One of the hazards of photographing street art is the prevailing light conditions, which present all sorts of problems, the trickiest being shadows cast across the subject of the shot. Unfortunately, the eye of heaven was not kind to me when I visited this magnificent X-Men piece by Tera.
Tera, Stapleton Road, Bristol, April 2026
This was part of a collaboration with SPZero76 and Kid Crayon, featuring the film franchise, and Tera decided to go with a Wolverine character. The character is brilliantly portrayed, with tons of movement and menace conveyed in this piece. I particularly like the smoking cigar. A very nice piece by Tera, and a little different from his usual ghoulish fare.
Umbrelle, Emchoux, Kid Crayon, Tera and El Ruby Tattoo, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025
The DoorDie club have painted a few collaborative walls this year of which, this might be the best. We are familiar with Kid Crayon and Tera’s work but perhaps less so with the remaining collaborating artists, Umbrelle, Emchoux and El Ruby Tatoo.
Umbrelle and Emchoux, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025
We start with an eye-catching black and white vampire portrait from Umbrelle, which includes a fine pair of bat wings. Alongside this character piece is a smaller vampire by Emchoux. Both artists are tattoo artists, which explains their work as resembling tattoo flash sheets.
Kid Crayon, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025Kid Crayon, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025
Next up are two pieces of writing from Kid Crayon in a Gothic style, resonating with the vampire theme, which spell out ‘do’ and ‘die’, he didn’t have room to paint the ‘or’. It is unusual for Kid Crayon to write letters like this, but he has done a great job.
Tera, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025
Taking up centre stage is a satanic piece by Tera. It is worth noting that Tera has only been spray painting for a few months, and is already turning out epic pieces like this one. There is a bit of glare in the photograph which is a little unfortunate.
El Ruby Tattoo, Brunel Way, Bristol, September 2025
The final piece in this collaboration is by El Ruby Tattoo, featuring a character who looks like a female fawn, complete with horns and pointy elf-like ears. A perfect end piece to this impressive collaboration.
Kid Crayon and Tera, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2025
This is a wonderful character collaboration from Kid Crayon and Tera, otherwise known as the Doordie crew (do or die). What is extra special about this is that it has lasted a couple of weeks, which is quite rare for a Kid Crayon piece these days, and should be celebrated.
Kid Crayon, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2025
The character on the left is by Kid Crayon and on the right by Tera, between the battling zombies we see a collection of bones spelling UZI (Undead Zombie Infection). The green zombie looks very much like the characters from Plants vs Zombies, a game that my kids very much enjoyed a few years ago. There is so much detail and expression in this zombie, brilliantly crafted by Kid Crayon.
Tera, M32 roundabout, Bristol, July 2025
Tera, continues to amaze with his rapid progress this summer with this fantasy style zombie, a little more menacing and scary than his counterpart. There is, once again, plenty of detail in the piece, with the bony fingers taking a prominent role. Altogether a fine and fun collaboration. It is so good to see Kid Crayon out so often this summer, with a regular painting partner.
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