With a massive following both online and offline, San Miguel has gained attention thanks to his colorful murals, which can be seen on buildings and objects across the world in countries like India, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, and Spain.

“I came from painting in the streets with spray-paint and to this day it’s what I feel most comfortable with, so murals were just a natural progression,” he explained in an interview with UDesign. “It’s a quick way to make a big difference to the space around you.”

According to San Miguel, through his work, he hopes to contribute to making incremental improvements to our society. The importance of his work is to change the world around him, from transforming the grey concrete into something full of life to adding color to people’s lives.

“Art must be present in public spaces constantly and my mission is to transform these spaces in a way that passing through them is an enjoyable experience,” he writes on his website. “I aim at converting the monochromatic concrete structures and buildings into vibrant places that are filled with color and positivity, helping and hoping to change the lives of people. I want people to stop looking at the pavement and start looking up and around.”

In the process of making an artwork for a public space, San Miguel considers the surroundings first. “I love to play with and integrate the architecture on which I work with my own creation,” he writes on his website.

Aside from graffiti, other sources of inspiration include music, fashion, cinema, and the city itself. The end result, often categorized as Pop Surrealism, is a well-shaken cocktail of all these elements.

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“I got into visual arts through watching Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, and various cartoons through the 80’s,” said Rodriguez in an interview with Highlark Magazine. “I also used to stare at all the album covers in my uncle’s record collection.”

But it wasn’t until he was introduced to graffiti that he fully embraced his creative side. Based out of San José, California, Rodriguez learned the basis to his art through the graffiti scene, and later decided to expand his studies by pursuing a Bachelor in Fine Arts at California College of the Arts. “My eventual introduction to graffiti was what really shot up my passion,” he admits.

These days, his work relies on both his formal and unformal training, with most of his work a mixture between portrait art and street art. His practice includes two types of portraiture styles, to which he refers to as Topographical Portraiture and Type Faces.

The Topographical Portraits are created by stylizing a portrait with topographical lines and shapes, in a similar manner to those found through images on geographical maps. The Type Faces, on the other hand, incorporate typography and portraiture.

Though Rodriguez might have started out with his work exhibited in the street, these days his work is presented within more formal settings, which include public art spaces, museums, companies, galleries, and editorial publications. And with some 50,000 followers on Instagram, he’s one to watch out for!

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Odeith is a 41-years-old street artist from Portugal. His first encounter with street art was back in the ’90s when the scene had just started to develop in his hometown. Back then it was still considered less of an art and more of a punkish, childish behavior, but Odeith was intrigued. The idea of getting his art out there, on the street, and using his urban environment as a canvass fascinated him. He started out with simple sketches and was hooked.

Odeith became a full-time street artist specializing in realistic 3D paintings. He covered the streets with incredible drawings of huge birds and marine animals. Thanks to him and to others like him, people started to realize that graffiti doesn’t have to be vandalism and that street art is a great way to make the grey urban landscape beautiful and cheerful. Today, Odeith is a well-respected artist. Cities and private companies commission his work to make their simple brick wall into gorgeous jungles and oceans.

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Of course, there is a deeper meaning to Keyes’ work, since he also tries to send a message about the relationship of humans towards nature.

“Are there things and places that graffiti should not be? Who is to say what surface is to be kept graffiti clean? My personal concern is that this will be a reality some day and speaks to a larger issue of our relationship with the natural world. The satellite and space graffiti hints that even if we colonize other worlds, what mark will we leave? No matter where we go there is evidence of our presence.” – said Keyes in one of his recent interviews.

Let’s check out some of his works below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjWv_xWFw74/?taken-by=joshkeyes.art

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With a massive following both online and offline, San Miguel has gained attention thanks to his colorful murals, which can be seen on buildings and objects across the world in countries like India, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, and Spain.

“I came from painting in the streets with spray-paint and to this day it’s what I feel most comfortable with, so murals were just a natural progression,” he explained in an interview with UDesign. “It’s a quick way to make a big difference to the space around you.”

According to San Miguel, through his work, he hopes to contribute to making incremental improvements to our society. The importance of his work is to change the world around him, from transforming the grey concrete into something full of life to adding color to people’s lives.

“Art must be present in public spaces constantly and my mission is to transform these spaces in a way that passing through them is an enjoyable experience,” he writes on his website. “I aim at converting the monochromatic concrete structures and buildings into vibrant places that are filled with color and positivity, helping and hoping to change the lives of people. I want people to stop looking at the pavement and start looking up and around.”

In the process of making an artwork for a public space, San Miguel considers the surroundings first. “I love to play with and integrate the architecture on which I work with my own creation,” he writes on his website.

Aside from graffiti, other sources of inspiration include music, fashion, cinema, and the city itself. The end result, often categorized as Pop Surrealism, is a well-shaken cocktail of all these elements.

The post Okuda San Miguel Transforms Concrete Structures Into Vibrant Works of Art appeared first on https://everydaymonkey.com.

“I got into visual arts through watching Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, and various cartoons through the 80’s,” said Rodriguez in an interview with Highlark Magazine. “I also used to stare at all the album covers in my uncle’s record collection.”

But it wasn’t until he was introduced to graffiti that he fully embraced his creative side. Based out of San José, California, Rodriguez learned the basis to his art through the graffiti scene, and later decided to expand his studies by pursuing a Bachelor in Fine Arts at California College of the Arts. “My eventual introduction to graffiti was what really shot up my passion,” he admits.

These days, his work relies on both his formal and unformal training, with most of his work a mixture between portrait art and street art. His practice includes two types of portraiture styles, to which he refers to as Topographical Portraiture and Type Faces.

The Topographical Portraits are created by stylizing a portrait with topographical lines and shapes, in a similar manner to those found through images on geographical maps. The Type Faces, on the other hand, incorporate typography and portraiture.

Though Rodriguez might have started out with his work exhibited in the street, these days his work is presented within more formal settings, which include public art spaces, museums, companies, galleries, and editorial publications. And with some 50,000 followers on Instagram, he’s one to watch out for!

The post Deconstructing a Portrait: Samuel Rodriguez’s Graffiti-Inspired Art appeared first on https://everydaymonkey.com.

Odeith is a 41-years-old street artist from Portugal. His first encounter with street art was back in the ’90s when the scene had just started to develop in his hometown. Back then it was still considered less of an art and more of a punkish, childish behavior, but Odeith was intrigued. The idea of getting his art out there, on the street, and using his urban environment as a canvass fascinated him. He started out with simple sketches and was hooked.

Odeith became a full-time street artist specializing in realistic 3D paintings. He covered the streets with incredible drawings of huge birds and marine animals. Thanks to him and to others like him, people started to realize that graffiti doesn’t have to be vandalism and that street art is a great way to make the grey urban landscape beautiful and cheerful. Today, Odeith is a well-respected artist. Cities and private companies commission his work to make their simple brick wall into gorgeous jungles and oceans.

The post This Artist’s Canvass is Your Street appeared first on https://everydaymonkey.com.

Of course, there is a deeper meaning to Keyes’ work, since he also tries to send a message about the relationship of humans towards nature.

“Are there things and places that graffiti should not be? Who is to say what surface is to be kept graffiti clean? My personal concern is that this will be a reality some day and speaks to a larger issue of our relationship with the natural world. The satellite and space graffiti hints that even if we colonize other worlds, what mark will we leave? No matter where we go there is evidence of our presence.” – said Keyes in one of his recent interviews.

Let’s check out some of his works below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjWv_xWFw74/?taken-by=joshkeyes.art

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