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Tom Bob is a street artist known for transforming ordinary urban objects into imaginative and playful works of art. His creations reimagine elements like pipes, poles, and manholes as colorful characters that bring humor and surprise to city streets. Describing his creative process,

Tom explains that each object guides his vision, saying it often feels like revealing what was already hidden inside, much like Michelangelo’s approach to sculpture. During the Covid lockdown, he explored cities around the world through Google Maps, collecting hundreds of ideas from objects he found online. While not every piece is approved, he continues to create wherever possible, valuing the open and inclusive spirit of street art. For Tom, this form of public expression represents the most democratic and influential art movement of the past two decades.

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    Before and after images of urban whimsy by Tom Bob, showing a plain wall corner transformed into a colorful boot mural.

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    Angela Corvaia
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My HOA would have a heart attack

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    Street art by Tom Bob showing urban whimsy with a robot holding a smiling flower, transforming ordinary wall fixtures.

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    Ashley Deane
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lmao why is he holding the flower that way??

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    Green pipe transformed into a whimsical caterpillar with snail shell urban art on a textured orange wall by Tom Bob.

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    Side-by-side images showing Tom Bob’s urban whimsy transforming a plain utility box into a colorful cartoon vehicle mural.

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    Side-by-side images showing Tom Bob’s urban whimsy transforming a rusty ramp into a colorful mouse and cheese street art scene.

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    Side-by-side images of an ordinary dining nook transformed with Tom Bob’s urban whimsy featuring green aliens wearing baseball caps.

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    Industrial machine in a plain room transformed by Tom Bob’s urban whimsy with a colorful cartoon cat painted on its doors.

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    WindySwede
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should be in the one with the pets photographed on a glas table?

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    Urban whimsy street art by Tom Bob creatively transforms a parking rack pipe into a colorful snake on a blue brick wall.

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    Before and after images of street art transformation by Tom Bob, turning an ordinary urban fixture into colorful urban whimsy.

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    Wall corner transformed with urban whimsy by Tom Bob, turning ordinary objects into creative street art figures.

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    Side-by-side images showing a plain wall and Tom Bob’s urban whimsy mural transforming it with colorful street art.

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    Ashley Deane
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh! This is definitely my favorite so far!!!

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    Urban whimsy by Tom Bob showing a colorful snake sculpture and creative pipe art transforming ordinary street corners.

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    Urban whimsy by Tom Bob featuring creative street art transforming ordinary urban spaces into extraordinary scenes.

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    Parking garage corner before and after Tom Bob’s urban whimsy art transforms a security camera with colorful design.

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    Pedestrian traffic sign transformed into urban whimsy art showing a girl holding an axe by Tom Bob.

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    Anne Roberts
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch out! Lizzie Borden is on the loose! 🪓

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    Parking bump creatively transformed into a whimsical centipede with painted eyes, legs, and a forked red tongue in urban whimsy style.

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