DocPop, 22 hours ago to SanFrancisco

New murals on Lilac Alley in #SanFrancisco. #SFGraffiti

A few more murals on the garage of a house on Lilac Street. The lower mural is on a bright yellow background and has trippy mushrooms and graffiti style lettering in bright green. I can't read the lettering, but it's rendered in a 3D style, so parts seem to tangle up behind each other. Above that mural is another mural that says "Mission Art 415" in a gothic style. White paint on a dark brown background.
Some more murals on garage doors in Lilac Street. One is a painting of a person in what appears to be Aztec tribal attire. They have a large necklace and are wearing something that looks like mask resembling a lion's head. The mouth on the mask is wide open, so we can see the face of the person inside, who has an intense expression. To the right of this mural are more pieces by the same artist. These pieces are more subtle, showing dark green lines on a grey background, with white highlights. These figures are also wearing animal masks. The words "Mission Arte 415" are at the bottom along with "Franco Lords". I think the artist is named Francisco Franco and he is part of a graffiti crew known as Lords.

docpop, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to SanFrancisco

Art Not Ads are a group of #SanFrancisco artists who paste collage art on walls that are usually covered with obnoxious ads. Their favorite "gallery" are the walls on the old Big Lots store (3333 Mission). I've really enjoyed seeing their art in the neighborhood over the years, and I was glad to finally meet them in person today. Good vibes! #SFGraffiti #Collage #Wheatpaste #ArtNotAds

DocPop, 9 days ago to graffiti

USPS sticker slaps. #SFGraffiti #StickerSlaps #graffiti

A USPS label stuck on a wall. The label has black and white art that appears to have been created digitally and then printed onto the label. The image on the label is based on a photo of Alfalfa from The Little Rascals. He is most recognizable due to the spiked up hair on the top of his head. The artist has drawn fake tattoos on Alfalfa's face and neck that say "Rascal" and "Darla". Text beside the photo says "JBF KOR" in letter that appear to be made of fire.
A USPS sticker with a drawing of a Jack O Lantern on it. The art is drawn in sharpie and coloring pencil. In big graffiti style letters, the artist wrote "Smile". They also wrote "Kaos" in a smaller handwriting, which I think is their signature. This sticker is stuck to a window.
A USPS sticker label with a drawing of a bald man's head on it. The art is very angular. The outer outline is very thick, but the lines inside are very sketchy and wild in a thinner pen line.

DocPop, 9 days ago to SanFrancisco

Murals from the corner of 18th and Mission in #SanFrancisco. These were painted on Saturday, May 11th as part of the Mission art walk. I believe they were sponsored by Ape_SF. #SFGraffiti #Murals #Graffiti

A large graffiti tag that says "Issue", which is the name of the artist. The text is written in a vibrant orange color, with a light blue background. The style of art almost looks electric.
A photo of an artist painting a mural on 18th and Mission Street. She is standing on a milk crate and reaching out with a spray can. Beside here is a large purple tag that fills the entire wall.
Two large murals on a wall. One shows a sliced up watermelon. The watermelon appears to be saying the artist's name, but I can't see what it says. It looks cool though. The mural on the right is by Todd The Bunny and shows orange flowers on rolling green hills. A few white bunnies are staring at some carrots sticking out of the ground.
A photo of people walking on the sidewalk and looking at the colorful graffiti on the building nearby.
A large mural on the wall near 18th and Mission St. It shows an orange blob with light yellow highlights. Inside the orange blob there are very faint lines creating abstract patterns. The whole piece is abstract, but it's signed by Shogun Shido and says "Free my folk!!!" under it.
A large paper that has been wheatpasted onto a wall. It has black line art on it that shows two kids playing with each other. They both are drawn in sort of an anime style, but are very detailed. The kids appear to be partly robotic, as their arms and torsos look mechanical. One of the kids appears to riding a sport motorcycle, but on closer look, the kid's body might be merging with the motorcycle. Text on the art says "I love you to the moon and back."
The corner of the building on 18th and Mission. This photo shows art that is being painted on the wall and isn't fully finished. One mural is of a pregnant woman with angel wings. The other mural is of a woman in a field of flowers. She appears to be mourning a child that is wrapped in a white blanket with red print on it. This mural is based on famous photo of a mother in Gaza that is mourning the death of her child during Israel's attack on Gaza. The background is green grass and the sky is red, which is a reference to the Palestinian flag.
A large graffiti mural that shows the top of a rose and a name written in purple with a bright yellow outline. I can't read what the name is, but it looks really interesting and curly.
A large graffiti mural in red, blue, and green. I can't read what it says, but it has elements of classic graffiti lettering with some sparkle highlights. In the center of the word is a red heart with legs and arms. The text "Happy Mothers Day" is written under the tag.

docpop, 11 days ago to SanFrancisco

Rad things happening in #SanFrancisco today:

• The "Caminarte" art walk is happening on Mission St tonight. This is the first of a new series of Second Saturdays events in the #MissionDistrict https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/second-saturdays-sf-mission-street/
• On #BernalHeights there's a ribbon cutting party for @AmosGoldbaum's new mural from 12-1. There'll be food and beverages too. https://www.instagram.com/amosgoldbaum/p/C6sPUPJr5Aq/
  Watch my interview with Amos about the mural here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVstATACICE
• More events here https://sf.funcheap.com/events/san-francisco/

DocPop, 12 days ago to graffiti

Spotted some superb sticker slaps by Sickid around SF.
#SFGraffiti #StickerSlaps #Graffiti #SanFrancisco #Sickid

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.

DocPop, 25 days ago to SanFrancisco

I've been noticing a lot of stickers with AI generated content in #SanFrancisco 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.". #SFGraffiti #Graffiti

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.

DocPop, 26 days ago to SanFrancisco

Some tags and murals from Orange Alley and 25th St in #SanFrancisco. #SigFig #SFGraffiti

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.

DocPop, 1 month ago to SanFrancisco

#BruceHallman is a #SanFrancisco 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 #SFGraffiti #graffiti #sculpture

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.

docpop, 1 month ago to random

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.

docpop, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

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

docpop, 2 months ago to SanFrancisco

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

#SFGraffiti #WordSquare #Tagger #SanFrancisco #acrostic

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.

docpop, 2 months ago to graffiti

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

docpop, 3 months ago to random

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.

docpop, 4 months ago to graffiti

“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.

docpop, 5 months ago to SanFrancisco

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.

docpop, 6 months ago to SanFrancisco

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.

docpop, 6 months ago to SanFrancisco

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

docpop, 6 months ago to SanFrancisco

“Disable self-driving cars” #SFGraffiti #SanFrancisco

docpop, 1 month ago to random

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.

docpop, 3 months ago to SanFrancisco

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.