Five talented Canadian street artists used 500 cans of spray paint over 16 days to create a large-scale wall mural of the Madonna. They drew inspiration for the style of the piece from the works of Czech Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, and incorporated symbols of Montreal’s history into the mural. One of these symbols is […]
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 […]
Blu is an Italian street artist who creates animated graffiti. He uses a method called stop frame animation, also known as stop motion animation, to create videos of graffiti that creeps, crawls, swims and flies. The animation method is time-consuming. The animator must move an object, or draw a new “frame” and take a picture […]
French street and gallery artists Supakitch and Koralie have a unique collaborative style; they work together not just to create indoor and outdoor wall murals, but they also work together to build a life as a married couple. When proposing to Koralie, Supakitch chose a proposal method that was relevant to them both; he created […]
Stamatis (aka STMTS) is a street artist and fine artist based in Athens, Greece. He works primarily with poster graffiti, and focuses on portraits of people as the focus of his art. Many of his poster paste-ups use children as the subjects of his art. Each graffiti piece carries a deeper message or a statement […]
Australian graffiti artist Phibs has a distinctive street art style that combines elements of cartoon art and tribal designs. Many of his large street art paintings feature cartoon animals and human figures that are decorated with tribal patterns. These subjects co-exist with ethnic design elements in the overall piece that are rendered in a cartoonish […]
On his website, Spanish street artist Dulk treats his fans to a rare sight; the sketches that he bases his murals paintings on. Below you can see a couple of these sketches, but for a real treat; and check out his illustrations and mixed media paintings too. Dulk also goes by the name Antonio Segura […]
French street artist Monsieur Qui (aka Eric Lacan) creates poster art that he displays mostly on the streets of Paris, France, but occasionally in other European cities. This video shows how Monsieur Qui approaches a billboard display in a nonchalant manner while carrying a ladder and his paper cut outs, roller and glue. Anyone passing by […]
Bulgarian street artist Erase (aka Georgi Dimitrov) is spreading his artistic talents across cityscapes; erasing all the ugly walls he can lay his hands on. Erase is also an illustrator who works in a graphic design and comic book style. His bold, colorful graffiti murals have a strong connection to traditional graffiti styles, yet also incorporate […]
Some inspired GIF animators have turned their hand to animating graffiti and street art. The resulting animations reveal both the street artists’ creativity and the animator’s imaginations. Some are humorous and interact with the world around them, while others move in a surreal and otherworldly manner, ignoring the mundanity of reality.