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“Maybe I can stay and find some nice people who

“Maybe I can stay and find some nice people who will like and accept me for who I am.”
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Day 4 Froggy Fall prompt is “broomstick.” Here’s a blue poison dart frog and juvenile rhinoceros beetle cosplaying Kiki’s Delivery Service. I loved this movie so much when I was little and even today it’s message of regaining lost inspiration brings me great comfort.
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KeroKero’s Delivery Service (thanks to my partner for this name)
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on dark purple canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022
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I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 🐸 SWIPE to see another new basket from the cottage frog series I worked on with my grandmother (Nanny’s Creations) especially for the Con! Patreon subscribers get early notice when they release.
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Restrictions for myself for this year’s daily drawing challenge:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #kikisdeliveryservice #poisondartfrog #rhinocerosbeetle

You walk into the lot at your community garden and

You walk into the lot at your community garden and they greet you. What’s your move?
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Day 3 Froggy Fall prompt is “herb garden.” The only pairing better than basil and tomato (frog) is my brain and the massive serotonin dump I experienced after drawing the wink on their face, realizing it brought them to life with “sweet old gardener with vast wisdom” energy.
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Tomato Frog Tends to His Basil
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on black canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022
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I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 🐸 SWIPE to see one of the new baskets from the cottage frog series I worked on with my grandmother (Nanny’s Creations) especially for the Con! Patreon subscribers get early notice when they release.
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Restrictions for myself for this year’s daily drawing challenge:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #herbgarden #honestwork #tomatofrog

Day 2 of Froggy Fall prompt is “old book” so I

Day 2 of Froggy Fall prompt is “old book” so I decided to do a fan art inspired by Bufo from Adventure Time, whose character is based on the Darwin’s frog, a species of frog that stores their tadpoles in their vocal pouch. COOL!
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Darwin’s Frog & Wizard Tadpoles Reference their Spellbook
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on black canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022
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I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 so I’ll be releasing a load of new frog art and merch! 🐸
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Restrictions for myself for this year’s daily drawing challenge:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #oldbook #adventuretime #darwinsfrog

As if possessed by demonic force, even though I al

As if possessed by demonic force, even though I already have too many projects literally in progress as we speak, without fail on the first of October every even year my brain goes “ooo time to hyper fixate on a daily drawing challenge.”
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Pacific Tree Frog on a Violet Cort Mushroom
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on black canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022

I hope y’all aren’t tired of the frogs yet bc I uhhh… I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 so the frogginess has been amped up to 11, and I have a bunch of unreleased stuff to share. 🐸😅
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Restrictions for myself this year:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #mushroom #violetcort #pacifictreefrog

Wowee wow wow what a fun night!! Participated in m

Wowee wow wow what a fun night!! Participated in my first ever @beatsessionsatx 2v2 battle on Monday night, with my amazing paint bud @artxsire, against the reigning champs @itscandykuo & @kimieflores.
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It was a close one! We lost by a mere $11 against two absolute legends in the industry AND the MC said it was also the first all-female 2v2 battle in Beat Sessions history, so I still feel like a winner.
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We painted a whole 12’x8’ wall in an hour and a half, and literally 50mins in, I looked at Sire and we were like, “ok but what’s left? Cutbacks and clean-up?” Seriously, best speed painting partner to have by my side! Also, having my best pals and their partners out to cheer me on was the cherry on top of an all around beautiful evening. 🥰
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Thanks to @beatsessionsatx for having us out, @dee.green87 for your amazing MCing as always, @nokidsss and @iiamevita for the jams, @spokesmancoffee for the space, @darkmode.photo for taking some pics (not these ones, but hopefully some I’ll be posting soon bc he really gets some good shots) and @gooseprints for the t-shirts!!! And BIG, BIG THANKS to everyone who came out to support and brought that good good energyyyyy.
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#beatsessions #beatsession #sylatour #supportyourlocalartist #streetart #paintbattle #spraybattle #spraypaint #graffiti #graff #spraypaintart #mural #muralart #creationofadam #frogart #frogcult #frogcon #bluedozencollective #bdc #speedpainting #frog #angelfrog #livepainting #livepainter #2v2 #ladieswhopaint #supportwomenartists #babewalls #popsurrealism #popsurrealismart

PLEASE COME OUT! 📢 Super stoked to participate

PLEASE COME OUT! 📢 Super stoked to participate in my very first @beatsessionsatx (Vol. 36) for the 2v2 battle with @artxsire, with whom I‘ve live painted with and battled against a few times now! We’re up against the reigning champions and local legends @itscandykuo and @kimieflores.
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@spokesmancoffee South. MONDAY, SEPT 26. Battle starts at 8. 2v2 battle is 90-minutes long! Plus 45-min 1v1 battle between @thesuitofswords & @traviscii.
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T-shirts printed on-site by @gooseprintsmfg, with this custom collab design by yours truly and @artxsire, for twenny doll hairs.
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MC’d by @dee3205. Beats by @abetheambassador and @nokidsss. Musical performance interludes by @iiamevita.
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This is THE spray paint battle in Austin. We could win some dollar bills. You could help us win by showing up and throwing your coins in for us. Make it hail. 💰🪙💎
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Slides 3, 5, 6 & 7 📸 by @darkmode.photo at @beatsessionsatx Vol. 35; Slide 2 📸 by @andrewredwards0 at @nightowl.market; Slide 4 📸 by @marotzke.illustration at @creativecutiesatx EAST market #beatsessions #beatsessionsatx #syla #supportyourlocalartist #spraypaintbattle #spraypaint #graffbattle #characterbattle #2v2 #mural #muralart #graffiti #frogart

