WebUrbanist | Archived Articles on Urban & Street Art

Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.

Flip This Home! 10 Unbelievable Upside Down Houses

Upside down houses: they're more common then you think... but why? Maybe they just wanted to stand out from the crowd. In that at least, they've succeeded.

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Nine Eyes: A Human Perspective on Google Street View

Compilations of unusual Google Street View images aren't hard to find. But artist Jon Rafman compiles the touching human images most people never see.

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Dispatchwork: Patching WWII Damage with Legos

German artist Jan Vormann patches bullet holes, cracks and other damage from World War II with plastic building blocks in a project called 'Dispatchwork'.

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Cellophane City? Plastic Arts Change Urban Landscape

Cellophane, the plastic stuff that keeps your sandwiches fresh, isn't a conventional art tool. But these two projects use it to temporarily spruce up cities.

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Special Delivery: 54 Awesome Mailbox Designs

An offbeat custom mailbox can reflect your personality and let people know a little about you. These mailbox designs are weird, unique, and a little bit crazy.

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38 Snowmen Nightmares: Calvin and Hobbes In Real Life

Here are some of the best snowmen nightmares, where fans of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip created real life, unhappily ever after tributes of the snowmen series.

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Mind-Bending Digital Photo Manipulation by Erik Johansson

Roads unfurl like fabric and human faces are frighteningly elastic in the digitally manipulated photographs of artist Erik Johansson.

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Down & Dirty DIY: Humorous Low-Tech Hacks & Mods

We've all had to make do with whatever was available from time to time. But these ingenious hacks turn available materials into impressively useful items.

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40 Fantastic to Freaky Merry Christmas Greetings in Graffiti!

The debate rages on if graffiti is art or vandalism. Whether freaky or fantastic, writers spread holiday cheer with these 40 Merry Christmas graffiti greetings.

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Painted Alive: Boldly Brilliant Body Paintings

The human body can be and do so many things, but when it's used as a canvas for fine art, truly magical things can happen.

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Camouflaged Supercars: From Lambos To Rambos

Want some Rambo on your Lambo? These 10 stealthy supercars prove that one of the best ways to stand out from the crowd is to blend right in.

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A Separate Reality: Digital Art by Alex Andreyev

Ghostly alien landscapes, floating structures and otherworldly creatures characterize the "hermetic art" of digital painter Alex Andreyev.

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Urban Camouflage: Liu Bolin, The Invisible Man

Chinese artist Liu Bolin painstakingly paints his subjects so that they seem to disappear into their surroundings in amazing urban camouflage photography.

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Trick of the Eye: Delightfully Deceptive Works of Art

Since ancient times, artists have tricked viewers with incredibly realistic 3D paintings. This style, called trompe l'oeil, is still delighting viewers today.

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The Surreal & Colorful World of Artist Marco Escobedo

Digital artist Marco Escobedo creates intricate, colorful, surreal art using programs like Adobe Photoshop.

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