7235. M32 roundabout J3 (722)

Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025
Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025

Hemper is one of the great experimenters and innovators of wildstyle graffiti writing in Bristol and no two pieces are the same, and the styles and letter fonts he uses vary considerably from piece to piece. This way he gets to express his creative ideas to the maximum, not constrained by familiar patterns or shapes. It takes extreme talent and confidence to do what he does.

Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025
Hemper, M32 roundabout, Bristol, September 2025

This HEMS piece is really very unusual and has a kind of mirage effect created by the wobbly yellow interventions, working with the purple and blue letters, that manage to both clarify and at the same time disguise the word. This is very clever stuff. Writing like this is definitely not something you will see every day. Love it.

7228. Waterloo Place

Soker, Waterloo Place, Bristol, October 2025
Soker, Waterloo Place, Bristol, October 2025

If ever you want to see wildstyle graffiti writing at its absolute best, then look no further than this outstanding piece by Soker painted on the wall of the Sofa Project in Old Market.

Soker, Waterloo Place, Bristol, October 2025
Soker, Waterloo Place, Bristol, October 2025

Starting with the background, this piece is set on a colourful abstract wash, that has the look of a watercolour, with blended tones and drips. The letters, spelling out SOKER, are presented in a sumptuous palette of red, purple and green with magnificent fill patterns throughout. This enormous piece is a testament to an artist who sits at the pinnacle of his craft.

Grimes

A gallery of awesome wildstyle graffiti writing from Bristol artist Grimes.

Instagram: @_grimesnotdead

All photographs by Scooj

Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, March 2025
Grimes, River Avon, Bristol, February 2025
Grimes (unfinished), River Avon, Bristol, February 2025
Grimes, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2025
Grimes, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2025
Grimes, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2025
Grimes, Dean Lane, Bristol, February 2025
Grimes, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2025
Grimes, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, January 2025
Grimes, River Avon, Bristol, January 2024
Grimes, River Avon, Bristol, January 2024
Grimes, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2024
Grimes, St Werburghs, Bristol, June 2024
Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024
Grimes, Sparke Evans Park, Bristol, November 2024
Grimes River Avon, Bristol, November 2024
Grimes River Avon, Bristol, November 2024
Grimes, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024
Grimes, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024
Grimes, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2024
Grimes, Greenbank, Bristol, August 2024
Grimes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2024
Grimes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, August 2024
Grimes, Leonard Lane, Bristol, July 2024
Grimes, Leonard Lane, Bristol, July 2024
Grimes, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2024
Grimes, St Werburghs, Bristol, July 2024
Grimes, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2024
Grimes, Brunel Way, Bristol, July 2024
Grimes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Grimes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, March 2024
Grimes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2024
Grimes, M32 roundabout, Bristol, June 2024
Grimes, River Avon, Bristol April 2024
Grimes, River Avon, Bristol April 2024
Grimes, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2024
Grimes, Peel Street Green, Bristol, May 2024
Grimes, Frome Side, Bristol, April 2024
Grimes, Frome Side, Bristol, April 2024

7054. Dean Lane skate park (851)

Dibz and Fade, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025
Dibz and Fade, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2025

I can’t think how many times Dibz and Fade have teamed up in the last couple of years, but it must be into dozens, and this piece shows the true nature of total collaboration, where both artists created this incredible work together, and it isn’t possible to know who painted what. Lots of crew shout-outs are scattered around the outside of the piece in pink. Wildstyle writing at its best.

The piece spells out, rather appropriately, ‘Wild Style Addicts’ which probably sums up these two rather well. The gold and purple colours complement one another well, and it all looks very neat and tidy on the black wall.

6815. St Werburghs tunnel (484)

St Werburghs, Lezaxer, Bristol, March 2025
St Werburghs, Lezaxer, Bristol, March 2025

When I first saw this piece, I was puzzled. The style felt familiar, but I couldn’t match it to any of the artists I am familiar with. There was a reason for that, it is a wonderful piece by visiting artist Lezaxer, and one of at least two painted during a trip to Bristol earlier this month.

