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… another walk down Graffiti Alley

group of people, back to camera, walking down graffiti alley

below: Part of a monochrome mural by Nicolas Araneda aka niko.volts that has a lot of very American feet walking all over the faces of other people as lay on the ground….   ‘Trampling’ might be a better verb than ‘walking’

part of a mural in shades of grey, black and white, of feet wearing boots that look like the American flag, walking over the heads and faces of other people lying on the ground

below: Some walk in heavy boots, and others swim with open mouth ….

large fish mural in graffiti alley,

below: Looking crazed and demented, “Lobo” by Horus (aka Trevor Goodwin)

evil villain face with red eye, white wrinkly skin, yellow teeth, graffiti on a wall in graffiti alley, by horus,

below: Not quite so crazy or so demented but certainly not cuddly and warm either.

face, graffiti, white skin, yellow hair, red lips,

below: “Bring your green hat” by FreshPaintDaly aka Billy Creekwater

Donald Duck like character, but older and seedier, with black hat, text balloon that says bring your green hat

below: Two (and a bit) of six panels, drawings by Hartshorn (or posts collective).

street art drawings on the pavement

street art painting in graffiti alley, in alcove that was a window, now boarded up

street art painting in graffiti alley

collection of graffiti slaps covering a door in graffiti alley

below: “Not today Satan”.  There’s a lot going on here – the Silly Sausage Gang being front and center.  33wallflower33 in her white coat with the fuzzy collar and little decorations by catchoo .  There is also a T-bonez (of urban ninja squadron fame) wearing a green shirt and a necklace with a pendant – that’s Sticker Eddie he’s wearing, apparently.   The red-hearted pug’s name is Mopsi. Mopsi has something in his mouth but the donut is in the way (for more Mopsi see the Instagram page of his creator, So schoen immer weider)….   And the other dog is a collaboration between TRP613 (check out the reflections in the sunglasses!) and DivadogLA

part of a door covered with graffiti stickers and other slaps

below: “Get me out of here” and a dose of Instant Karma.

two graffiti paste ups, one is a young woman saying get me out of here, the other is a large hand holding a glass that says instant karma

many paste ups up high on a wall

below: Free Iran

free iran mural in graffiti alley, woman holding a white dove that died because shot with an arrow

below: This painting of a woman with her headphones above and yellow birdie walking a dog below was one of the first murals in Graffiti Alley – the work of Uber5000. Not many originals still exist!

uber5000 mural in graffiti alley, yellow birdie is walking dog, woman with headphones, on brick wall,

below: Elicser Elliott’s contribution to a larger mural that has been painted below the pink Poser bunny, “Don’t watch me cry”

street art painting by elicser elliott, part of a larger collaborative mural, man with burgundy baseball cap, with hands over his eyes. back of hands have tattoo words, Don't watch me cry, written over the two hands

below: Half a face.  He only needs one eye to stare at you.

half of a purple face, urban art, with other shapes and colours on it, black and grey eye and nose

below: Gold…  With a garland of white and blue flowers.

street art painting, gold male face with light blue highlights, wearing garland of blue and white flowers

below: A very large and very purple bear is at the door.

street art painting covering a door in graffiti alley, a large purple bear's head and face

below: He or she looks rather cramped in there. Signature says Neem?

street art mural, blue face

below: Another flower garland and another Neem head squeezed into a box.

two graffiti paintings, on left is black and white face with fingers in front, on right is an orange face with a garland of daisies on its head

graffiti alley, people taking pictures, people walking past

below: Scowling and smoking with ace in his cap.

mural in graffiti alley

below: Skydome forever and ALCS, as well as Vladdy’s number 27 shirt and World Series 2025…. little blue and white pieces of ceramic that celebrate the Toronto Blue Jays that someone lovingly made.

graffiti or urban art made of a collection of little ceramics, all decorated with toronto blue jays baseball team symbols

below: One Inch?  …  And other stickers crammed together.

