Anime Street Art
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:41 pm
Driving around town a lot lately and I've noticed a couple of street art pieces that are anime inspired and thought I would share here (I've tweeted them out/shared them on my podcast pages and posted to a couple vintage anime groups on facebook), too.
I don't know if I would consider Atlanta a city known for its street art - but there's a lot more than I remember even five years ago. We have all different types of art and while there is a significant anime fan population, I'd never thought I would see any direct anime fan art. But here we are.
This piece is in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood; I see it bringing my daughter back from swim lessons or I am coming back from judo. It is on the side of a furniture store. Artist credit is here: https://imgur.com/IvhjSD5
This piece is just outside of Atlanta's city limits, I think it's the Oakhurt neighborhood of Decatur, technically. It's on the back of a gas station that backs up to some railroad tracks and is obscured by trees, so it is hard to see from the main highway. According to my podcast co-host, there was also a Grendizer mural on the same building but that piece has been replaced with another piece of non-anime street art.
When he was in ATL spring of 2018, DKop took some pics of an anime/anime-inspired art inside the pizza place we grabbed lunch at but I haven't been back since to get some pics myself.
So, anyone else have some nifty anime or anime-inspired pieces they've seen about town (or that you've done? That would be super cool to see!)?
I don't know if I would consider Atlanta a city known for its street art - but there's a lot more than I remember even five years ago. We have all different types of art and while there is a significant anime fan population, I'd never thought I would see any direct anime fan art. But here we are.
This piece is in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood; I see it bringing my daughter back from swim lessons or I am coming back from judo. It is on the side of a furniture store. Artist credit is here: https://imgur.com/IvhjSD5
This piece is just outside of Atlanta's city limits, I think it's the Oakhurt neighborhood of Decatur, technically. It's on the back of a gas station that backs up to some railroad tracks and is obscured by trees, so it is hard to see from the main highway. According to my podcast co-host, there was also a Grendizer mural on the same building but that piece has been replaced with another piece of non-anime street art.
When he was in ATL spring of 2018, DKop took some pics of an anime/anime-inspired art inside the pizza place we grabbed lunch at but I haven't been back since to get some pics myself.
So, anyone else have some nifty anime or anime-inspired pieces they've seen about town (or that you've done? That would be super cool to see!)?