I had intended to rest a day or two after San Diego Comic-Con, but I became restless this morning. Still in the Comic-Con mood, I wanted to check out some finished street art painted during the Meeting of Styles event held the week before Comic-Con 2026.
On July 16th I walked along Commercial Street east of downtown San Diego and saw how international graffiti artists were painting several approved walls with cool pop culture images.
Three of the walls in particular contain characters from Marvel’s X-Men, Dragon Ball, and Transformers.
If you want to see more from these murals, and compare the finished art that I’m sharing today, you can find my previous photographs by clicking here.
First photos are of the X-Men wall….
Cyclops street art.Cable and Wolverine street art.Deadpool street art.
Next, photos from the Dragon Ball wall…
Goku and Bulma street art.Shenron street art.Zeno, the Omni-King street art.King Kai street art.Vegeta street art.
Finally, the Transformers wall…
Arcee street art.Starscream street art.Bumblebee street art.Optimus Prime street art.Megatron street art.
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The many international street artists who’ve converged upon San Diego for the epic Meeting of Styles event have completed their Marvel and DC character walls in time for Comic-Con 2026!
The walls are about a block east of the 12th and Imperial trolley station on Commercial Street.
I took photos of works in progress four days ago. See those images here.
I took photos of the finished spray paint art this morning!
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Meeting of Styles is an international gathering of street artists in San Diego before Comic-Con. They’re painting pop culture murals all around the city!
Today is the second day graffiti artists have been out spray painting cool graphics on approved walls.
I documented the first day of Meeting of Styles in a blog post yesterday. See those photos here.
I returned today to Commercial Street to view some of the artists’ progress…
First, at Millionaires HQ, Jubilee has joined the X-Men wall!
Gambit appears to be finished…
Around the corner, on a nearby wall, a group of artists from Hawaii are painting images from Dragon Ball. Bulma isn’t quite dressed yet!
Progress has been made with the Transformer mural I photographed yesterday…
East of 14th Street, near the 12th and Imperial trolley station, a big long mural has been repainted with pop culture characters every year before Comic-Con. They’re at it again!
Much of the wall is devoted to Marvel comics superheroes and villains.
Working on Ghost Rider…
Miles Morales looks a bit odd right now…
Black Panther with the Infinity Gauntlet from Secret Wars…
Storm…
Ultron is reaching for Storm!
Another section is reserved for DC characters. Behind a fence, it’s just getting started. That’s Cyborg…
Back at the Marvel section, early sketched art for Doctor Doom…
And here’s Thanos!
A big wall nearby will contain Star Wars street art. Right now it’s just black space!
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About 100 street artists from around the world have converged on San Diego before Comic-Con 2026. They’re painting a bunch of pop culture murals all over the city!
This special international gathering of artists is called Meeting of Styles.
The aim is to finish the murals before the start of Comic-Con. Some of the artists were already getting started today.
Colorful murals will be painted in Logan Heights, Barrio Logan, National City, San Diego International Airport…
I caught some of the action with my camera along Commercial Street, east of downtown.
These first photos are of the X-Men wall, at Millionaires HQ. Red Bull was there with a DJ providing cool beats during the big event.
As you can see, this wall includes Rogue, Deadpool and Gambit already. I was told Wolverine, Phoenix, Cyclops, Beast and other X-Men are on the way!
This is graffiti artist SEEKS619 working on Gambit…
Another wall several blocks to the west has a mural on the way. HERT1 was working on a cool Transformer…
KOOLS was there, too, making his own spray painted contribution…
I might return in a couple days to check on the progress of several murals!
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Tattoo parlors often attract attention with bold, colorful murals. That’s certainly the case with Hustle Tattoo in City Heights, at 4503 University Avenue.
Skulls, flowers, a butterfly and a parrot have been painted on the exterior of the shop by @hannasmurals.
Remember my recent blog post about a football player scoring at a City Heights bus stop? I found that a few steps away down the sidewalk! A lot of “hustle” on this city block!
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Perhaps you’ve glimpsed this mural while driving east down University Avenue through Rolando, a bit east of College Avenue. The street art is spray painted on the side of Island Spice Jamaican Restaurant. During my last walk in the area I checked it out.
The art is by Lao rapper, muralist and tattoo artist One Hunned (@imonehunned). Central to the mural’s message is a prayer. Splashed among the graphics are the words WHEN LIFE SHOWS UP and Family First.
The prayer for happiness, blessings and protection from evil begins: “LET ME BE HUMBLE & GIVE ME STRENGTH TO OVERCOME ANYTHING…”
I’m glad I got a closer look at the beautiful message.
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This super colorful mural is painted on the side of a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station in Hillcrest, near the corner of University Avenue and Normal Street. San Diego artist Carly Ealey created the spray paint art back in 2023.
The sunglasses of the refreshment-sipping character shine with rainbow colors. That will be more appropriate than ever, once the south end of Pride Promenade is completed directly in front of the mural! Hillcrest is home to many in San Diego’s LGBT community.
I shared photos of Pride Promenade under construction in my previous blog post.
I’ve found many murals by Carly Ealey over the years while walking around San Diego. Many have a brilliant “neon light” quality about them. They’re all amazing. To visit her website, click here.
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