Here’s a very fast time lapse of my canvas Hypno

Here’s a very fast time lapse of my canvas Hypnotoad fan art that I created for @astronoxevents where I’ll be live painting from October 20-24! Check the link in the bio to get ya tix and learn more.
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“All Glory”
16”x24”
Aerosol & acrylic paint on canvas
Available at Astronox
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In total, this piece took somewhere around 15-16 hours, most of which I livestreamed. I started with spray paints for the background and some foreground colors. Then I painted the piece using acrylics on most of it and Posca markers for the sacred geometry line work in the background.
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🎶 Undiscovered Colors - The Flashbulb @bennjordan (who I am SO STOKED to see at Astronox)
#livepainter #astronox #astronoxfestival #astrønøx #psychedelicart #sacredgeometry #hypnotoad #fanart #cutiestyle #twitchstreamer #art #artist #frogartist #frog #amazonhornedfrog #hornedfrog #pacmanfrog #acrylicpainting #poscaart #posca #mushroom #allglorytothehypnotoad #popsurrealism #illustrator #visionaryart #festivalart

What a wild experience! Graduated from @utaustintx

What a wild experience! Graduated from @utaustintx in 2008, but this was the closest I’d ever been to the stadium before a game. It went by like a blur, but I was super happy with what I got up in 3.5 hours and had so much fun collabing with @daaru_art & @jlynnm17 !! Thank you @hopecampaign and @utaustintx for having us out!
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It was a delight to see so many people getting pictures in front of the piece and taking videos and pics of us while we were painting. Everyone had so many nice things to say, which made the day all the more rewarding. If I am slow to respond, just know it’s because I am sore af today (the thigh burn is REAL) and on a little quiet time cloud because the adrenaline was intense yesterday, but oh so fun!
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Also enjoy this morning’s front garden makeover, along with some magnetic poetry from a lovely full moon gathering last night with pals.
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📸 WIP Photo by: @natalierodrlguez
#universityoftexas #utaustin #hookemhorns #hookem #texasfight #sportsball #longhorns #texasexes #bevoblvd #bevo #yassified #lantana #indianblanket #texaswildflowers #wildflowers #protectnativegrasslands #spraypaint #livepainting #muralart #muralist #texasmurals #muralartist #spraypaintartist #graffiti #streetart #texasartist #livepainter

Hi here’s a hummingbird I painted in my back yar

Hi here’s a hummingbird I painted in my back yard with spray paints a over the past couple of weeks. Reels for the reel god.
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#spraypaint #hummingbird

4 hours of @tequila512 cornhole painting and chatt

4 hours of @tequila512 cornhole painting and chatting with pals at the @almostrealthings HQ compressed down into 1 minute. Peep that hand-lettering techniqueeeee. I was so happy to see so many friends yesterday!
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@almostrealthings is partnering up with @tvheadatx to bring y’all the ART Under $100 show featuring over 50 different artists the Saturday!! Wish I could make it out but I’ve got a date with my love to go see @elderband that evening. But get on out there, do some cornholin, and buy some art from my friends!!!
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#tequila512 #cornhole #almostrealthings #artunder100 #signpainting #signpainter #handlettering #mural #muralart #muralartist #custompaint #cornholio

Eyes of Texas 5”x7” Digital Commissioned by @a

Eyes of Texas
5”x7”
Digital
Commissioned by @atxinterfaces for Watch Dogs: a zine about community surveillance & policing, after a presentation by @grassroots_leadership
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Eyes of Texas explores three hypothetical digital data profiles of the same person under separate lights: what we know, what we don’t know, and what we could know. (Full write-up and details about my UX background that helped inform this piece available on my site, linked in the bio.)
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Big thank you to @coslawson for allowing me to reference you for this piece. Check out my work and all the other amazing pieces by picking up your copy of the Watch Dogs zine today at @thelittlegayshop, @bookwomanaustin, @monkeywrenchatx, @austinpubliclibrary and more independent publication vendors around the city.
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#atxinterfaces #zine #surveillance #communitypolicing #bigdata #bigbrother #categorization #affinity #marketsegmentation #targeting #datamining #art #texasart #reciprocity #gifteconomy #bettertomorrow #digitalart #procreate #procreateart #handlettering #portraitdrawing #investincommunities #watchdog #illustrator #womenwhodraw #femaleillustrators #grassrootsleadership #datacollection #ai #userexperience

