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A yo-yoer, artist, and video maker in San Francisco. I'm using this account to post photos of street art and graffiti I see around San Francisco. Main account […] [bridged from https://pixelfed.social/DocPop on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Spotted this art on Mission Street. The plants and flowers were recently removed from here, but this flower art (made from a sheet of metal) is pretty rad. #SFGraffiyi #graffiti

A piece of sheet metal that has been cut into the shape of a flower and placed into a patch of dirt near a small tree. The metal-flower has been painted green and purple and has a stem, as if it’s growing from the dirt.

Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Spotted this “Invader” inspired mosaic on Castro street today. #sfgraffiti #graffiti

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Using generative AI to make a poster about the dangers of surveillance capitalism seems like an odd choice. #sfgraffiti #graffiti

A brown poster with black line art on it that looks like it might be letterpressed. The art is of an Uncle Sam type character who is pointing at the viewer. Text on the poster says "Palantir is categorizing. Kontrl you." On closer look it's obvious that the image isn't silkscreened, but is the result of generative AI. Which also explains the weird spelling errors and other odd details.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

"Fuck ICE" spotted on 24th street. Art by VisionsCollage. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #collage #stickerslaps

Two USPS Priority Mail labels stuck together to make one large sticker. An artist has written "Fuck ICE" to the stickers using donut-shaped letters. The letters look like glazed donuts with sprinkles, but in the shape of letters like "I", "C", "E", etc.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Tags and stickers by Remio (aka Remy). Remio often draws cute characters based on the way they draw their "R"s. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #Remio

A large piece by Remio painted on the side of a building. It says "Remy" in a retro graffiti style, in pink, puprle, and red. Remio also draw a large cat character with just two legs, this cat is drawn in a shape that Remio often uses when drawing an R. That's why the cat only has two legs.

Another piece by Remio on the side of an abandoned building. It says "Remy".

A Remio sticker on a poster. It shows a character wearing sunglasses. The shape of the sticker is inspired by the way Remio draws an "R".

Another one of Remio's characters, loosely shaped like an "R", this character looks like a grumpy devil, with two legs, but no arms.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

New installation by "Art Not Ads" on Mission St. This collective reclaims spaces that have been covered by ads. #artnotads #sfgraffiti #graffiti #collage

A photo that shows two walls on the side of an abandoned grocery store. The walls are usually covered with wheatpasted ads, but several artists have covered over these ads with cute collage art. There's a large cat collage on the left, and a dozen different posters and collage pieces on the right.

A closer look at a collage of a cat wearing a dress and shoes. The cat is surrounded by butterflies, with text nearby that says "The only monarchs we need"

Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

A few Mayor Lurie stickers spotted in the Mission. Lurie is the Mayor of San Francisco who posts videos promoting brands like Labubu, Waymo, and Coinbase, but he hasn't said anything about the ICE raids and kidnappings in the city. #WhereIsMayorLurie #sfgraffiti #graffiti

A white sticker on a street post. The sticker says "Trump's using ICE to terrorize our city. Where is Mayor Lurie? #WhereIsMayorLurie" and it has a photo of Daniel Lurie with dotted lines drawn around him, as if you can cut out the image.

A sticker that says "Where is Mayor Lurie" and shows a photo of Daniel Lurie.

Several polical stickers on a post. One shows a photo of Daniel Lurie and Donald Trump with text that says "Lurie is a billionaire who based his campaign around being a businessman rather than politician. Who else did that?"
Another sticker says "Get high, Don't Die, Fuck Daniel Lurie."
The stickers are white text on black background and all stuck on a street sign post on Valencia St in San Francisco.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

I don’t know who the artist is, but I really love these cricut stickers in the Mission. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #cricut

A pink vinyl sticker that is cut into intricate lines, creating and abstract and detailed shape. It is stuck to a metal post.

A set of whites vinyl stickers on a street post. Each one is cut intricately and appears in unique but abstract shapes. There are four of these stickers, each one is different.

A back vinyl sticker on a utility box. It is cut intricately, probably using a cricut machine, but the shape is abstract. Some of the bal lines have been replaced with yellow lines of the same size. So it’s a mix of black and yellow vinyl.

A pink vinyl sticker on a post. It is actually a bunch of interacted small pieces of sticker that have been cut up and applied to this post. The final shape is a series of squares and fine straight lines.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Hack the planet. Spotted on Mission St. #sfgraffiti #graffiti

Graffiti of a floppy disk with text that says "Hack the planet". The graffiti is in black marker or paint on a white wall.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Two tile mosaics spotted in the Mission. Artist unknown, but it gives Invader vibes. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #mosaic #invader

A mosaic of dark green and light green tiles glued to a wall illegally. It forms the shape of a spaceship from the old Space Invaders game.

Another mosaic of mostly green tiles. This one is also illegally glued to a wall, but it has a shape that looks like the Pi symbol, or maybe a part of Stonehenge?

