MetaFilter posts tagged with spraypaint

Cage Against The Machine

cthuljew — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:37:42 -0800

(decisions made easier in this hideous homemade christmas sweater)

shakespeherian — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:43:14 -0800

In the Studio: The Process of a Painting. Mark Schoening gives New American Paintings a look into his months-long process on a new painting. More on Shoening's Tumblr and Vimeo.

Color in motion: spray payin artwork made in minutes

filthy light thief — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:33:30 -0800

If you think that airbrushed sci-fi landscapes like like this have been rendered obsolete by time-saving computer graphics, let Brandon McConnell prove otherwise. You can watch him make similar art in five minutes with a few cans of spray paint, magazines and the lid for a pot. Don't have enough time for that? How about a one minute sci-fi landscape? OK, let's go faster: here's a 45 second painting, and faster yet: a 39 second painting. But it's not all pyramids and planets, there are also quickly created nature scenes, and tutorial clips, within the collection of 184 videos uploaded to YouTube.

El Pintor Con Las Letras

klangklangston — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:43:41 -0800

Throughout the world, El Mac's grand spraypaint portraits combine with RETNA's cryptic, hieroglyphic language to create stunning murals.

The next level of street art

Old'n'Busted — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:56:10 -0800

Generally, the Arts & Design section of the New York Times talks about reviews, gallery openings, ballet performances, open-air concerts, and the latest violin virtuoso. But sometimes art isn't in museums, galleries, parks, or on the sides of buildings - it’s where you can’t go. In the abandoned and uncompleted underground passageways of the New York Metro, there is an exclusive we-can’t-tell-you-where gallery of 103 artworks. Murals, tags, and graffiti, not unlike what we see on the sides of boxcars that we stare mindlessly at as the train goes through the railroad crossing. While some feel that this is just simple vandalism, others praise it as mainstream avant-garde art - certainly got Bansky some extra work. Even primitive cave dwellers did it, and we view their works today as important cultural artifacts. Getting down into the area to see these artworks - which are not for sale, and not advertised who they are by - is harrowing, to say the least. The dangers range from simple rats to physical harm and death - if you get hurt, there is nobody coming to save you. The Transit Authority takes an obvious dim view of people going into these areas, and promises to prosecute anyone caught, either to add to the art or to just view it.

Reading is FunDOGmental!

miss lynnster — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:51:47 -0800

Poor, poor Wiley the dog. One Spring day, she got out of her yard and wandered aimlessly for a while. Wanting to help the lost animal find some direction, some vandals thoughtfully spray-painted her. Tragically, poor Wiley has since had to admit her painful secret to the world. She isn't lite rate. Forced to admit her shameful problem, hopefully she'll get some help.

The Creation in Krylon

madamjujujive — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:26:45 -0800

Paco Rosic is nearing completion of a one-half scale replica of the Sistine Chapel in Waterloo, Iowa - all painted with about 2,000 cans of spray paint.

What's your tag?

jontyjago — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:54:48 -0800

VandalSquad Always fancied yourself as a "Writer" but don't want to get covered in paint or arrested? This download allows you to deface a train wagon to your hearts content and then upload it to a gallery. Not the real thing but as close as most of us will ever get...