Modified M5Stick-C into a very tiny BMO, commissio

Modified M5Stick-C into a very tiny BMO, commissioned by my friend and microelectronics enthusiast Mike! Used epoxy putty to smooth out the button, spray painted with malachite green, drew the buttons on with Posca markers, and then clear coated the entire piece.
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These M5Sticks are built off an ESP32-PICO (I used an ESP32 chip set to build out those LED clouds at the @sunshinehouseblanco ) so they have Bluetooth, WiFi, and IR capabilities, but they also have a bunch of other goodies built in like a little full-color screen, accelerometer, and microphone. It’s a pretty neat gadget and I will be getting one for myself to play around with some time!
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#m5stack #bmo #adventuretime #minipainting #casemodding #microelectronics #m5stickc #smallcomputer #beforeandafter #esp32 #poscamarkers #ladieswhopaint #commission #miniaturepainting #fanart #adultswim #artistsoninstagram #austinart #atxartist #montanacans #spraypaint #aerosolart #tinyart

Fun times at the Oh My Goth @fofgalleryshow last n

Fun times at the Oh My Goth @fofgalleryshow last night! Spray painted this 8’x8’ half-and-half portrait of Eric Draven from The Crow (left side) and Nancy Downs from The Craft (right side), in a style loosely inspired by Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
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This was the first time I’ve felt super comfortable bringing my black pen illustration style into an aerosol work. As always with live painting gigs, I can see where I could have improved under different conditions, but I feel like all the practicing I have been doing has been paying off and my line work is becoming more deliberate.
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Overall great night with really good people and I appreciate the wall space to paint and little extra confidence boost I could use at this moment in my life.
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[Screen Reader] Minute long time lapse video of Sam spray painting a mostly greyscale portrait on a plywood wall over a colorful skull. Manga-stylized portrait split down the middle of character Eric Draven from The Crow on a black background with fiery, orange crow outline on the left panel and Nancy Downs from The Craft on a black background with ring of top down candles glowing behind her head on the right panel. Nancy’s lips are red and pink can be seen highlighting the corner of their eyes.
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#thecrow #thecraft #ericdraven #nancydowns #cantrainallthetime #wearetheweirdosmister #spraypaint #aerosolart #livepainting #livepainters #flowarts #jojo #jojosbizarreadventure #graffiti #graff #streetart #nostencil #mural #muralart #ladieswhopaint #jammer #anime #goth #muralpainting #timelapse #timelapseart #friendsoffriends #fofgallery #austinartist #portraitart

Here come dat boi! Had a fun time at the Web3 Bloc

Here come dat boi! Had a fun time at the Web3 Block Party paint battle with the amazing @grim_atx .
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We have no clue who won or what became of our pieces because the organizer has been unreachable/disappeared/hope he’s ok? and the voting page requires crypto for gas fees in order to view. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Shout out to @among.frxnds for hooking us up with some real life paints at least!
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Anyways I’m live painting at a goth-themed @fofgalleryshow tomorrow night! I’m excited about what I have planned to paint and happy to meet some new friends.
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I am grateful to have so many amazing people in my corner. Y’all make it easier to take the hits and keep going. Thank you to anyone who responded to my IG story today in any way to offer understanding, support, or encouragement in any and all ways. Just an over abundance of thanks to anyone who gives me any kind of financial support so I can keep believing in this dream.
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This inflation has been hitting me in a rough way and keeping sight on the positive has been difficult, but I am trying. I think it’s hitting a lot of people more than we are collectively talking about… maybe I’m just projecting. I’d rather be projecting us all as little unicycle riding frogs with VR headsets and crop tops rolling through lush gardens.
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#oshitwhaddup #livepainting #paintbattle #spraypaint #graffiti #graff #artbattle #streetart #bluedozencollective #aerosolart #aerosol #frog #unicycle #frogstagram #montanacans #loopcolors #dangpaint #jammer #frogstagram #web3 #virtualreality #vr #mural #muralist #texasmurals #atxmurals #urbanart #austinart #artistsoninstagram #ladieswhopaint

EDIT: FOUND! Congrats to Patreon supporter @katilo

EDIT: FOUND! Congrats to Patreon supporter @katilovestimbooksndogs !! She was at the ready as soon as they got notice. 🥰 Thank you as always for your support! And thanks to anyone else who played. Maybe next year I’ll plan to do a couple drops.
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The drop has been made! @gameofshrooms2022 is on. Here’s your hint: This mural is called “Fae Frog Royalty” and you can find out more info on my site. 🔍
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Thanks @attayumfactory for creating this initiative! Super fun way to spread joy and art awareness!! Fingers crossed I can find a friend’s piece on my way home.
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Thanks to @stickerapp for these cute holographic fae frog stickers!!
#gameofshrooms #gameofshrooms2022 #poscamarkers #posca #cancollection #faefrog #shroomdrop #mushroom #amanitamuscaria🍄 #tagsandthrowies #forg #forgone #graffiti #graff #streetart #artlovers #collectables #supportlivingartists #spraycan #spraycanart #scrapcan #ladieswhopaint #babewalls #attayumfactory #reusereducerecycle #upcycling #frogs #frogsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #fairycore @shroomdrop

