Whatever your relationship with graffiti art is, you can't argue that creative graffiti will always catch your attention. Beautiful vandalism, we may call it. Don't get us wrong, graffiti tags done with zero effort and consideration do spoil the city's overall image. Even worse when done on memorial sites and tombstones.
However, creative street art (especially done with permission and planning) can make the city even more appealing. Actually, beautiful graffiti art can boost the value of properties in an area! Hence, although we see more pros than cons in graffiti art, too many nuances in society will keep creative graffiti art under the controversial subject umbrella. Nonetheless, thanks to Banksy, who brought prompt attention to street art and showcased that amazing graffiti art can breathe life into the streets, cool street art is now viewed more as a way for people to express themselves rather than vandalism. To be fair, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody and sends a good message, we are all for cool graffiti art.
Below, we've compiled some creative graffiti tags, mostly found on Reddit's Graffiti subreddit and Instagram, that rejuvenate the idea that bare monolith walls are bo-ring! As always, upvote the entries you liked the most and share your thoughts in the comments regarding whether you view graffiti as an expression of art or mischief.
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Disturbingly Realistic Graffiti
Clean New Piece By Ben Johnson Toronto, CA
Don't Know Who Or Where, But I Like It
Day Off Activities. What Do You Guys Think?
Abandoned DDR Hospital Near Berlin, Germany
Nexer
Discovered This Masterpiece In The Middle Of Nowhere
Aches Paints And Blends So Clean That It Looks Like A Graphic Design Piece
A Wall Full Of Anime Graffiti I Spotted On A Street In Port Louis. Glad To Know There's Enough Otakus In Mauritius!
Somewhere Along The Train Tracks In The Netherlands
No Brain No Ego Jellyfish, Me For Scale
must also have banana. to scale you (edit: i spelled banana wrong)
I Will Travel Across The Land Infecting Far And Wide, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Eyes On The Wall
Vandals On A Dutch Train
Hit Up A Legal Wall Today For Some Spray Practice
Simpsons Wall
I know there's things to be read in there but extremely hard to read. Other than that it's pretty cool
Creative Graffiti
A blast of colour and texture in front of the bland vanilla boxes.
Found This While Trucking
The Dopest Doom Wall I've Seen So Far. It's Pretty Fresh. I Took This Pic About 3 Days After It Went Up, Denver
One Of The Illest Graffiti Writers I Know, Rime Of MSK/KCW From Perth Amboy, NJ
Nottingham
Painted This Fella On A Legal Wall Today
First Wall I’ve Painted Since Becoming A Mum
1UP in Lisbon
Colina Del Sol, San Diego
