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Rad things happening in #SanFrancisco today:

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New murals popping up on 18th and Mission Street. Footage from Ape_SF and the Drawing Room Annex on Instagram. This is part of the Second Saturdays art walk on Mission St in #SanFrancisco
https://www.instagram.com/p/C61zm3lyzyC/ #SFGraffiti

This is a video of a wall being painted by several artists. The wall is a flat grey color and located on 18th and Mission in SF. The artists are using spray cans and creating art with a graffiti flair. Each artist is working on there own piece of the wall and there are about 11 artists. Some are painting text in ornate graffiti style, others are painting flowers in tattoo art style, and others are painting flowers or watermelons.

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Spotted some superb sticker slaps by Sickid around SF.

A slap sticker spotted on the street. A drawing of a man's face, he has a pointy nose and a goatee and a mischievous expression. "Jerkoff. Sandwich. Heehee. LOL." is written near his head. The art is drawn in sharpie on a sticker label that is mostly white, but has "Sickid's Raspados" printed on the top.
A slap sticker spotted on the street. It has as stylized drawing of a woman smoking a cigarette. She looks buff and kind of mean. The art is drawn on a sticker label that is mostly white, but has "Sickid's Raspados" printed on the top.
A slap sticker on a post. It says "Dead Phone" in a nice cursive style and has a drawing of a person's face as they smirk towards the viewer. The art is done with a pink paint pen on a sticker label that says "Sickid's Respados" on the top.
A slap sticker spotted on the street. It's a drawing of someone's head, as seen from the side. They have a mischievous expression and a long pointed nose. The art is drawn in sharpie on a sticker label that is mostly white, but has "Sickid's Raspados" printed on the top.
A slap sticker spotted on the street. This one is another drawing of someone's head. They are biting their lower lip as if they are thinking, or maybe even farting? They have a long pointy nose and long eyelashes. The art is drawn on a sticker label that is mostly white, but has "Sickid's Raspados" printed on the top.

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I've been noticing a lot of stickers with AI generated content in lately. Most of them seem to have AI-generated visuals in the background and some cool-looking text placed on top. A few say "Hairglasses", others have phrases like "Become wicker" or "Rusty Hoe, bear that load.".

A sticker that says "Hairglasses" in a psychedelic font. In the background is an AI-generated image that looks like three faces sort of blending together. There is a lot of hair on the faces (like they collectively have long black hair) and a few of the faces are wearing glasses.
A sticker that says "Cat-tenths. Cat tents" and has an AI-generated image of a cat in front of a spacey seen with lots of planets and the cosmos. It looks like someone took some time making sure the AI-generated content was cleaned up so it would look nice with the added text and fit onto a sticker.
Another sticker that says "Hairglasses". In the background there is a woman's head with long hair, but she has 4 eyes. And each set of eyes has glasses on. The image on the sticker appears to be AI-generated.
A round sticker on a post. The sticker says "Rusty Hoe" and "Bear that load" in a nice looking pink font in bubble letters. In the background is an AI-generated image of a few mushrooms and some sort of gardening tool. It sort of looks like a gardening hoe, but is a little wrong. You can tell that the sticker designer put effort into making sure the added text in the foreground matches the background images and colors. For instance, the pink of the mushrooms was used for the pink on the lettering. The sticker designer might have some skill with design, because they also make little edits to the AI-generated image like putting it in a circular shape with a black outline, but allowing parts of the image to bleed out of the circle. This makes it feel more intentional and makes certain parts of the image appear to pop out of the background.

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Some tags and murals from Orange Alley and 25th St in .

A large mural on a garage door in an alley. The mural shows several screaming faces under the word "Sigfig", which is the artist's name. Sigfig is written in a hard to read graffiti style. The mural is a black background with the characters and name painted in a teal color. Above the mural is another tag by "Doob" that shows their iconic Doob character in a quick black spray paint tag.
A red door with a face painted on it. Around the corner from the door you can see another graffiti tag written in a wild style and covering the wall and a bit of the ground at the bottom of the wall. Both pieces have been tagged over in Sharpie by other graffiti writers.
A large wall in an alley that is covered with tags and art. On the left side of the wall is a stylized painting of a woman holding flowers. Her skin is blue and the flowers are shaped almost like gears. To the right of the painting are a couple names written in a wild graffiti style. I believe the names say "Jugo" and "Simon".
Another view of the blue skull that I posted earlier in this series. This shows it from farther away so you can see all the other tags written around it. One of the tags is also by Muerte, it is done in a forrest green fill with lighter green stars inside.

