7304. River Avon (99)

Trafficity, River Avon, Bristol, November 2025
Trafficity, River Avon, Bristol, November 2025

Trafficity is one of those artists who likes to recreate the same letter form and design, with the only changes from piece to piece being the colour arrangements and occasionally some of the finishing touches. There is something comforting about this, you know what you are going to get, and it is always great quality and consistency.

Trafficity, River Avon, Bristol, November 2025
Trafficity, River Avon, Bristol, November 2025

This one, on the path between Sparke Evans Park and Temple Meads station, is really nicely presented, crisp and clean. The letters spell ZIOM, although I do find it hard to fathom out from time to time. The colours, yellow, green and brown are not my favourite combination, but one that the artist seems to favour. All round, a nice piece with some fun blue drip accessories to finish.

7303. St Werburghs tunnel (542)

Lokey, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
Lokey, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

What a gorgeous, gorgeous piece of anamorphic graffiti writing from Lokey in the tunnel. It is of course another birthday tribute to Minto, and an absolute stunner at that. This particular paint jam certainly brought out the best in several artists.

Lokey, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
Lokey, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

Lokey doesn’t paint all that often which is rather a pity, because there is something aesthetically pleasing about his letter shapes, and his technique of crafting depth through light and shade. It is all very clever stuff and he is a master of his craft. A lovely piece.

7300. St Werburghs tunnel (541)

Biers, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
Biers, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

For reasons that are too complicated to explain here, I don’t have my glasses with me this morning, which is making writing this post super-difficult and I am squinting, with a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp, while typing these words. Forgive any typos.

This is a superb combination piece by Biers painted to celebrate Minto’s birthday in the tunnel.

Biers, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
Biers, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

The turnout for this paint jam was exceptional, covering most of the length of both walls of the tunnel with new celebratory pieces. The letters, WD40, are superbly filled with a cartoony design of lines and bubbles, and bordered with a fine black line. I feel like I should know who the character is, but I don’t. The whole thing is set on a brick wall, a common device used by graffiti artists. A really lovely piece by Biers, who might have just got his mojo back.

7298. St Werburghs tunnel (540)

Slim Pickings (Tes), St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
Slim Pickings (Tes), St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

A super-quick post this morning. I am visiting my mother, and have been catching up leaving little time to write today’s posts. This is a lovely piece from Slim Pickings (Tes) in the tunnel for Minto’s birthday paint jam.

Slim Pickings (Tes), St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025
Slim Pickings (Tes), St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2025

Over the last year or two, Slim Pickings has been switching up his style, and breaking away from his familiar rounded letter style. This is a wonderful example of his variation, although, the cloudy background is more consistent with his typical style. So good to watch him evolve.

7296. Cumberland Basin

Rafat Oner, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025
Rafat Oner, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025

2025 has without question been a year of visitors and new artists breaking onto the Bristol stage. Such an influx of talent is a reflection of Bristol’s street art culture and national/international reputation and is a blessing for me, although at times it can be a curse trying to track down who some of the artists are.

Rafat Oner, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025
Rafat Oner, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025

This is a stunning combination piece by Rafat Oner, who came to celebrate Dibz’ 50th birthday and wrap up his tribute with a Halloween theme for good measure. The letters RAFAT are beautifully filled with a funky black and purple design and a double green and orange drop shadow, pulling in all the colours of Halloween. The black and white portrait of a girl is a little disturbing where her face distorts on the left. Two further creepy characters are emerging from the ground. All in all a wonderful piece with lots going on to admire.

7293. Cumberland Basin

Soker, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025
Soker, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025

As you might expect, there was a great turnout from the great and good of the established graffiti writing/street community for Dibz’ 50th birthday celebration paint jam, including an appearance from the brilliant Soker.

Soker, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025
Soker, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025

It took me a while to establish that this wonderful piece was indeed by Soker, as it is unsigned, and the letters, of course, spell Dibz. There are one or two small giveaways that it is Soker’s work; The high-quality finish, The black star in the ‘D’; the small accent rectangles at the top left and top right; and the green drips around the piece. I was thrown off the scent slightly by the white accent lines that create a sense of round letters, because that is not something I associate too much with Soker. Classy work.

7291. M32 spot (208)

Neddy Ned Ned, Jest Soubriquet and Ryder, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025
Neddy Ned Ned, Jest Soubriquet and Ryder, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025

Ahh, a wonderful triptych of writing either side of a central character by messrs Ryder, Jest Soubriquet (LWT) and Neddy Ned Ned, respectively, in one of my favourite Bristol spots.

Ryder, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025
Ryder, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025

The writing on the left is by the wonderful Ryder, who doesn’t paint as much as he used to, but still manages to take a break from family responsibilities once in a while. Classic, tidy writing from him.

Jest Soubriquet, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025
Jest Soubriquet, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025

The portrait piece in the middle by Jest Soubriquet, who goes by the name Likeswantu, is a perfect foil for the two pieces of greyscale writing either side. The portrait may not be his best, but it works so well in this situation, and the eyes with drops are really effective.

Neddy Ned Ned, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025
Neddy Ned Ned, M32 Spot, Bristol, October 2025

To the right, the letters WISKA reflect the colours of Ryder’s writing. Neddy Ned Ned is one of those artists who doesn’t seem to paint all that often, but who has a strong presence on the city. The letters are well presented and the 3D drop shadow looking cool in purple and white. The whole triptych is painted on a swirling cosmic background with a touch of green. A fine collaboration.

7286. Dean Lane skate park (883)

Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025

Asre now has a full head of steam having returned to the Bristol scene this summer. I am struggling to keep up with all his pieces, having photographed another three last weekend. This is a rather pretty beast in Dean Lane from last month.

Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025
Asre, Dean Lane, Bristol, October 2025

The tried and tested combination of pink and blue work well in this piece. His letters are nicely designed and uncomplicated, with a solid blue fill and steady black border. The clouds are in two shades of pink which offset the letters beautifully. More to come soon from Asre.

7285. Cumberland Basin

Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025
Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025

This wonderful piece of graffiti writing got me doing a bit of detective work, which happens when I don’t recognise a particular piece or artist. It took me a while, but I got there in the end to find out that it is by Ahum (obvious once you see it), an artist who has featured in the pages of Natural Adventures under the name of Blimma Blamma.

Wow, It is incredible how wrong you can be sometimes. The piece is by Hire and not by Ahum. I had convinced myself otherwise. I think I might be going slightly mad.

Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025
Hire, Cumberland Basin, Bristol, October 2025

The letters HIRE are beautifully presented, with a fine midline and a deep drop shadow, perfectly offset with an orange bubbly decoration. Something as little different and joyous from Hire.

7284. St Werburghs tunnel (538)

Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025
Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025


It was an absolute delight to catch up with Face 1st while he was painting this piece at Kool Hand’s birthday celebration paint jam. We chatted for a long while about our shared common interests in nature and nature-friendly farming practices, such as regenerative farming, something he is keen to practice in his new home of Herefordshire.

Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025
Face 1st, St Werburghs, Bristol, October 2025

These photographs are a little blurry… something went wrong with my iPhone camera in the darkness of the tunnel, but I wanted to share the piece nonetheless. Face 1st has been enjoying playing with his letter style and here he has crafted a script font with a deep drop shadow. Alongside is a small character laughing girl, and above it a motif by Soap. There was a good turnout for Kool Hand’s.