Coming up this Saturday: @gameofshrooms2022 is on

Coming up this Saturday: @gameofshrooms2022 is on and I’ll be dropping this upcycled spray paint can somewhere in Austin with a few other goodies. This is a hand-drawn original art piece.
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My Patreon subscribers will get the details on where after the drop is made and get a 5-10 minute head start. The rest of y’all are going to get a hint… that will be Googleable. Follow and add the reminder!
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patreon.com/samsoper (linked in the bio) if you want to get to the advance notice.
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#gameofshrooms #gameofshrooms2022 #poscamarkers #posca #cancollection #faefrog #shroomdrop #mushroom #amanitamuscaria🍄 #tagsandthrowies #forg #forgone #graffiti #graff #streetart #artlovers #collectables #supportlivingartists #spraycan #spraycanart #scrapcan #ladieswhopaint #babewalls #attayumfactory #reusereducerecycle #upcycling #frogs #frogsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #fairycore @shroomdrop

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 disti

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 distillery dogs and, through the @vodkafordogpeople program, has worked with thousands of animal-focused nonprofits to help pups find their people. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Tito’s commissioned a portrait of one of those distillery dogs, done in aerosol paint.
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‘Gus’
36”x36”
aerosol paint
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#ad #commission #titosvodka #vodkafordogpeople #timelapse #spraypaint #aerosolart #petportrait #rescuedog #graffiti #streetart #graff #mural #muralart #muralist #spraypaintart #ladieswhopaint #tgif #titostuesday #titos #titoshandmadevodka #loopcolors #montanacans #babewalls #spratx #spraypainter #art #artistsoninstagram #dog #rescuedogsofinstagram

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 disti

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 distillery dogs and, through the @vodkafordogpeople program, has worked with thousands of animal-focused nonprofits to help pups find their people. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Tito’s commissioned a portrait of one of those distillery dogs, Gus, done in aerosol paint on 3’x3’ birch panel.
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This is probably 8-10 hours of work crammed down into a minute. There is a slower version of the video on my YouTube (including a couple of lil blooper moments), but you’ll see from this one that I completely had to re-do the top half of the face and even made some changes after I was “done” and reshot the final pans and close ups. This was a fun project and I was so happy I was able to capture Gus correctly by the end of it!
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Thanks again to @olive2live and the Tito’s team for reaching out about this initiative. Excited for bigger spaces to spray paint and even bigger opportunities in the future!
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#ad #commission #titosvodka #vodkafordogpeople #timelapse #spraypaint #aerosolart #petportrait #rescuedog #graffiti #streetart #graff #mural #muralart #muralist #spraypaintart #ladieswhopaint #tgif #titostuesday #titos #titoshandmadevodka #loopcolors #montanacans #babewalls #spratx #spraypainter #art #artistsoninstagram #dog #rescuedogsofinstagram

Excited to announce that I’ll be participating i

Excited to announce that I’ll be participating in @gameofshrooms2022 and dropping this can somewhere in Austin on June 11th! This is an upcycled spray paint can I’ve adorned with a little tagging fae frog and a bunch of mushrooms.
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My Patre0n subscribers will get the details on what time and where after the drop is made and the rest of y’all are going to get a hint. This is 4.5 hours of time compressed into 1 minute.
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#gameofshrooms #gameofshrooms2022 #poscamarkers #posca #cancollection #faefrog #shroomdrop #mushroom #amanitamuscaria🍄 #tagsandthrowies #forg #forgone #graffiti #graff #streetart #artlovers #collectables #supportlivingartists #spraycan #spraycanart #scrapcan #ladieswhopaint #babewalls #attayumfactory #reusereducerecycle #upcycling #frogs #frogsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #fairycore @shroomdrop

Sick af footage from the painting of the @youareno

Sick af footage from the painting of the @youarenotalonemurals at @lift_atx, shot by @fotosgallegos !!! 🤩 It was so fun getting to spend the morning goofing around with @lacedandfound and @socalgal213 last week. Thanks again for having me out and again to @fotosgallegos for catching this amazing video!!
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#lacedandfound #youarenotalone #youarenotalonemurals #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #bekind #suicideprevention #muralassistant #notmydesign #inspiration #thebutcherscrew #mural #graff #follow #like4like #art #aerosolart #spraypaint #dangpaint #molotow #montanablack

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“Maybe I can stay and find some nice people who