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is a street artist and sculptor most known for making these iconic clay faces. His work can often be found glued under bike racks in the Mission. See much more of his work (not just bike racks and faces) here instagram.com/brucehallman

Another sclupted face under a bike rack. There are brown leaves on the ground around it. The paint is a little faded, but there are also vertical lines running up the character's face with bits of blue and red on them.
A really aged and faded clay face that has been glued underneath a bike rack.
A pink face glued under a bike rack. This one has little fish that have been carved onto the face by the artist. The fish are painted light blue and run in a line going from the face to the forehead.
A pink face glued under a bike rack. This one has a light blue line running along it's eyebrows and another red line along it's jaw.
Another face glued under a bike rack, this one is completely grey. The eyes look a little different than the rest, with maybe a sadder or more tired expression on the face.
Another face glued under a bike rack. The paint on this one has also faded off, but the clay looks darker than the others. Like a brownish color, with a brown leaf on the ground nearby and the pedals of a bike can be seen above it.
Another face glued to the sidewalk under a bike rack. The paint has faded from this one, but the clay has a reddish look to it. The sculpted face also looks more aged than the other pieces, like it's been here a while. There are some scrapes and cracks on one side.

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A few new pieces of art I bought from #DameDarcy and #TacoCS. I think they look great together. #SFGraffiti

A pen and ink drawing by Dame Darcy in a simple black frame. It shows a catholic nun with a worried expression and she reads a handwritten note on a scroll of paper. She sits in front of an opened stained glass window. The art has a cute gothic style, similar to Edward Gorey’s illustrations.

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Reggie Warlock is one busy dude. I've been seeing his "Love Monster" character all over the city lately, especially in the Mission. #SFGraffiti #ReggieWarlock

A tag on the side of a garbage can. It shows a monster with sharp teeth and smiling at the viewer. There is a small crown over it's head. The artist has signed "r.w." on the bottom.
A tag on the side of a utility box. The box is dark green, the tag is drawn with a wide-nibbed silver paint pen. It shows a monster with a crown floating over it's head. The monster appears to be raising one eyebrow. The tagger signed "r.w." at the bottom.
A sticker showing Reggie Warlock's "Love Monster" character. The character has a word balloon over his head that has a heart in it, as if the monster is speaking about love. The monster is teal, on a royal blue background with a yellow crown floating over his head.

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Spotted some fresh pieces on Lilac Street. #SFGraffiti #MarkBode

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A few more pieces from Lilac Street (between 24th and 25th St in SF). #SFGraffiti

A mural showing an old woman's face and a younger woman in the foreground. In the background there is a mountain and a full moon. There is a very spiritual feel to this piece, maybe inspired by Catholic art. For instance, the young woman in the foreground is posing like a saint.
A mural of Cheech and Chong. It says "Buddy Buddy Fower & Friendship" in bubble letters over the faces.

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I'm a sucker for weird and esoteric tags, like these word squares someone has been writing in our neighborhood lately. Each square is a type of acrostic that can be read horizontally or vertically. For example:

T R U S T
R A N C H
U N D E R
S C E N E
T H R E E

A trash can where a tagger has written the words: mind, idea, neat, data
A section of sidewalk where a tagger has written a word square. This can be read horizontally or vertically and it says: Heart, ember, abuse, resin, trend.
A tag on the wall that says: feast, earth, armor, stone, threw. Each word is written above the other word in clear columns, so the words can be read vertically or horizontally.

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I spotted a few more "Magic Acrostic Squares" by Sapien (aka Sape). #SFGraffiti

Graffiti that has written words in an acrostic square, so it can be read the same way vertically and horizontally. This one says CLUMP LUNAR UNTIE MAIZE PREEN
Graffiti that has written words in an acrostic square, so it can be read the same way vertically and horizontally. This one says: SPUR PAPA UPON RANK
Graffiti that has written words in an acrostic square, so it can be read the same way vertically and horizontally. This one says: SPESH PORNO ERROR SNOWS HORSE

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Sapien's "Magic Acrostic Squares" keep getting more complex. I dig it! #SFGraffiti #Acrostic

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Jazzy street art spotted on 19th and Capp. #SFGraffiti #Graffiti #StreetArt

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Some nice tags I spotted in the Mission recently. #SanFrancisco #Graffiti #SFGraffiti #Guez

A very large tag by Guez. It is a two color throw-up of a pitbull, with a spiked collar. It is on a metal gate belonging to a business on Mission Street.
A two-collar throw-up on the side of a Lyft bike rack on Valencia Street. The art shows the face of a woman, with two ponytails. It is crudely drawn, but very stylish. The base color is white, with the lines and details being done in a red spray paint.
A tag that covers a "Clear Channel Outdoor" billboard. The tag is a two-color throw-up that says "TEROR". The billboard is on the side of a bulding with a large green mural full of flowers and animals and children. There are no tags on the mural, but the Clear Channel billboard is full of this one large tag.

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I spotted four nearly identical tags near the "free speech wall" on Valencia St, so I decided to animate them. #SFGraffiti

An animated gif composed of four photos. Each photo is of a graffiti tag that is hard to read. Each tag has a cute face on one section, with a small mouth and eyes. Since the tags are nearly identical, it looks like an animated cartoon where the face is looking around and changing it's expression.

