The Beast From Anaheim

We spotted a familiar face on this utility meter while walking around the 18b Arts District. Looking a little like something from a 50's Sci-Fi movie, with the head of Mickey Mouse and the body of a wasp with a rather large stinger. We have a product of mad street scientist Zork, who we haven't seen in the streets in awhile so it is a welcome and frightening sight. He offers us a smiling and happy Mickey who is sorta of showcasing the artists name with his hand, but is he giving a warning with that dangerous looking stinger? We really enjoy this black and white and almost retro looking piece. Zork had really been going large with his pieces and doing some cool new things before he disappeared from the street, so we hope to see more and soon. The utility meter's neighbor is absolutely slammed with so many stickers that we won't even attempt to name any of the people and artists, so just check em out if you get a chance! Or better yet, get some stickers of your own and join em!

Green Box

We spotted a few familiar faces on this box off Sunset, just south of the Strip. Hit by stickers, tags and a few pasters from a wide selection of artists and people. We like the Elbert Einsteinish looking one the best, the look on his face is neither friendly or unfriendly. Just sorta indifferent, and we like that. Next to an older piece from Visual Bluff, who we haven't seen in awhile come to think of it. So it is a welcome site to see them again. On the other side we have one of those Enovizin pasters all the way back from 2014, a quick check (cuz we forgot who they are) learns that they are now defunct. Seems like they were a film company and/or some street brand. Hmm, does anyone do street art for art anymore? Wrapped in tags and stickers this box looks pretty decent, they do a ridiculous amount of buffing around the strip. So they further you get away from the casinos, the more artwork and stickers you can find. Sometimes its worth taking the time to look, just like we lucked out finding this one. Keep looking people!

Electrical Disconnect

As much as the city likes to keep Las Vegas clean, you just can't escape the multitude of people getting up with stickers. This spot in the 18b Arts District is usually slammed with stickers til it got buffed recently, but as you can tell it is building up steam again. From stencils to tags to stickers, this spot is fast becoming the best roll call spot to be seen and noticed when you are in the 18b. We always enjoy the sometimes vast differences between artists styles and sticker choices, be it a homemade job or a professionally printed sticker. It is always interesting to see how people like to get their message out there, no matter what it is! What can be seen as blight to some can be seen as hardwork and art to others, we like to take the time to enjoy the art and effort of these artists. But then again, of course we would! We run a street art blog, so much for that..

Same Bat Time

We caught some newer stickers on a metal utility pole walking around in search of some art, and we just couldn't help but stop and take a photo of this sticker from DANP & ESF. We love the old school Batman design and colors, we aren't much for some other sticker designs most of the time and we think they tend to be either boring or just a mismatch of random images all crowded on one sticker. This one comes off so solid and completely retro, no idea what its about but its such a great design that we are already into whatever those two are selling. Surrounded by other black and white designs from Hype BCS, Sloby and the always on the case and in your face Aware, they almost fade into the background but holy bright stickers Batman! DANP & ESF's image is popping and jumping at you like crazy, a great and eye catching design. Whatever it is, we dig it!

Official Stickers Only

We found this collection in an alley right off Fremont Street, the same alley from a few posts ago. This location is definitely getting hit harder with stickers and wheatpaste pieces from local and out of town artists. The usual group of Vegas heavy hitters Indecline, Visual Bluff and Dopl are always representing and this sign ain't no different. Joined by Irot, Eastside, Tenr, Hekr and some random tags, this sign is hit pretty hard and we don't see any sign of this spot slowing down. From the stickers on the signs on one side of the alley, to the other being blasted with bigger wheatpaste pieces. We think its safe to say, this spot is catching fire!

Sticky Rice

On a recent dinner outting at Komol Restaurant we noticed a few signs hit with all the local favorites. Like this one with Dan45, Indecline, Aware and others representing the Las Vegas scene. This lead us to the observation that not only do we all share the love of street art and getting up, but apparently a lot of artists and art lovers alike share the same taste in food. It is pretty clear when going out, we spot a lot of the same artists on signs and walls. We wonder how many times different artists have shared the same room without knowing it, or is it all laughs and beers together? Seems like one giant party waiting to happen if timed right, or maybe one huge fight. Who knows?

Stuck

We spotted this cluster of tags and stickers in an alley right off Fremont street, right across from this spot to be exact. The tags here aren't anything other than the ordinary, its the stickers that grabbed our attention. This is a cool find to us with this selection of different artists using different techniques, we always enjoy seeing the difference between styles on spots like this. You can see a range of people all wanting to get up, all with unique styles and that is what we love most about street art. A huge selection of artists with different work, skill and technique, all for the love of art and getting it up and out there.

