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Old Posted Nov 28, 2011, 12:16 AM
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Here's some illegal graffiti underneath a bridge here in London. If buffed, this graffiti would likely return in a few short months (as you can see by the roller marks top left, it's been painted at least once). It's fairly average graffiti, nothing special, but it does add a nice splash of colour to an otherwise gloomy area. Should the city be pouring resources into a money-pit like under this bridge? Paying a worker to paint over this graffiti, only to have it innevitably return later that year. As you can see, once the graffiti begins to age people will eventually paint over it again, continuing the cycle. Wouldn't the money the city is spending cleaning bridges like this be better spent helping out a store owner who doesn't like graffiti and was just vandalized?


Source - CantThinkOfDopeName


Here's a legal wall in one London's back alleys just off of Richmond and King. As you can see, there's a lot more effort given to the pieces in this alley since it was completely legal. The artists were allowed to take their time and work in the light of day. This alley was a terrible mess before this mural (see the remnants of tags on the bricks above the mural?) If these building owners had chosen to go with buffing the old graffiti, tags and messy work would have absolutely resurfaced. Instead, they provided some spray paint and the artists happily did the rest.


[URL=http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndtphotos/] Source - Natasha Diane Photography

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Here's an interesting little progression of a London artist that goes by Wade. He's been around for about ten years and is known for drawing female characters around downtown. The first image is of the back of my building. The rooftops are interesting since they have the most varying quality. There are people who paint up here to practice and be out of the spotlight (see the repetition of the pink piece on the left), but there are artists who come up here to do amazing pieces as well. Wade also did some practicing up here as you can see. With those two female characters being some of his earliest to my knowledge.


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The second picture here is pretty self-explanatory. The dude's obviously become much better controlling his can and has added at least five colours to this piece. It's also at ground level in an alley where more people can see it.


Source - Mike Wood Photography


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Anyhow, great responses so far, guys.
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