man in red shirt is taking a picture, behind him is a sign that is covered with graffiti stickers

graffiti stickers covering a sign, a mural of a face is behind it

below: “We are the colours of corn”

feet on paved alley, where someone has written we are the colour of corn

below: More stickers and pasteups including catchoo’s dumpster fire that t-bonez from urban ninja squadron is using to dry his socks and underwear.

graffiti stickers and slaps on a wall

below: A couple of contributions from Dogmaslaps here (they’re all about dogs in case you haven’t guessed yet).

below:  More pasteups, some of which are quite intricate and detailed … especially the top two (vulture and jaguar?) which are both the creations of Ezpektro.

below: Sharing space with the Ezpektro pieces are a few smaller pasteups, some of which were made by artists that are new to me.  There is a pink bike in the top right, the same bike that is in the Make Art Not War poster in the above image…  BikeDeSuro creates stickers and wheatpaste featuring bikes.  From the left, a woman by Fiigueers and then a young girl with the Spanish words, “que nunca se apague la llama de la autonomia” which translates to “may the flame of autonomy never be extinguished”… The collection is rounded out with a guitar player from Sentient Cookie and a cute little green guy from Catchoo.

 

below: MonkYi cat with a very real looking heart in his claws.  Two carp swimming on the pavement in front.

below: Charmander, a Pokemon character.

orange pokeman character, urban art

below: Alfred E. Neuman makes an appearance in a couple of places – he’s the dude from MAD Magazine.

Alfred E. Neuman graffiti, also a woman on a television screen, as well as a very large painted eye

Alfred E. Neuman as a graffiti sticker, along with a black and white little bird

below: By 50 shades of greatt aka Adam McKnight – It looks a lot like Sponge Bob… maybe it’s his cousin?  But what’s with that tongue?  It looks like a slug is trying to slither out of his mouth.

square cartoon character with skinny arms and legs, and big white hands, purple tongue sticking out, by fifty shades of great

 

below: Verity and a happy face.

graffiti, including a yellow happy face and the word verity

small graffiti on round metal disc, graffiti is image of person with head of a large baseball,

below: Someone is not impressed…. Lame

concrete block at the base of a sign on a metal pole, stencil graffiti on the concrete that says lame

below: Green guy says: “In one year’s time, strike your blow, I shall return.”

stickers and paste ups, graffiti alley

below: “These days will define us”

small sticker graffiti with words these days will define us, with a drawing of the Earth

street art painting of a purple and yellow bear's face and front paws

Photos taken August 2026

A Christmas collection of friends

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The previous post, Covering a yellow door, showcased some slaps seen in Baptist Place, a lane in Melbourne. They were created by a variety of artists from a number of different countries. You will find that many of the same artists appear in this post mostly because this post features a different section of Baptist Place. Here the graffiti is Christmas themed (more or less).

below: Holiday sharing – a little Wall Lilo figure is giving a candy to the long nosed elf (by liAXrt). A Stoeyes drawn woman in fur lined blue hat and matching mitts has a red box with wise words written on it – “le chocolat fait rétrécir les jeans” (chocolate makes jeans shrink).

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a koala in a red hat, a long nosed elf accepting a candy from a wall lilo figure, and a woman wearing fur cuffed mitts

many small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place,

below: This koala is ready for a Christmas party with his festive red hat and a pair of balloons. Another little Wall Lilo figure is dancing on the head of a very stern looking fellow (by Atelier Waladou). Maybe this will put him in the Christmas spirit?

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a koala wearing a red hat and holding 2 blue balloons, a figure by atelier waladou,

below: Father Christmas, or Jolly Old St. Nick, in a long blue robe, by liAXrt as well as more candies! As to why Father Christmas carries a staff with a skull on it, anyone have any ideas?

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, Father Christmas with long white hair and beard, in a blue floor length robe, holding a staff with a skull on it, also a wall lilo figure holding a candy wrapped in blue wrapper

below: A bird by Darwinagain in red, white, and blue, atop a happy Christmas tree. Dreaming pleasant dreams beside the tree are two sleeping girls – perhaps dreams of sugar plum fairies or of a red-nosed reindeer leading a sled through the winter sky. (Girls are by Belaets)

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a smiling green Christmas tree, with a red, white and blue bird on top, two sleeping girls by balaets, one with wrapped gifts on her head, sleeping and dreaming, bird has Christmas ornament in its mouth

below: A kangaroo with a red hat also wants to join the party.

