7097. St Werburghs tunnel (521)

Smak, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025
Smak, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025

I am assuming that Smak has slowed on his graffiti writing due to demands on his commercial work, or at least I hope it is something positive like that.  He hasn’t lost his touch in the slightest, and this is a complete banger painted during a paint jam for Frazzled Magazine.

Smak, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025
Smak, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025

The beautifully disguised letters spell out SMAK, and it is the architecture and design of the letters that is so admirable. Every element and shape, colour sequence and detail is meticulously thought out and skilfully painted. Smak really is one of the very best graffiti writers around and can turn out exquisite work like this with apparent ease. An outstanding example.

7074. St Werburghs tunnel (Ejits)

Ejits, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025
Ejits, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025

A short while back, Kid Crayon organised a paint jam for Frazzled magazine and assembled a fine line-up of artists, including Ejits. There is something very charming about her stylised cartoon characters, which tend to have a cheeky side to their personality.

Ejits, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025
Ejits, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025

This is a wonderful eye-catching cat, beautifully illustrated and perfectly finished. There is two-tone texture in the cat’s face and a strong dark pink border to keep everything neat and tidy.  I am an admirer of her work, and would love to see (find) more of it on our streets.

7060. St Werburghs tunnel (517)

Kid Crayon, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025
Kid Crayon, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025

There seems to be a direct correlation between the days and locations that Kid Crayon paints, and the longevity of his pieces. More than any other artist I can think of, his work gets painted over really quickly, and I have missed several of his pieces this year, arriving a day late.

Most recently, a piece in Cumberland Basin lasted a day maybe, and worse still it was only half painted over, which is rude, and not in the spirit of the unwritten graffiti code of etiquette. I rushed to photograph this one, and of course, it has bucked the trend and lasted a while, and was still intact yesterday.

Kid Crayon, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025
Kid Crayon, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2025

This is a superb example of Kid Crayon’s playful style, with a great combination of letters and characters throughout the piece. The piece formed a part of a Frazzled Magazine paint jam, which included the artists Mind 49, Ejits, and Smak amongst others. There is so much to enjoy in this piece with so many little details to admire, for example, the munching maggot carving pieces out of the letter ‘C’at the start of the piece. Fabulous work.

Frazzled

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It’s the constant strain

it drags one into a grump

look up! Weekend soon

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by Scooj