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Some tags and pieces by Guez (aka Guez, Guebr), a local artist most known for his grumpy bulldog character. Except for the spikes on the collar, the line art for these pieces is mostly done in one long, continuous line. These photos are from various places in SF over the past year, but I've seen Guezr's pieces all around the Bay Area since at least 2021. #Guebr #SFGraffiti #Graffiti #StreetArt #Bulldog #Guez #Guezr #Toofy #SigFig

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Some new and old pieces on Cyprus St (near 24th). #SFGraffiti

A mural that shows a giant eyeball painted in blue and white. There is text around the eye that says “from what I see, ur doing great”
A mural that says “rip mom” in a wildly font. The letters are yellow, pink, and red, with a light blue background.
A mural on a garage door. It shows a man’s face. He has a beard and a very serious look on his face. Every available inch of space has been tagged by other writers.

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“Maybe Later”, a local artist and graffiti writer, gave me a padlock they had painted with their unique color palette. They had lost the key, so I picked the lock and have been hanging it on different fences around the neighborhood. #MaybeLater #SFGraffiti #graffiti

Maybe Later’s colorful lock hanging on a wire fence near Mission Street. You can see many pieces of graffiti on the wall behind the fence.

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This 84-year-old graffiti on Valencia Street just made some new friends. The old tag, which says "J.O. 1939" was recently uncovered when a garage was torn down to make room for new housing. More info about the tag and the Mission Chevrolet ghost sign is on my blog: https://docpop.org/2023/12/new-ghost-sign-uncovered-at-valencia-st-and-cesar-chavez/ #SFGraffiti #ValenciaStreet #SanFrancisco

Another photo from a different angle. You can see the Mission Chevrolet sign that was recently uncovered, but you can also see fresh graffiti tags from Chachi, Drip, and more. The tags are below the 80 year old hand painted sign, and don't cover it, however there is a beautiful brick building in the background that was also recently exposed when another building was torn down. This brick building has been covered in tags.
A wide angle view of the Mission Chevrolet sign, and all the tags. There is lots of scaffolding, fencing, and construction on the site too because it is where an old garage was just torn down to make room for housing. It is a wet day, which ads a moody atmosphere to the shot.

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Today I learned that the music video for 4 Non Blonde's "What's Up?" was filmed in #SanFrancisco and has two short scenes of a person playing with a #yoyo in front of #SFGraffiti by the legendary Barry McGee (aka TWIST).

Thanks to @DemocracySpot for pointing that out to me. You can see the full video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

Footage from 4 Non Blonde's music video. These two clips show the feet of a person wearing combat boots and high stockings with red and white stripes. The person throws a big yellow yo-yo towards the ground and right in front of the camera. In the background is some graffiti by Barry McGee. You can't see much of it, but it's still recognizable by his line work and shading.

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I wrote about a new ghost sign that appeared on Valencia Street near Cesar Chavez and some old-school #SanFrancisco graffiti from 1939 that was found nearby. You can read about it on my blog https://docpop.org/2023/12/new-ghost-sign-uncovered-at-valencia-st-and-cesar-chavez/ #SFGraffiti #Graffiti

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Some construction in our neighborhood unearthed some really cool graffiti from 1939.

This 84-year-old tag, which appears to be a drawing of a lightbulb, has really fascinated me, so I tried creating some black-and-white line art versions of it in case anyone else needed them for anything.

https://docpop.org/2023/12/new-ghost-sign-uncovered-at-valencia-st-and-cesar-chavez/ #SanFrancisco #SFGraffiti #GhostSign

A hand-drawn version of a piece of graffiti from 1939. This is black line art on a white background and shows the representation of a light bulb with three dots floating near the bottom. I did my best to recreate the original shape and line width of the original piece, but without the jagged edges or the text in the center.
The same lightbulb symbol that was seen in the other two posts, but recreated with vector art tools, so it's very symmetrical and smooth. It is black line art on a white background and appears to depict a simplified drawing of a lightbulb with three dots floating near the base.
A black-and-white drawing of the graffiti that was seen on the ghost sign. This looks like a light bulb with the text "J.O. 7/17/39." inside of it. Although this drawing is hand-drawn, it makes an effort to capture the style and feel of the original work as closely as possible. Of the three drawings, this one most closely recreates the original tag. It has paint drips and some of the mistakes that appeared in the original tag (like the extra "9" in the date).

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Some tags from #Canibl, a local tagger most known for their unique character tag. #SFGraffiti #SanFrancisco #Graffiti

A slap sticker with "Canibl*" written on it and a cartoon drawing of a can of spraypaint with a face on it. The sticker is a USPS priority mail sticker and the art is done in black ink.
Canibl's tag on a wall that is covered with other posters and tags. This is a two-color throw up with white paint for the fill and black paint for the lines. The tag is Canibl's iconic spray can character.
A chalk tag on a utility box. The tag is by Canibl and show's their unique spraycan character. In the background a pedestrian walks down the sidewalk with a pair of headphones on.

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Reporting for jury duty today, and spotted this tag outside the courthouse.

I happened to spend a bunch of time with lawyers this weekend (at an un-conference called Chasing Wonder) and totally agree with this sentiment. Public defenders rock! #SFGraffiti #SanFrancisco

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“Disable self-driving cars” #SFGraffiti #SanFrancisco

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