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a kangaroo with a red hat

below: A cute little yellow creature with a tall blue and white striped hat riding bareback on a brown animal with antlers (by Nevoul Art)

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a silly little yellow character wearing a tall blue and white striped hat and sitting on the back of a brown animal with yellow antlers

below: That’s quite a big bubble that she’s blowing!

small Christmas themed paste ups on a yellow wall in Melbourne, Baptist Place, a woman in profile by stoeyes, with long blue hair and blowing a bubble gum bubble, ith cursive words, je veux mon gift, also a wall lilo figure

below: Two little elf feet poke out from under the tree (is it a tree? or an elf in a costume?). This furry squirrel not has has a festive red Santa hat and a lot of balloons, but he’s also wearing the cutest little Christmas booties! (by Tweet). And there’s the Grinch too!

christmas themed graffiti, squirrel by tweet streetart wearing a red hat and red boots with holly on them, carrying a bunch of balloons, also the grinch wearing a Santa hat,

below: Merry Pokemon Christmas! .. and a skull, for some reason, by Loui Jover.

graffiti on a yellow wall, a blue pokeman creature with blue cap with white pompom and a blue scarf, also a black and white drawing of a skull by Loui Jover

below: A blue butterfly tattoo, also by Loui Jover

small paste up on a yellow wall in an alley, black and white drawing of a woman's back, long hair, blue butterfly tattoo on one shoulder

Photos taken February 2025

on the sidewalks of LA

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Look down.

Sidewalk graffiti; sidewalk stencils.

All photos taken in the Arts District of Los Angeles

below: “Catch your life” on a Pokemon ball

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk

below: Life, and metamorphosis

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - a person with large butterfly wings and the word "life"

below: Stikman is in LA too!

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - stickman (or maybe stikman)

below: Not me? and a little moneybags mouse

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - two creatures, one a big blob man-like creature with the words 'not me' written on his chest, the other a small black hatted man carrying a large moneybag

below: “Paint here and here”

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - words that say 'paint here and here' but there is a large space between each word

below: Say Yes!

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - large block letters that say "say yes'

below: Smile for the ego

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - a female robot holding a cameraphone and taking a selfie. The words say 'smile for your ego'

below: Buy the Lie

black paint with stencil graffiti on a sidewalk - person with long hair, a cowboy hat, sunglasses and a bandana covering face from nose down.

Photos taken in 2015

panda, dragon, and a foxy lady

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Baptist Place, Melbourne
One small section of a yellow wall.

a section of yellow wall in an alley with a number of different paste up graffiti pieces

below: him: I’ve waited a long time to carry you over the threshold, her: Finally a tent of our own!

cartoon like drawing of a blond young man carrying a woman in pink skirt and purple top,

below: It doesn’t take many lines to make a compelling portrait.

fine drawing of woman's portrait, woman with long hair, on white paper, pasted on yellow wall,

below: Two simple but cute puppies selling their wares.

graffiti paste up, black drawing on white, bicycle food cart

below: Two Marilyns

paste up pf Marilyn Munroe wearing a t shirt with a large face of marilyn manson on it

below: upper: “Without leaving my House I know the whole universe.” Panda Philosophy.  lower: T-bonez rides with trp613 (aka Ty Pro), Visual Noise & Urban Ninja Squadron.

two slaps, a panda bear paste up and a graffiti piece featuring t bonez of urban ninja squadron riding on motorcycle of

below: A little dragon creature, by stenandoli

graffiti, little gragon-like character with big orange head, little wings as arms that are red and blue striped, big yellow eyes, by stenandoli

below: The sad grey man with the very long arms and bad posture is another creation of stenandoli. In the middle is an Australian White Ibis by tweet – I wonder what it is trying to say to the cat?

three paste ups on a yellow wall, a cat, a bird that is an australian white ibis, and a sad grey man character by stenandoli

below: A foxy lady, by Susi Foxy Art, aka Susi Luard.

graffiti poster, by susi foxy art, woman with fox fur including tail, corset in orange and black, fox coloured hair, fishnet stockings,

below: Carried away by a yellow balloon…..

little painting on old paper with chinese characters, a pink shoe being carried upward by a yellow balloon

below: left: “T Phobia is rooted in White Supremacy” with a purple flower.  middle: “Don’t be dick”, with a yellow flower.  right: He seems to be holding a fish. Seems fishy?