“Maybe I can stay and find some nice people who will like and accept me for who I am.”
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Day 4 Froggy Fall prompt is “broomstick.” Here’s a blue poison dart frog and juvenile rhinoceros beetle cosplaying Kiki’s Delivery Service. I loved this movie so much when I was little and even today it’s message of regaining lost inspiration brings me great comfort.
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KeroKero’s Delivery Service (thanks to my partner for this name)
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on dark purple canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022
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I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 🐸 SWIPE to see another new basket from the cottage frog series I worked on with my grandmother (Nanny’s Creations) especially for the Con! Patreon subscribers get early notice when they release.
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Restrictions for myself for this year’s daily drawing challenge:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #kikisdeliveryservice #poisondartfrog #rhinocerosbeetle

You walk into the lot at your community garden and

You walk into the lot at your community garden and they greet you. What’s your move?
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Day 3 Froggy Fall prompt is “herb garden.” The only pairing better than basil and tomato (frog) is my brain and the massive serotonin dump I experienced after drawing the wink on their face, realizing it brought them to life with “sweet old gardener with vast wisdom” energy.
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Tomato Frog Tends to His Basil
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on black canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022
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I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 🐸 SWIPE to see one of the new baskets from the cottage frog series I worked on with my grandmother (Nanny’s Creations) especially for the Con! Patreon subscribers get early notice when they release.
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Restrictions for myself for this year’s daily drawing challenge:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #herbgarden #honestwork #tomatofrog

Day 2 of Froggy Fall prompt is “old book” so I

Day 2 of Froggy Fall prompt is “old book” so I decided to do a fan art inspired by Bufo from Adventure Time, whose character is based on the Darwin’s frog, a species of frog that stores their tadpoles in their vocal pouch. COOL!
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Darwin’s Frog & Wizard Tadpoles Reference their Spellbook
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on black canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022
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I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 so I’ll be releasing a load of new frog art and merch! 🐸
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Restrictions for myself for this year’s daily drawing challenge:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #oldbook #adventuretime #darwinsfrog

As if possessed by demonic force, even though I al

As if possessed by demonic force, even though I already have too many projects literally in progress as we speak, without fail on the first of October every even year my brain goes “ooo time to hyper fixate on a daily drawing challenge.”
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Pacific Tree Frog on a Violet Cort Mushroom
2.5”x2.5”
@posca_usa on black canvas
Will be available during @frogcultorg FrogCon 2022

I hope y’all aren’t tired of the frogs yet bc I uhhh… I am participating in a whole frog convention Oct 14-23 so the frogginess has been amped up to 11, and I have a bunch of unreleased stuff to share. 🐸😅
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Restrictions for myself this year:
- Super small canvas
- Stay under 2 hours
- Keep palette within 3-4 color families
- NO SKETCHES (working on freehand skills)
- Different frog species every day
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#froggyfall #froggyfall2022 #frogcon2022 #frogcon #inktober #inktober2022 #cutiestyle #frogstagram #frog #frogs #frogart #illustrator #posca #poscaart #poscapens #minicanvas #characterartist #characterdesign #characterillustration #freehand #graffcharacter #munespice #dailydrawing #characterart #aliencutie #faefrogstudios #popsurrealism #mushroom #violetcort #pacifictreefrog

Wowee wow wow what a fun night!! Participated in m

Wowee wow wow what a fun night!! Participated in my first ever @beatsessionsatx 2v2 battle on Monday night, with my amazing paint bud @artxsire, against the reigning champs @itscandykuo & @kimieflores.
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It was a close one! We lost by a mere $11 against two absolute legends in the industry AND the MC said it was also the first all-female 2v2 battle in Beat Sessions history, so I still feel like a winner.
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We painted a whole 12’x8’ wall in an hour and a half, and literally 50mins in, I looked at Sire and we were like, “ok but what’s left? Cutbacks and clean-up?” Seriously, best speed painting partner to have by my side! Also, having my best pals and their partners out to cheer me on was the cherry on top of an all around beautiful evening. 🥰
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Thanks to @beatsessionsatx for having us out, @dee.green87 for your amazing MCing as always, @nokidsss and @iiamevita for the jams, @spokesmancoffee for the space, @darkmode.photo for taking some pics (not these ones, but hopefully some I’ll be posting soon bc he really gets some good shots) and @gooseprints for the t-shirts!!! And BIG, BIG THANKS to everyone who came out to support and brought that good good energyyyyy.
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#beatsessions #beatsession #sylatour #supportyourlocalartist #streetart #paintbattle #spraybattle #spraypaint #graffiti #graff #spraypaintart #mural #muralart #creationofadam #frogart #frogcult #frogcon #bluedozencollective #bdc #speedpainting #frog #angelfrog #livepainting #livepainter #2v2 #ladieswhopaint #supportwomenartists #babewalls #popsurrealism #popsurrealismart

