July 2026
Sub, Frome Side, Bristol July 2026

On the right, Sub has overlayed his large SUB letters with Tom the cat in hot persuit of Jerry. Although both characters vary a little from the cartoon originals, they are recognisable and add some humorous content to these two pieces of graffiti writing. A decent fun collaboration.

7934. River Avon (130)

Hire and Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Hire and Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

This is an interesting and well worked combination collaboration alongside the river from Hire and Stivs. Hire’s graffiti writing is to the left and a combination of writing and a portrait by Stivs on the right.

Hire, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Hire, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

Hire writes ODIAH most of the time these days, having moved on from the previous HIRE letters used in the past. The piece does hark back a little to when Hire used to produce very spiky pieces, and the combination of greys, black and red work very nicely.

Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

Stivs has painted the portrait centrepiece, which has anime cartoon overtones and is accompanied with the words “If you use your head, even sweets won’t make you fat”.

Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

The final bit of writing, spelling STIVS, is written in a soft calligraffiti style adopting the same colour scheme as used by Hire with the inclusion of some blue. A fine collaboration.

7933. St Werburghs tunnel (595)

Posh, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2026
Posh, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2026

In my book, this is an absolutely fantastic piece of writing from Posh. The letters, which I think might read POSH, but it is impossible to know because they are so disguised, are accompanied by several of his imp-like posh characters.

Posh, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2026
Posh, St Werburghs, Bristol, September 2026

There is a wonderful balance to the writing and characters, and the colour selections for the letters contrast nicely with the little yellow folk. There haven’t been too many pieces by Posh that I have seen this year, so this was a bit of a treat.

7930. Hurst Street, Birmingham

Tizer, Hurst Street, Birmingham, September 2026
Tizer, Hurst Street, Birmingham, September 2026

An early start today to fly back home from them perfect days in Skopelos and Skiathos, Greece, so I wrote this post last night. A quick one…

Tizer, Hurst Street, Birmingham, September 2026
Tizer, Hurst Street, Birmingham, September 2026

I ran a workshop in Birmingham a few weeks ago, and walking back to the station I spotted this old piece by Tizer, dated 2019. It appears to have fared reasonably well. It is a classic combination piece by the London-based artist. Great character and letters.

7929. River Avon (129)

Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

Such has been the consistency of sunny days this summer, the shadows cast on this piece have forced me to photograph it on at least three occasions, but my patience paid off at last with these ‘clean’ pictures of the combination of letters and characters by Stivs.

Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

Judging from the buffed background in two slightly different shades of blue, it looks as if these two cartoon portraits might have been painted on different days. The first portrait is accompanied with a D and C in calligraffiti style, part of his DSC tag. The portrait in gold and brown tones and with slightly exaggerated cartoon features is fantastic.

Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026
Stivs, River Avon, Bristol, September 2026

To the right, is a floating S written in a slightly different style, and a three-quarter portrait view, much more angular than the first, of a man with a tight haircut and goatee beard and large hoop earring. Once again the features are somewhat exaggerated. All beautifully finished as you might expect from Stivs. I’ll need to find out more about the characters next time I see him.

7924. River Avon (127)

Avem808, River Avon, Bristol, August 2026
Avem808, River Avon, Bristol, August 2026

With each new piece from Avem808 there is a greater level of complexity and ever expanding stories. This is an elaborate combination piece, with a whole lot of action going on.

Avem808, River Avon, Bristol, August 2026
Avem808, River Avon, Bristol, August 2026

To the left, there is a car and a mash up dog, or so it looks to me, with lots of action and merging of ideas. To the right, a very fancy piece of writing with a deep drop shadow, which I am assuming spells out AVEM, but could be anything really. This is a piece that demonstrates what can happen when the imagination runs wild.

7918. Peel Street Green (69)

Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2026
Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2026

Here is Butch again, this time turning up in Peel Street Green and treating us to one of his combination pieces. The letters are accompanied by a green character with big facial features.

Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2026
Butch, Peel Street Green, Bristol, August 2026

His trademark overlapping letters in brown and black are beautifully finished with a blue drop shadow, a colour combination I personally wouldn’t have chosen, but actually works really well. Butch just gets better and better.

7915. Dean Lane skate park (941)

Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2026
Fade and Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2026

This is another in a very long line of collaboration pieces from Fade and Dibz, and of the high quality expected from the pair. Fade has painted a pirate and the wildstyle writing is by Dibz.

Fade, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2026
Fade, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2026

Fade’s pirate character is full of deep perspective and armed to the hilt with a pistol, cutlass and a bomb in his right hand. There is a treasure map at his side and a chest floating in the water. A brilliant cliched scene.

Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2026
Dibz, Dean Lane, Bristol, August 2026

In contrast to the character, although ‘on message’ with the theme, Dibz’ writing is explosive, and appears to spell out Hoa Fader, but I can’t be sure. As you might expect the piece is near perfect, with every element superbly designed and presented. Nice work from the pair.

7912. Temple Way (7)

Taboo, Temple Way, Bristol, August 2026
Taboo, Temple Way, Bristol, August 2026

Continuing with my rapid-fire posts, this was written yesterday on a train coming back to Bristol from Dorchester, because by the time this goes live I’ll be in the air somewhere over Greece (I hope) with a very early start.

Taboo, Temple Way, Bristol, August 2026
Taboo, Temple Way, Bristol, August 2026

A stunning new combination piece from Taboo just near the main entrance to Temple Meads Station, combining his anti-style lettering with a great rendition of Disney’s Pluto. He is so very good at these combination pieces, mixing the familiar with the less so.

7906. M32 Spot (223)

Conrico, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2026
Conrico, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2026

I unearthed this piece recently while digging about in my archives. It is a place-appropriate combination piece that is very much at home in the DIY skatepark underneath the M32.

Conrico, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2026
Conrico, M32 Spot, Bristol, May 2026

Conrico has written his name with thinly filled green letters, through which a skater is powering. There is some great movement in the piece indicated by the skater’s posture and the little wisps around his feet and the skateboard. This is a rather unusual and wonderfully observed piece from Conrico.