On A More Serious Note…
November 3, 2009One of the most disappointing parts of the street art scene is when well-done art is painted over/ripped down/buffed off. This happens regularly with graffiti and stickers, but most larger installments are allowed to stay in place for a larger period of time. A few months ago I posted a few pictures of a very cool installment on Capitol Hill. It was on a side wall of a loading dock of a self-storage business. I only saw the wall because I stopped to sit down and make a phone call right next to it. In no way could it have lowered the businesses value or even make the building look worse than it already does.
Unfortunately, someone (either the business or a third part) decided to paint over the wall, leaving it ugly and discolored. Below are some before and after pictures. You can be the judge of which one is more appealing.
Before
After
Tagalong
November 2, 2009These are some pictures of tags along Aurora. My favorites that I saw were probably the silver Blink ones and the reddish-black one that I think says Cue.
Bottle Rockets
October 30, 2009These are pictures from one of the tunnels going under Aurora. My favorites of the bunch are the orange one and the red one.
Mouth of the Rat
October 29, 2009These are pictures from Randy, who while in Boca Raton, Florida, took pictures of the street art there. I like the layered clown stencil on the priority mail sticker and the “Noxin” sticker is cool too. Randy says that there will probably be more pictures to come. Thanks Randy!
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Body Language
October 28, 2009These are all stickers by Aurora near Queen Anne. The artist Lim seems to have a lot of stickers in that area but these are my favorite. I like how they are hand-drawn and I like the placement of the eyes.
Flagpole Skater
October 27, 2009I really like all of the stickers in these pictures. They are all straight forward and you don’t need to really look at it them to long for you to see everything they have to offer. Sometimes this can be a bad quality for art but with street art it’s a good quality.
Surf City
October 26, 2009Some more cool pictures from Capital Hill. I really like the Team Nerd thing (not too sure what it is) and Chicken Kid’s sticker is pretty sweet. I’m not positive, but I think that the last picture of the priority mail sticker is also by Team Nerd. And to conclude this post I’ve put up Dickshakers Union by Surf City. It has a strange video but i really like the song and the band’s other music.
Engine Driver
October 24, 2009Some more cool street art from Capitol Hill. I like the umbrella wood painting, I’ve seen other variation of the same basic design around Capitol Hill.
Rain Dance
October 23, 2009I really liked all of these stickers and wheat pastes on Capitol Hill. My favorites of the bunch are the Sop Pub wheat paste, the Shop Here sticker, and the Chud sticker. The first picture is Baldman, the second picture is of a wood piece by Karl Addison and the skull on the Pay To Park sign is by Team Nerd.
Troubled Son
October 22, 2009Just some cool pictures from the Capitol Hill/Downtown area. I really like the skeleton in the first picture, possibly done by Heck. The other three pictures are also pretty cool and I think the grey sperm sticker is by ctrl+z.
Space and the Woods
October 21, 2009These are some more pictures from my last photo trip to Capitol Hill. I finally found out who does the dog stickers thanks to elite oner on Flickr. They are made by the guy who runs Manik Skateboards and is actually his dog.I’ve also got some pretty sweet pictures of stickers, old and new. The second picture is mainly of Narboo’s priority mail sticker but you can see Karl Addison’s Donut Buddy System sticker creeping in. There are also pictures of Lim’s sticker, a classic Baldman sticker, and a cool candle man priority mail sticker.
Fun Punch
October 20, 2009These are some cool photos from Capitol Hill on Pike St. I really like the 1+1=3 sticker and the OH sticker. There were lots “Gay Men Are Cleaner” stickers that were recently put up around there but many of them have been taken down or ripped. On a cheerier note, I’ve put up the song Fun Punch by the Bag Raiders.
True Panther
October 19, 2009These are some pictures from Capitol Hill by Broadway. Looking at all these pictures together, I noticed how many (OvO) stickers there are. I also like Heck’s wheat paste, Kinoko’s sticker, and 337 wheat paste (I think).