PLEASE COME OUT! 📢 Super stoked to participate

PLEASE COME OUT! 📢 Super stoked to participate in my very first @beatsessionsatx (Vol. 36) for the 2v2 battle with @artxsire, with whom I‘ve live painted with and battled against a few times now! We’re up against the reigning champions and local legends @itscandykuo and @kimieflores.
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@spokesmancoffee South. MONDAY, SEPT 26. Battle starts at 8. 2v2 battle is 90-minutes long! Plus 45-min 1v1 battle between @thesuitofswords & @traviscii.
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T-shirts printed on-site by @gooseprintsmfg, with this custom collab design by yours truly and @artxsire, for twenny doll hairs.
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MC’d by @dee3205. Beats by @abetheambassador and @nokidsss. Musical performance interludes by @iiamevita.
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This is THE spray paint battle in Austin. We could win some dollar bills. You could help us win by showing up and throwing your coins in for us. Make it hail. 💰🪙💎
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Slides 3, 5, 6 & 7 📸 by @darkmode.photo at @beatsessionsatx Vol. 35; Slide 2 📸 by @andrewredwards0 at @nightowl.market; Slide 4 📸 by @marotzke.illustration at @creativecutiesatx EAST market #beatsessions #beatsessionsatx #syla #supportyourlocalartist #spraypaintbattle #spraypaint #graffbattle #characterbattle #2v2 #mural #muralart #graffiti #frogart

Here’s a very fast time lapse of my canvas Hypno

Here’s a very fast time lapse of my canvas Hypnotoad fan art that I created for @astronoxevents where I’ll be live painting from October 20-24! Check the link in the bio to get ya tix and learn more.
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“All Glory”
16”x24”
Aerosol & acrylic paint on canvas
Available at Astronox
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In total, this piece took somewhere around 15-16 hours, most of which I livestreamed. I started with spray paints for the background and some foreground colors. Then I painted the piece using acrylics on most of it and Posca markers for the sacred geometry line work in the background.
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🎶 Undiscovered Colors - The Flashbulb @bennjordan (who I am SO STOKED to see at Astronox)
#livepainter #astronox #astronoxfestival #astrønøx #psychedelicart #sacredgeometry #hypnotoad #fanart #cutiestyle #twitchstreamer #art #artist #frogartist #frog #amazonhornedfrog #hornedfrog #pacmanfrog #acrylicpainting #poscaart #posca #mushroom #allglorytothehypnotoad #popsurrealism #illustrator #visionaryart #festivalart

What a wild experience! Graduated from @utaustintx

What a wild experience! Graduated from @utaustintx in 2008, but this was the closest I’d ever been to the stadium before a game. It went by like a blur, but I was super happy with what I got up in 3.5 hours and had so much fun collabing with @daaru_art & @jlynnm17 !! Thank you @hopecampaign and @utaustintx for having us out!
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It was a delight to see so many people getting pictures in front of the piece and taking videos and pics of us while we were painting. Everyone had so many nice things to say, which made the day all the more rewarding. If I am slow to respond, just know it’s because I am sore af today (the thigh burn is REAL) and on a little quiet time cloud because the adrenaline was intense yesterday, but oh so fun!
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Also enjoy this morning’s front garden makeover, along with some magnetic poetry from a lovely full moon gathering last night with pals.
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📸 WIP Photo by: @natalierodrlguez
#universityoftexas #utaustin #hookemhorns #hookem #texasfight #sportsball #longhorns #texasexes #bevoblvd #bevo #yassified #lantana #indianblanket #texaswildflowers #wildflowers #protectnativegrasslands #spraypaint #livepainting #muralart #muralist #texasmurals #muralartist #spraypaintartist #graffiti #streetart #texasartist #livepainter

Hi here’s a hummingbird I painted in my back yar

Hi here’s a hummingbird I painted in my back yard with spray paints a over the past couple of weeks. Reels for the reel god.
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#spraypaint #hummingbird

4 hours of @tequila512 cornhole painting and chatt

4 hours of @tequila512 cornhole painting and chatting with pals at the @almostrealthings HQ compressed down into 1 minute. Peep that hand-lettering techniqueeeee. I was so happy to see so many friends yesterday!
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@almostrealthings is partnering up with @tvheadatx to bring y’all the ART Under $100 show featuring over 50 different artists the Saturday!! Wish I could make it out but I’ve got a date with my love to go see @elderband that evening. But get on out there, do some cornholin, and buy some art from my friends!!!
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#tequila512 #cornhole #almostrealthings #artunder100 #signpainting #signpainter #handlettering #mural #muralart #muralartist #custompaint #cornholio

Eyes of Texas 5”x7” Digital Commissioned by @a

Eyes of Texas
5”x7”
Digital
Commissioned by @atxinterfaces for Watch Dogs: a zine about community surveillance & policing, after a presentation by @grassroots_leadership
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Eyes of Texas explores three hypothetical digital data profiles of the same person under separate lights: what we know, what we don’t know, and what we could know. (Full write-up and details about my UX background that helped inform this piece available on my site, linked in the bio.)
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Big thank you to @coslawson for allowing me to reference you for this piece. Check out my work and all the other amazing pieces by picking up your copy of the Watch Dogs zine today at @thelittlegayshop, @bookwomanaustin, @monkeywrenchatx, @austinpubliclibrary and more independent publication vendors around the city.
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#atxinterfaces #zine #surveillance #communitypolicing #bigdata #bigbrother #categorization #affinity #marketsegmentation #targeting #datamining #art #texasart #reciprocity #gifteconomy #bettertomorrow #digitalart #procreate #procreateart #handlettering #portraitdrawing #investincommunities #watchdog #illustrator #womenwhodraw #femaleillustrators #grassrootsleadership #datacollection #ai #userexperience

