Rob Ford Launches Graffiti Street Art Initiative and mobile app
The city of Toronto officially announced their new plan for how to deal with Toronto’s “graffiti problem” on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012. Mayor Rob Ford first declared to the crowd of City staff, politicians and other on-lookers that the...
Elicser’s book launch at LE Gallery by Well and Good
One of Toronto’s most well known street artist Elicser had his book launch last night. Part of a Pre-Valentine’s Day celebration around the theme of love, the LE Gallery at 1183 Dundas St West quickly filled as the night went on...
Rick Mercer not helping anti-graffiti cause: Mississauga councillors
“Rick Mercer needs to know that he’s not doing anybody any good with his rants down the graffiti-tagged alley.” -Mississauga councillor Katie Mahoney Do you know what he’s doing good? Showing all his viewers how diverse art can...
Graffiti Tagging and Handstyles in Toronto 1
Besides murals, Toronto also has it’s own expression of tagging & handstyles. What is tagging? Tagging is the simplest form of graffiti, usually done with one color in high contrast to the surface. The origins of tagging can be...
Gallery work by Case
Toronto’s very talented graffiti artist CASE is usually known for his great graffiti artwork, there is however a more traditional artistic style to his creative endeavors. Here are some of his works which showcase a different side to his...
Graffiti affected by war
Today is remembrance day here in Canada and I thought it’d be appropriate to post some photos of graffiti with a war theme. There is so much out there so I thought I’d try to focus on graffiti done on actual military hardware...
Happy Halloween Graffiti!
Well Halloween is upon us and why not check some Halloween graffiti street art. There’s so many various sub themes within Halloween to draw from, this year I chose to mostly showcase works on pumpkin graffiti. But there’s so much more from such as characters from horror movies, evil comic book charaters and of course the crypt. I love this season as it’s another opportunity for artists to get their creativity on. Happy Halloween!
Artchild Sketches 1
Artchild has been doing graffiti arts for about 20years but his skill isn’t just limited to spray paint, having gone through Sheridan College’s prestigious Animation program, Artchild is a very skilled all around artist. Here is the first installment of some of his sketches.
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