Tag: spray paint art

Painting murals on Imperial Avenue under Interstate 15.

Colorful new murals are now being painted on either side of Imperial Avenue beneath Interstate 15.

This public art beautifying the freeway underpass is the first part of a larger multi-location project, organized by Logan Heights CDC, Caltrans, SANDAG, Team Lewis, the Urban Collaborative Project, and local artists. This first group of murals is scheduled to be completed next month.

I swung by today to check out the progress!

One of the artists, Romeo, was up on the scaffolding spray painting his beautiful creation. His mural, like others being painted nearby, has a universally loved theme: music.

Some of the columns supporting Interstate 15 will have several sides painted. Those riding the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley will be able to view a portion of the art.

You might enjoy seeing what I discovered.

Once the murals are completed and the scaffolding is removed, I hope to return for another batch of photographs…

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The cool Redemption Ink mural in Pacific Beach.

Walking down Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach this morning, I spied this cool mural at the Redemption Ink San Diego tattoo parlor.

This is the same storefront where Funhouse Tattoo was located years ago. Another cool mural was painted in the same place, which you can see here.

This latest mural was created by Beth Emmerich and @petecasodesigns.

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Another cool Padres mural in Sherman Heights!

I hadn’t walked this way through Sherman Heights in a long while. Look what I found!

Another cool San Diego Padres mural painted on the side of Universal Radiator at 20th Street and Imperial Avenue!

This one features images of Padres legends Goose Gossage, Dave Winfield, Benito Santiago and Tony Gwynn.

I saw an older, equally cool mural years ago on the same wall. View those photos here. That artwork was painted by DYSE ONE AND HASLR. The one I spied today was created by the same artists, plus SHARK.

As I walked by, DYSE himself came out of the building. He informed me he’d be painting a new mural on this wall very soon!

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More great art in Oceanside’s Artist Alley!

It’s been well over a year since I visited the Artist Alley in downtown Oceanside. I walked through it again today!

Look what my camera found!

Most of this art must be fairly new, because it was painted in places where earlier murals existed.

(The two murals just inside the entrance of the multi-suite building that opens into the alley might have been there a long time–I don’t know. My first four photos are of those.)

I love how the artwork changes in the alley over time. Every time I walk through it I discover new creations!

Oceanside’s very cool, very magical Artist Alley can be entered directly south of the city library and civic center. Simply cross Pier View Way and you’ll find it!

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Xander Bogaerts mural in National City!

There’s an awesome mural depicting San Diego Padres baseball player Xander Bogaerts in National City!

I spied the street art today for the first time. I was told it was painted about a year ago.

The artwork was spray painted on a large wall beside AM Barber Studio, at 706 Highland Avenue. The artist is Mode (@mode_nbc).

Also depicted is Petco Park and the Padres mascot the Swinging Friar!

I love it!

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X-Men, Dragon Ball, and Transformers street art!

Storm street art.

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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Star Wars street art painted for Comic-Con!

Check out this cool Star Wars street art! It has been painted in San Diego in time for Comic-Con 2026, which starts this week.

Street artists from around the world have all come to San Diego for a big event called the Meeting of Styles.

This is one wall they’ve spray painted a block or so east of the 12th and Imperial trolley station. The art is all about Star Wars!

The wall seems incomplete at this time. I don’t know whether the artists will be adding to it.

Photos…

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Marvel and DC street art painted for Comic-Con!

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 art before Comic-Con: Day 2.

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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Street artists paint all around San Diego for Comic-Con!

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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