St Werburghs, Lezaxer, Bristol, March 2025
St Werburghs, Lezaxer, Bristol, March 2025

The beautifully crafted writing spells out ZAXER, I think, with a perfectly complementary colour scheme, set on a cloudy background. Clearly the work of an experienced graffiti writer, and one who certainly doesn’t look out of place in Bristol.  From Lezaxer’s Instagram profile, it appears that home is Sheffield, and we are privileged that the artist made the long trip south.

6709. M32 Cycle path (280)

Neddy Ned Neddy, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2025
Neddy Ned Neddy, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2025

This outstanding, colourful piece by Neddy Ned Ned was painted as part of a paint session celebrating Jaksta’s birthday. Although I was present to watch him paint some of this piece, he was a little bit too preoccupied to stop for a chat, and having never met him before, I didn’t want to interrupt him.

Neddy Ned Neddy, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2025
Neddy Ned Neddy, M32 Cycle path, Bristol, January 2025

This really is a top-drawer piece of wildstyle graffiti writing. The letters spell out Wiska and are filled with a quite superb blended yellow, orange and red colour combination which has a marble effect, really clever. The contrasting blue and black drop shadow has a vanishing point in the centre of the piece. The letters burst out of the wall and bedazzle.

6533. Cumberland Basin

Neddy Ned Neddy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2024
Neddy Ned Neddy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2024

Neddy Ned Neddy is one of those artists who paints from time to time in Bristol, but never enough to grace the pages of Natural Adventures all that often. It is always a pleasure to include his work, though, because his writing style is quite special and beautifully executed.

Neddy Ned Neddy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2024
Neddy Ned Neddy, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2024

In most of his pieces, the vanishing point for his drop shadow is located centrally behind the letters, which gives the illusion that they are hurtling towards you from the background. The flaming colour selection works well against the blue, and this is an all-round stonking burner.

6521. River Avon (67)

Grimes River Avon, Bristol, November 2024
Grimes River Avon, Bristol, November 2024

One of the highlights of 2024 has been the appearance and constant presence of the brilliant wildstyle graffiti writer Grimes. I am fascinated and excited by his writing that contains so much energy that it looks likely to burst in an explosion of coloured paint at any moment.. he has a very special talent.

Grimes River Avon, Bristol, November 2024
Grimes River Avon, Bristol, November 2024

This stunner spells GRIMES, which if you look hard is actually quite easy to see, once you have your eye in. The colour selection is, as ever, spot on, but the magic is in the way that all the components come together to create a coherent whole. This is outstanding writing at its best.

6489. L Dub (60)

Dibz, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024
Dibz, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024

To find the best wildstyle graffiti writing, you really don’t have to go any further than finding a piece by Dibz, and in Bristol, you are never too far away from one of those. This one was painted during a paint jam in October in Lawrence Weston (L Dub).

Dibz, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024
Dibz, L Dub, Bristol, October 2024

This beauty is on fire, almost literally, because a close look at the fill uncovers flames beautifully woven into the letters. Everything is crisp and clean, all the lines, borders, drop shadows and fills, even the background has been cleverly animated. This is a truly outstanding piece.

6197. Dean Lane skate park (731)

Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024
Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024

I expect that this piece, like most of his writing, was freestyled by Sled One. What I mean by that is that he most likely painted it straight off the top of his head, without a sketch in a black book, or anything like that. To be able to do that suggests not only confidence but also incredible talent.

Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024
Sled One, Dean Lane, Bristol, July 2024

Sled One has written SLED, with each letter being defined by a different colour/pattern regime, helping to pick them out. There are so many details and points of interest, but two that stand out are the barbed wire at the base of the ‘L’ and the downward facing arrow between the ‘E’ and ‘D’. All of these details combine to create a superb piece of wildstyle graffiti writing.