3 paste ups on an alley wall, a man holding a big fish, text says don't be a dick, and third also with text that says trans phobia is rooted in white supremacy

below: Look out everyone, there’s an angry looking Blastoise pokemon character coming your way!

two slaps on an alley wall, one is a blaistoise pokemon character in blue, the other is a drawing of little animals in a greenhouse, a house made of glass

black and white graffiti, small, of a woman turning to look at viewer.

below: Think!

sticker says think in decorated capital letters, sticker is a style wars sticker, someone has written in ink, sounds like capitalism

Photos taken February 2025

Mission District – Osage Lane

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osage lane, mission district, san francisco

There are many pop culture references to be found in this lane!

below: Animal from the Muppets

part of a street art mural, Animal from the Muppets, with a green hat that says anemal, also words on painting that say RIP Lord,

below: A row of cartoon characters on a bright red fence – Bart Simpson, Hello Kitty, Speedy Gonzales, Pokemon, and what looks like a giant green pickle.

bright red fence painted with some cartoon characters, Bart Simpson, Hello Kitty, Pokemon, and Speedy Gonzales

below: Rapheal from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

teenage mutant ninja turtle mural, with red masked turtle, Raphael, wearing clunky gold necklace

below:  South American influences

below:  mmm

street art on buildings and fences in osage lane in san francisco

below: Mama Imelda from the movie “Coco”
street art mural of mama imelda from coco

below: Sonic

street art painting of sonic character, with long blue hair, and big white hands

street art painting of a blond boy with blue headband, with a large bowl of food, probably a manga character, naruto?

below: California Love

white faced character, California Love, SF symbol,

below: “All thru California …

part of all thru california street art mural

below: … Mission be Kracking, a recent painting by H2DAK about surviving fires and earthquakes!part of all thru california street art muralbelow: Money flies at 2982

street art painting on a blue door, bundle of dollar bills with yellow wings flying away, number beside door is 2982
pink and blue swirly street art mural

black and white and grey tones, portrait of a young woman, with long dark hair,

graffiti on a garage in Osage Lane, San Francisco

below: Bird sticker. Bird, May 1984 – July 2021

sticker on a pole, picture of a young man with word bird written in red, two dates, a tribute sticker by the looks of it

below: More stickers – Cheers!

two stickers on a pole, one with sad clown that says cheer up

Poke-wall in Bushwick

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Back in 1996 the first Pokemon game was developed for the Nintendo GameBoy. Since then, the franchise has exploded in popularity and has included movies, television series, cards, and merchandise galore. If you “Gotta catch ’em all” then you’ll have to catch 923 species of fictional pokemon characters.

Obviously, only some of these species are shown in this mural including the bird-like characters in the picture below – Zapdos (the yellow spiky bird in middle) and Moltres on the left; the blue winged creature on the right is Articuno .

poke wall street art mural featuring some legendary bird species from the pokemon game including zapdos, moltres, and articuno

below: Gengar is the angry looking purple fellow guarding the door. MewToo keeps an eye on him from the other side of the door.

part of poke wall mural in bushwick showing some pokemon characters such as gengar who is purple, some yellow text tag graffiti in the mural too

below: Here we see a sleeping snorlax living up to its name.

poke wall mural with pokemon characters including a snorlax who is sleeping on top of some text

And of course there is cute little yellow Picachu

picachu pokemon flying in a mural

Five artists created this mural – Downer Jones, the duo of Menace Two and Resa Piece (aka menaceresa), Mch (aka damthatmooch), as well as demondoes.