I Am In This World But Not Of It

A cool portrait sketch from Dre at the corner of Melrose and Fairfax.

At the bottom it says 'I Am In This World But Not Of It'.

Dig it~

The Dude on the Other Side

On the other side of the same pillar, is another graffiti portrait.  This one is of a bearded dude.

Not sure who this artist is, but seriously impressive life-like renderings with black and white spray cans.

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Black and White Portraits

Black and white graffiti portraits riding on the pillars at Venice Beach.

Here are two heads.  Dig the style.  Great technique and can control

Bleeding Eye Tribute

Tribute portrait in downtown LA.  Think its for Henry Adame(?).

The dripping black eyes were probably not part of the original, but impressive art skills on the piece itself.

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The Street Art in LA Is So Sexy, It Gives the Palm Trees Boners

The street art is so sexy in Los Angeles, that it even gives boners to the palm trees.

Like here.  Dig this beautiful mural from Sonata on the backside of the Branded Arts Complex in Culver City.  The detail and rendering is quite impressive.  Framed by two long straight palm trees like boners.

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Jules Muck

Jules Muck paints a series of faces in signature green along a home front wall in Venice Beach.

Featuring portraits of both celebrities and people of the city.  Click the jump for more.

Grinning Grimace

This graffiti portrait portrays a dude with a grinning grimace.  Is he angry? or about to start laughing?

Not sure, but there are shout outs to the CBS, UTI and DCT crews.

Exist

Cool graffiti portrait next to a burner from Exist.

Like High Def is to Richer Than Life, So is Smug One Graffiti

HD TV is hyped as being 'uber-realistic', that is, more loaded with content and color and pop, that the final effect is even more sensational than real life.

The same could be said for Smug One's graffiti.  Its like a portrait, just cooler in all the right ways.

Click the jump to see more close up shots of Smug One's portrait of Dytch CBS in Los Angeles.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame Street Art

One cool street art feature about Hollywood, is that many of the businesses along the Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame have murals of famous big screen stars on the shutters out front.

Here is a giant feature of 15 pics capturing the famous faces on Hollywood Blvd.  Click the jump to check out everyone from Kermit the Frog to Tupac to Dean Martin.

Dcypher - Mad Graffiti Scientist

Dcypher CBS is a graffiti scientist brewing up amazing concoctions, like this burner portrait of a mad scientist on Melrose.

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Street Art Self Portrait

M&F Editor in Chief got caught up in a reflection for a street art self portrait.

Dig the doubled up images.

In front of some graffiti bombs found behind Fairfax.

Smug Portrait

A smug looking graffiti portrait in Miami.

From Omen(?) VC EM.

Teacher's Self Portrait - Monumental

Teacher has been painting an ongoing fine art series of street pieces alongside wild animals, and Teacher just painted his own self portrait.

The other portraits Teacher has painted have focused on actual street pieces.  And while Teacher has not actually painted on the Washington Monument, Teacher has deep ties to DC and the political world, having painted inside the Pentagon.

It is said that people judge each other based on what other's have accomplished, but we judge ourselves based on the potential we believe have.  If that is true, you can see that Teacher's potential is nothing short of monumental.

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El Mac Paints a Portait

El Mac is one of the most talented graffiti artists on the planet.

Absolutely love his portraits, like this one of Kobe Bryant on Pico.


***Update--This is not Kobe but a tribute to Verse LTS.  Thanks for the information in the comments***

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