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He has been creating the stikman figures that he is best known for since the 1990s. [2] [4] [5] These are usually made of yellow linoleum-like pavement marking tape that becomes embedded in the asphalt over time, [6] [7] The artist places the figures, most frequently on crosswalks, [8] without any direct indication of authorship.
Stik, stylised as STIK, [1] is a British graffiti artist based in London. [2] [3] Born in 1979, with no formal art school training, Stik is known for painting large stick figures that are six-lines, and two-dot figures. [4]
Mark Machado, better known as Mister Cartoon or more commonly just Cartoon or Toon, is an American tattoo artist and graffiti artist based in Los Angeles, California.He has been described by the New York Times as an "instrumental figure in the Los Angeles hip-hop scene" [5] and by the BBC as "one of the greatest living tattoo artists in the US". [6]
Cartoon and comic book characters were drawn in the earliest modern graffiti pieces on New York Subway. [4] [5] Characters by Vaughn Bodē, such a cheech wizard, were especially common. [11] Bodēs characters are still popular with graffiti artists today considered a significant part of graffiti culture and history.
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. [1] His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". [2]
Bodē has a huge following among graffiti artists and his work can often be seen replicated in the world of street art. [8] As the original New York graffiti train writers (such as DONDI) chose to replicate his characters, images from his work have remained popular throughout the history of graffiti. [3] His son Mark Bodé is also an artist ...
Dare (graffiti artist) (1968-2010) real name Sigi (Siegfried) von Koeding, was a Swiss graffiti artist and curator Harald Naegeli (born December 4, 1939) – known as the "Sprayer of Zurich" after the graffiti he sprayed in the late 1970s
Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (March 4, 1932 – April 4, 2001) was an American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder who created the hot rod icon Rat Fink and other characters.