Modified M5Stick-C into a very tiny BMO, commissio

Modified M5Stick-C into a very tiny BMO, commissioned by my friend and microelectronics enthusiast Mike! Used epoxy putty to smooth out the button, spray painted with malachite green, drew the buttons on with Posca markers, and then clear coated the entire piece.
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These M5Sticks are built off an ESP32-PICO (I used an ESP32 chip set to build out those LED clouds at the @sunshinehouseblanco ) so they have Bluetooth, WiFi, and IR capabilities, but they also have a bunch of other goodies built in like a little full-color screen, accelerometer, and microphone. It’s a pretty neat gadget and I will be getting one for myself to play around with some time!
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#m5stack #bmo #adventuretime #minipainting #casemodding #microelectronics #m5stickc #smallcomputer #beforeandafter #esp32 #poscamarkers #ladieswhopaint #commission #miniaturepainting #fanart #adultswim #artistsoninstagram #austinart #atxartist #montanacans #spraypaint #aerosolart #tinyart

Fun times at the Oh My Goth @fofgalleryshow last n

Fun times at the Oh My Goth @fofgalleryshow last night! Spray painted this 8’x8’ half-and-half portrait of Eric Draven from The Crow (left side) and Nancy Downs from The Craft (right side), in a style loosely inspired by Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.
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This was the first time I’ve felt super comfortable bringing my black pen illustration style into an aerosol work. As always with live painting gigs, I can see where I could have improved under different conditions, but I feel like all the practicing I have been doing has been paying off and my line work is becoming more deliberate.
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Overall great night with really good people and I appreciate the wall space to paint and little extra confidence boost I could use at this moment in my life.
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[Screen Reader] Minute long time lapse video of Sam spray painting a mostly greyscale portrait on a plywood wall over a colorful skull. Manga-stylized portrait split down the middle of character Eric Draven from The Crow on a black background with fiery, orange crow outline on the left panel and Nancy Downs from The Craft on a black background with ring of top down candles glowing behind her head on the right panel. Nancy’s lips are red and pink can be seen highlighting the corner of their eyes.
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#thecrow #thecraft #ericdraven #nancydowns #cantrainallthetime #wearetheweirdosmister #spraypaint #aerosolart #livepainting #livepainters #flowarts #jojo #jojosbizarreadventure #graffiti #graff #streetart #nostencil #mural #muralart #ladieswhopaint #jammer #anime #goth #muralpainting #timelapse #timelapseart #friendsoffriends #fofgallery #austinartist #portraitart

Here come dat boi! Had a fun time at the Web3 Bloc

Here come dat boi! Had a fun time at the Web3 Block Party paint battle with the amazing @grim_atx .
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We have no clue who won or what became of our pieces because the organizer has been unreachable/disappeared/hope he’s ok? and the voting page requires crypto for gas fees in order to view. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Shout out to @among.frxnds for hooking us up with some real life paints at least!
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Anyways I’m live painting at a goth-themed @fofgalleryshow tomorrow night! I’m excited about what I have planned to paint and happy to meet some new friends.
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I am grateful to have so many amazing people in my corner. Y’all make it easier to take the hits and keep going. Thank you to anyone who responded to my IG story today in any way to offer understanding, support, or encouragement in any and all ways. Just an over abundance of thanks to anyone who gives me any kind of financial support so I can keep believing in this dream.
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This inflation has been hitting me in a rough way and keeping sight on the positive has been difficult, but I am trying. I think it’s hitting a lot of people more than we are collectively talking about… maybe I’m just projecting. I’d rather be projecting us all as little unicycle riding frogs with VR headsets and crop tops rolling through lush gardens.
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#oshitwhaddup #livepainting #paintbattle #spraypaint #graffiti #graff #artbattle #streetart #bluedozencollective #aerosolart #aerosol #frog #unicycle #frogstagram #montanacans #loopcolors #dangpaint #jammer #frogstagram #web3 #virtualreality #vr #mural #muralist #texasmurals #atxmurals #urbanart #austinart #artistsoninstagram #ladieswhopaint

