Super Sprayer

1. Gimpy_Leg
   February 11th, 2008 at 11:32 am

   I just got back from Mexico and there were a ton of street artists throughout Playa Del Carmen who did this exact thing. Can't imagine the EPA would approve of all the aerosol cans.

2. biltmore
   February 11th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

   Wow, that was awesome.

3. jenjen
   February 11th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

   There was a guy using a similar technique in Vegas and the fumes were unbelievable even yards away. Like this guy, the artist I watched had no protective gear, no gloves, no mask. I can't even imagine the state of his lungs.

4. nick80
   February 11th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

   While cool, I saw this on the street in London many, many years ago... then again in Paris several times, New York, Chicago, etc.

   This is not new or unique, regardless of how interesting it may be.

5. Indie
   February 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   Nick80:
   Yeah, but who claimed that it was new or unique?

6. VonSkippy
   February 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

   Obviously the paint fumes has rotted the guys mind.

   Proof?

   He uses a Hotmail account for his "business".

7. joo
   February 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

   hey! look at me! i'm also making unnecessary curmudgeony and critical remarks about something interesting!
   yeah!

8. Peter
   February 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

   Eh, go to Venice beach in California and you see like at least 10 of these guys lined up

9. MrsBug
   February 11th, 2008 at 3:06 pm

   That was enjoyable. I couldn't do it myself, regardless of how many other people can, so I appreciate his talent.

10. Nate Deviate
    February 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    new or not, i really liked to see the process... Who cares if its been done... this guy seems to do it rather well.

11. Erik
    February 11th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

    I was gonna say what everyone else already said. First, get a mask and second, I've seen this kind of painting done many, many times in open-air touristy spots where street performers and the like tend to congregate. No, it's not unique and it's not innovative either. I know I could never make one, but how difficult could those paintings be to make if street hustlers are able to churn out a bunch each day?

12. mark
    February 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    I really don't feel like this is art. Art asks questions, pushes boundaries, and provokes thought. This is like kitschy tourist memorabilia.

13. Louie
    February 11th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    I agree with "mark". It's kitch. It's not impressive. The show he puts on in creating it is certainly fun so it might have some interest as performance art, but nothing he's doing is all that interesting or even very difficult.

14. L.C.
    February 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    Jesus frikin christ people. If you all are so great, show us.

15. Paul
    February 11th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    That is talent. It took me by surprise when I noticed it turning into something.

16. Thespian24601
    February 11th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    Yeah, I'm an amateur spray paint artist myself, and one of the first things that I tried out was this. It's not that hard. However, if he moved away from just planets (which is what his site mainly consists of) and used more stencils and different materials such as other paints, charcoals, pencils, etc. he might go somewhere. But this is pretty easy to do.

17. TheSquid
    February 11th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    snore

18. Cody Marx Bailey
    February 11th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    There was a guy just like this in Austin for about 7 or 8 years (possibly longer) that did it outside a tattoo shop on 6th street. It was novel the first time I saw it, but then it became a real pain in the ass every time I would take a friend to 6th to go drinking. We'd have to sit there for 12-15 minutes watching some space painting come together with the rest of the tourists... gak.

19. Patricio
    February 11th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    A great investment since he's gonna die real soon of lung cancer!

20. natalie
    February 11th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    Respirators are wonderful.

21. Geekazoid
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:27 am

    Cool! At least it's not yet another musical reproduction of super mario brothers, on common household items rescued from the salvation army dumpster, part eighteen. Very talented.

22. Christophe
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:55 am

    Woah
    *speechless on*

23. Rohin
    February 12th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Um, there is no evidence I know of to link aerosol fumes to lung cancer. Indeed aerosol delivery is one of the hotly researched methods of delivering potential cancer cures.

    I fall in the 'so what if it's easy or old, it's still cool' camp. I don't agree with you Mark (12), who says art has to be any of those things?

24. Algonkin
    February 12th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    Just for the record folks, he does use a respirator and wears it when he's indoors.

25. Nathan
    February 12th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Breathtaking? This is certainly not art. I'm surprised that he doesn't include a wizard and a dragon in the painting.

26. kanburry
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    lots of people do this, not such a big deal, if your not a tourist. Good way to make money though. And even if he is outside he should still definitely wear a mask, even if just the ones that cover your mouth, they cost like 2$.

27. kanburry
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    oh ya, and there are much better versions of this art on the street btw...

28. heather
    February 12th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    That's...wow. Just wow. Good thing he did it outside, the fumes probably inspired the far-out theme lol.

29. Sammy
    February 16th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    Cody Marx Bailey:

    I saw that guy in Austin, and yes I was a touristy type and yes, I bought a painting. He did a sailing ship in front of planet in blue, white black and silver if I remember right.It was the first time I'd seen it done and found it interesting at the time. I kept the painting only a short time, because we'd made the mistake of rolling it into a tube before it was fully dry. It stuck to itself a bit and was slightly damaged on unrolling at home.

    Thanks for bringing back up that memory...

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