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

A mosaic in the Mission. Artist unknown. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #mosaic

A mosiac of a cute white cat doing a jumpkick. The mosaic is made of mostly white 1" tiles and affixed to a wall near other graffiti. The art style looks pixelated and retro.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

"Hex Trump". Slap sticker spotted in the Mission District. I thought this was stenciled at first, but the white around the black letters has me second guessing that. Maybe the artist scanned an old Priority Mail label (from 2013) and added the black text and […]

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A sticker that says "Hex Trump". It looks like it was written wth spray paint and a stencil on top of a Priority Mail label, but I think it's actually a printed sticker.

Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

Cool #sculpture spotted in Balmy Alley. I can't tell how it was made, but it seems too smooth to be 3D printed. Possibly cast in a mold? I really like it. #sfgraffiti #graffiti

A small sculpture affixed to a wall in an alley. It looks like a monster's face, with a big, wide smile and big teeth. The material is a mix of yellow and red materials that look like clay or plastic. Along with the cute expression, what stands out is the raised surfaces all along the creature's face, creating wrinkles that sort of look like a labyrinthine maze.

Another view of the sculpture from a different angle, with a finger nearby to provide scale. The sculpture is about 4 inches wide.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

"No laws. No rules. No authority. Only Crom."
Sticker by the legendary Crom that parodies the Comics Code Authority logo. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #crom

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

I love cool slaps like this. Collage art by VisionsCollage on USPS labels. #stickerslaps #sfgraffiti #graffiti

Two USPS priority mail labels stuck side by side to make a bigger label. On top are cut up pieces of photos that create a collage of a person with a wild expression on their face.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d

New piece by Trafik in the Mission. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #Trafik

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 7

Spotted a piece by Sapien in Toxic Tire Beach. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #homosapiens

A large graffiti piece on a wall near a non-public beach. The art says "Sape" and is by an artist named Sapien. It is colorful and slightly retro, with each letter depicted in a different graffiti style. The bottom of the graffiti is art depicting two dogs mating.

A closer view of the graffiti. This is a closeup of the painting of two dogs mating.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 6

Spotted this art hung up near Pier 70. It appears to be cut from wood and attached with strong epic. I think the blue tape was used to hold it up while it cures and just hasn’t been removed yet. #sfgraffiti #graffiti

A piece of art illegally attached to the back of a stop sign. It is art that looks like a man with his tongue sticking out. He is wearing a motorcycle helmet.

Another photo of the art that shows how high up it is. It’s about 9 feet up.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 6

Graffiti pieces up at 19th and Mission in San Francisco. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #MagicAcrosticSquare

Large graffiti piece that says “Ice Can End”. It’s written like an acrostic square, meaning it can be read left to right or top to bottom and still say the same thing.

A large graffiti style mural that says “Migrantes Valientes”. I think the name is a reference to a graffiti themed publication of the same name that uses visual art to tell the stories of immigrants.

A large graffiti tag that says “Konami”. It is colorful, but mostly shades of blue on a. Red background.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 28

“Resist for those who can’t”. Hand embroidered flier on 24th Street in S.F. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #protestart

A piece of white fabric, about the size of a sheet of paper, with “resist for those who can’t” embroidered in a very simple style. Beneath those words is text that says “Posting date 8/2/2025. Event ends when Trump input of office”. This text is written in Sharpie.

A closer look at the embroidered “resist” text.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

A small graffiti sketch made with a Pentel Presto whiteout pen. Spotted on Four Barrel’s parklet on Valencia. #sfgraffiti #graffiti

Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 21

Large mural in progress by Ongo on Wiese St in the Mission. #OngoSF SFGraffiti #graffiti

A large mural on Wiese St. The mural is of Ongo’s graffiti character, which is a short man with a large Andy Warhol style wig and glasses with spirals on the lenses, like he is hypnotizing you.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 21

Rock Man and Proto Man in the Mission. #sfgraffiti #graffiti #megaman

A large graffiti piece by two different artists. I can’t read their names, but they are both very colorful and well made. The mural is very wide, with a painting of Proto Man on the left and Mega Man on the right.

A closer look at the Proto Man drawing in an alley as part of a large graffiti mural.

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Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 17

Tags by Guez and Ola the Barbarian, on an old Mission Street storefront. Guez draws a dog character and Ola draws a viking inspired barbarian. #sfgraffiti #OlaTheBarbarian #guez

A glass door on an empty storefront. The door is covered with graffiti, including a drawing of a pitbull with a very thick metallic marker. Next to it are several drawings of a simplistic barbarian character. Then there is a bubble letter tag that says "Guez".

Doctor Popular @docpop.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 11

"Life never ends!"
Art by Matsu, spotted around the Mission District in San Francisco. #sfgraffiti #stickerslaps #graffiti #matsu

Graffiti on a post, drawn in white paint using a Pentel Presto correction pen. It shows a mushroom with Xs over its eyes, showing it is no longer alive. Text above the drawing says "Life Never Ends". This is drawn in Matsu's style and is a mushroom character the artist uses frequently.

A graffiti sticker on a wall above a urinal. The sticker is a drawing of two mushrooms, with silly happy faces. The mushrooms are saying "Life never ends!". There are many other stickers on the wall, including a hand drawn sticker by Neckface that has been scrapped off.

A printed sticker by Matsu that shows three of his mushroom characters. Some look dead, some look sad, some look dead. Text on the sticker says "Life never ends".

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