EDIT: FOUND! Congrats to Patreon supporter @katilo

EDIT: FOUND! Congrats to Patreon supporter @katilovestimbooksndogs !! She was at the ready as soon as they got notice. 🥰 Thank you as always for your support! And thanks to anyone else who played. Maybe next year I’ll plan to do a couple drops.
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The drop has been made! @gameofshrooms2022 is on. Here’s your hint: This mural is called “Fae Frog Royalty” and you can find out more info on my site. 🔍
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Thanks @attayumfactory for creating this initiative! Super fun way to spread joy and art awareness!! Fingers crossed I can find a friend’s piece on my way home.
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Thanks to @stickerapp for these cute holographic fae frog stickers!!
#gameofshrooms #gameofshrooms2022 #poscamarkers #posca #cancollection #faefrog #shroomdrop #mushroom #amanitamuscaria🍄 #tagsandthrowies #forg #forgone #graffiti #graff #streetart #artlovers #collectables #supportlivingartists #spraycan #spraycanart #scrapcan #ladieswhopaint #babewalls #attayumfactory #reusereducerecycle #upcycling #frogs #frogsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #fairycore @shroomdrop

Coming up this Saturday: @gameofshrooms2022 is on

Coming up this Saturday: @gameofshrooms2022 is on and I’ll be dropping this upcycled spray paint can somewhere in Austin with a few other goodies. This is a hand-drawn original art piece.
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My Patreon subscribers will get the details on where after the drop is made and get a 5-10 minute head start. The rest of y’all are going to get a hint… that will be Googleable. Follow and add the reminder!
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patreon.com/samsoper (linked in the bio) if you want to get to the advance notice.
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#gameofshrooms #gameofshrooms2022 #poscamarkers #posca #cancollection #faefrog #shroomdrop #mushroom #amanitamuscaria🍄 #tagsandthrowies #forg #forgone #graffiti #graff #streetart #artlovers #collectables #supportlivingartists #spraycan #spraycanart #scrapcan #ladieswhopaint #babewalls #attayumfactory #reusereducerecycle #upcycling #frogs #frogsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #fairycore @shroomdrop

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 disti

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 distillery dogs and, through the @vodkafordogpeople program, has worked with thousands of animal-focused nonprofits to help pups find their people. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Tito’s commissioned a portrait of one of those distillery dogs, done in aerosol paint.
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‘Gus’
36”x36”
aerosol paint
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#ad #commission #titosvodka #vodkafordogpeople #timelapse #spraypaint #aerosolart #petportrait #rescuedog #graffiti #streetart #graff #mural #muralart #muralist #spraypaintart #ladieswhopaint #tgif #titostuesday #titos #titoshandmadevodka #loopcolors #montanacans #babewalls #spratx #spraypainter #art #artistsoninstagram #dog #rescuedogsofinstagram

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 disti

Since 1997, @titosvodka has rescued over 100 distillery dogs and, through the @vodkafordogpeople program, has worked with thousands of animal-focused nonprofits to help pups find their people. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Tito’s commissioned a portrait of one of those distillery dogs, Gus, done in aerosol paint on 3’x3’ birch panel.
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This is probably 8-10 hours of work crammed down into a minute. There is a slower version of the video on my YouTube (including a couple of lil blooper moments), but you’ll see from this one that I completely had to re-do the top half of the face and even made some changes after I was “done” and reshot the final pans and close ups. This was a fun project and I was so happy I was able to capture Gus correctly by the end of it!
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Thanks again to @olive2live and the Tito’s team for reaching out about this initiative. Excited for bigger spaces to spray paint and even bigger opportunities in the future!
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#ad #commission #titosvodka #vodkafordogpeople #timelapse #spraypaint #aerosolart #petportrait #rescuedog #graffiti #streetart #graff #mural #muralart #muralist #spraypaintart #ladieswhopaint #tgif #titostuesday #titos #titoshandmadevodka #loopcolors #montanacans #babewalls #spratx #spraypainter #art #artistsoninstagram #dog #rescuedogsofinstagram

Excited to announce that I’ll be participating i

Excited to announce that I’ll be participating in @gameofshrooms2022 and dropping this can somewhere in Austin on June 11th! This is an upcycled spray paint can I’ve adorned with a little tagging fae frog and a bunch of mushrooms.
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My Patre0n subscribers will get the details on what time and where after the drop is made and the rest of y’all are going to get a hint. This is 4.5 hours of time compressed into 1 minute.
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#gameofshrooms #gameofshrooms2022 #poscamarkers #posca #cancollection #faefrog #shroomdrop #mushroom #amanitamuscaria🍄 #tagsandthrowies #forg #forgone #graffiti #graff #streetart #artlovers #collectables #supportlivingartists #spraycan #spraycanart #scrapcan #ladieswhopaint #babewalls #attayumfactory #reusereducerecycle #upcycling #frogs #frogsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #fairycore @shroomdrop

Sick af footage from the painting of the @youareno

Sick af footage from the painting of the @youarenotalonemurals at @lift_atx, shot by @fotosgallegos !!! 🤩 It was so fun getting to spend the morning goofing around with @lacedandfound and @socalgal213 last week. Thanks again for having me out and again to @fotosgallegos for catching this amazing video!!
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#lacedandfound #youarenotalone #youarenotalonemurals #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #bekind #suicideprevention #muralassistant #notmydesign #inspiration #thebutcherscrew #mural #graff #follow #like4like #art #aerosolart #spraypaint #dangpaint #molotow #montanablack

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