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[24 May 2009 | No Comment | ]
A gallery of Sweet Toof graffiti pictures in London

Sweet Toof is a really vibrant graffiti artist whose work keeps popping up in various shapes and sizes. The work is mainly focused around weird looking creatures with funny gummy teeth, like the sweets you get in penny mix ups!
More recently, Sweet Toof work has been branching into more bizarre realms, including ice lollies and sweet characters sandwiched in between giant sets of gnashers and teeth.
Sweet Toof is one of my personal favourites because new pieces appear regularly. The bright and bold colours mean that Sweet Toof’s work is easy …

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A gallery of Snub graffiti pictures in London

Some of the above photos were taken by annar_50 and can you can find out which ones on flickr
Snub is one of my all time favourite graffiti artists because the work incorporates a great deal of themes and images that I am particularly fond of, namely manga inspired images robots and cubism.
The Snub pieces are often quite small and stencil based, but has been branching out into larger wall pieces, which use futuristic images and components such as robot masks and sci-fi styled technology on vivid colour palettes. Manga and …

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A gallery of Space Invaders graffiti pictures in London

Some of the above photos were taken by annar_50 and can you can find out which ones on flickr
The Space Invader group of artists create cute little creatures based on classic eighties computer games and are the ‘where’s Wally’ of the graffiti world. Painstakingly made in ceramic tile mosaics, these small pieces are scattered throughout all major cities in the world. Their global domination can be tracked on their website too.
The pieces are modelled around characters included in classic and retro computer games, from titles such as Space Invaders and …

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A gallery of Obey graffiti pictures in London

Obey has become more of a global brand than a specific graffiti artist and his work, images and iconography have become synonymous with politic agendas and anti-war ideals. Obey artwork received a particular boost in relation to the Obama administration election drive, in which icons of Barack Obama were emblazoned across national television and world wide media.
Obey pieces often feature major political figures or instantly recognisable historical icons, such as Chinese revolutionaries, gas mask wearing mercenaries and propaganda styled soldiers. The posters which Obey produce are often in extremely large …

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A gallery of Mike Marcus graffiti pictures in London

Mike Marcus has been creating gas mask clad ladies for a while now. These paper and paste up graffiti formats spring up in the most popular of places around London and don’t seem to last too long.
As the pieces are made from degradable paper and card they don’t age well, and also because they are placed in tourist areas such as around Tottenham Court Road they get torn down or removed extremely quickly.
This is a shame because they are quite eerie and appear like urban ghosts poking around the corners …

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A gallery of Banksy graffiti pictures in London

Banksy is one of the most notorious of graffiti artists. Whenever new Banksy work appears, it always seem to create a media frenzy. This is partially due to the fact that Banksy’s work is often political and controversial.
Graffiti by Banksy is mainly in the stencil format but does occasionally appear in differing styles. Although Banksy does create graffiti in different sizes using different subject matters and themes - a Banksy piece is always instantly recognisable.
Due to the infamy of Banksy, nowadays most new pieces that appear seem to disappear pretty …

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A gallery of Dface graffiti pictures in London

Dface has become more of a brand than an individual artist and Dface pieces have been known to pop up in so many formats and variations, it appears they could be mass produced. Perhaps the work is longer that of one person but produced by willing volunteers and plastered all over major cities.
There are still a few less spotted pieces around the Hackney area of London and within the tight back alleys of Shoreditch.
Again, Dface has become similar to Banksy in the fact that the logo, icons …

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A gallery of East London Graffiti pictures gallery

This section and gallery is not specifically restricted to particular artists but instead covers the popular graffiti grounds of East London. As the street art landscape is ever changing in this part of London, hopefully the images seen here will grow over time.
One of the main aims of this section is to document past graffiti pieces, which were not up for that long in the hopes that the work and effort people have put into them is gone but not forgotten.
East London is a vibrant hub of art and a …