Big Duke

We spotted a few stickers and tags in a Wal-Mart parking lot of all places, sometimes ya gotta get up when ya shop I guess. But amongst the tags and some random shoe sticker, we spotted the face of Big Duke from Psycho Realm. A Los Angeles rapper who was tragically paralyzed by a gunshot while trying to break up a fight. Kind of a cool image for a tribute to the artist, we wonder who is putting these out? And at Wal-Mart much less, well I mean we did see them, photograph them, and now you're reading about it. So yeah, job well done!

Are Friends Electric?

Back behind the Downtown Spaces we found a wide selection of artists and art on the back utility boxes. A group ranging from Recycled Propaganda, Avantarded, There She Is, You Killed Me First, 3RDi, 3 Bad Sheep and some evil ass looking Grinch stencil that is awesome! Plus a bunch of others that are great but we just don't know who they are! So sorry, no credit or props for you this time! Cool to catch these different artists with different styles and techniques in this little private street art show.

Crowded Corner

LaRON Emcee brings his collection of Gary Everywhere stickers to the 18b Arts District. We're not sure of the exact identities of these guys or what his Gary Everywhere series actually means, but we do know that these are some damn solid handpainted images on these stickers. We are more familiar with LaRON's brightly painted pupiless eyed characters, but this just shows us a whole new side of his artwork. Pretty cool!

Sound Advice

We spotted a sticker on Las Vegas Blvd. with a good plan and some pretty sound advice. "Waste Your Life. Be An Artist." Sounds like a deal to us, we're already on that path and happy as hell! A little research finds their true meaning behind this design...

"Waste Your Life. Be An Artist. began as a reverse propaganda sticker campaign that started hitting the streets of Las Vegas, NV in 2005 with wheat paste and stickers. From its humble roots of bombing the local arts district, we have since reached across the entire U.S. and into many other countries. Despite an international presence, we have grown locally as a DIY Brand to support artists of all walks by promoting gallery shows, live music, and other events encompassing many artistic genres.

We dig it and apparently the Buffman does too! He buffed around it, nice!

Catcalls

Traveling to a different side of town finds stickers slammed up and down Westwood, outside the Artisan Hotel. Pizza Catface, Ravealation, Wenk, DB, Coco Jenkins are just a few with a this roll call of stickers and tags. People in this town love stickers and love getting up with them even more so!

You're Welcome!

A recent visit to the Henderson area finds some stickers from Where's Warhol, Pesci and others.
Las Vegas and the immediate surrounding areas seems to always be hit fairly heavy with stickers, even certain sections of the Strip can uncover stickers if you look in the right places. This parking lot is no different, artists using what they can to get up....and stay up!

Stuck Up

Outside Artifice in the 18b the fixtures are always changing and evolving with different stickers and slaps.
Stickers play a heavy role in Las Vegas street art, artists and now even corporate companies are fighting for space trying to establish themselves or their brand. They are everywhere!

No You Didn't

Another beautifully aging "If You See Something, No You Didn't" paster found outside of Artifice.
We really enjoy how the more wear these pieces get, the better and more authentic they look as time passes.
Joined by a huge selection of stickers from different artists, but this piece still remains artist unknown.

Closer To Commonwealth

A closer look at the sticker door installation behind Commonwealth, a 228 postal slap with a printed image from the 1986 film, Stand By Me. It features a young Kiefer Sutherland and an alive River Phoenix. The random movie still stands out among the boldly colored and ripped up stickers from Gumpus, Hesher Park and others surrounding it.

Stuck Off Fremont

Always something new on We Are Zombies' sticker door install on the side of Commonwealth downtown.
Las Vegas artist Gumpus takes control of the corner while layers of stickers and pasters peel away in the surrounding area.

Snail Tagging

C.J. the Kid goes low on this door in the 18b,
joined by Wenks who just couldn't let that damn snail grab all the spotlight!

Blue in the Face

One of the members of 3 Baaad Sheep get up with a handpainted sticker on Charleston & Main,
looks like someone added some pink eyes and one got smudged. I kinda like it though!

Slutty Smurfette

Behind the 'The Burrito Stand' on Fremont and 8th we found this great sticker above a nice silver Krink tag. 
I think there is a tiny web address stamped on there but I honestly can't read it, so uncredited it is.