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Two graffiti characters enjoy a steaming mug of coffee in this street art mural by Lelin Alves

Lelin Alves’ Graffiti Art puts Personalities into Perspective

Brazilian graffiti artist Lelin Alves travels throughout South America, covering urban walls with his large scale personality portraits. Alves paints his portraits in his unique caricature style; building facial expressions and shapes out of wild angles and bizarre perspectives. By exaggerating some areas of his subject’s faces and minimising others, Alves draws the viewers eyes to […]

Titi Freak combines Japanese art styles with Brazilian colors in this street art mural of a giant fish

Titi Freak’s Street Art is a Fusion of Japanese and South American Ideas

Hamilton Yokota, who goes by the graffiti handle Titi Freak, is a São Paulo native with Japanese ancestry. His street art murals combine traditional Japanese art styles with the abstract art that is often found in South America. Not only does he fuse art styles from both Brazil and Japan, he has also created Brazilian-styled wall […]