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Crane City Limits

by Sam Soper
June 14, 2015October 11, 2018

Crane City Limits

Entry for the 2015 Austin Art Boards contest.

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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.
.
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.
.
[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 .
.
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!
.
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.
.
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.
.
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.
.
.
#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.
.
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. 🔍
.
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.
.
.
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.
.
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!
.
patreon.com/samsoper (linked in the bio) if you want to get to the advance notice.
.
.
#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.
.
‘Gus’
36”x36”
aerosol paint
.
.
#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.
.
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!
.
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!
.
.
#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.
.
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.
.
.
#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

I was feeling a bit down last week because *gestur

I was feeling a bit down last week because *gestures wildly at the government*. Luckily, I’ve got friends like @lacedandfound (and his wonderful wife @socalgal213) who invited me to come out to @lift_atx and channel that emotion into something positive for the community for National Mental Health Awareness Month. @youarenotalonemurals is a public art project started by @dirtybandits and @sam_schutz to inspire and bring hope to those suffering with depression, suicidal ideation, or any kind of downswing in their mental health situation.
.
This was my first time assisting to paint someone else’s design. If you don’t know @lacedandfound, they do an insane amount of murals (well over 100 last year!!!) around the city and for private clients. And having the opportunity to paint with them, I got to experience first hand how they do it. We completed this 24’x8’ wall in around 3 hours, with Riki and I knocking out the fills and Jay coming through with the crispy, crispy line work. It was amazing to witness their process and coordination. Truly an inspiration! So grateful to have them as a part of Austin’s art community and as friends!! Thanks again x1000 for having me out!! 💖🥹💖
.
Also had so much fun getting to meet @dhinojosaaa, @tonitemp and @fotosgallegos and seeing the energy they put into this gym space! Thanks to y’all for the space to paint and to Los for capturing some cool footage.
.
.
#lacedandfound #youarenotalone #youarenotalonemurals #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #bekind #suicideprevention #muralassistant #notmydesign #inspiration

35 solar spins. 1.25 hour self-portrait on Procrea

35 solar spins. 1.25 hour self-portrait on Procreate! First time trying out the new overhead filming set up my love got me this morning. It’s been a wonderful day.
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Shout out to all you badass femme folks out there that make me want to mess with what colors can be used as skin tone: @marcellaispainting constantly bending light and color around beautiful bodies, @sarahnilsonart blocking in chonk ass contrasts and making rough brush strokes look detailed, @vivalapainter laying down green hair highlights and vector layers this weekend, @coslawson with the natural highlights and shadow play, @artxsire constant vibrant palette twisting, @brittpaintsalot constantly killing portraits and capturing so many details, @itscandykuo blowin my mind when I noticed the hot pink nose highlights on that Leo piece this past weekend, @livelyvibesdesigns with that college-aged energy and loose figurative style that looks effortless but I know it isn’t, @pandabruja learning portraits with @batdog. Thank y’all and all my other friends (ALL OF YOU) for inspiring me to keep growing and learning.
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Lol and if you want to drop me some bday love Venm0 and Ca$hApp are linked in the bio. 😉
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#selfportrait #birthdayportrait #birthdaypost #portrait #procreate #procreateart #timelapse #35years #femaleillustrator #femaleartist #emergingartist #womenwhopaint #growingolder #meditation #anotheryearanotherselfie #selfie #portraitoftheartist #meettheartist #figurativeart #portraitpainting #muralartist #whysoserious #itsmyface

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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.
.
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.
.
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.
.
[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.
.
.
#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 .
.
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!
.
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.
.
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.
.
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.
.
.
#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.
.
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. 🔍
.
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.
.
.
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.
.
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!
.
patreon.com/samsoper (linked in the bio) if you want to get to the advance notice.
.
.
#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.
.
‘Gus’
36”x36”
aerosol paint
.
.
#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.
.
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!
.
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!
.
.
#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.
.
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.
.
.
#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

I was feeling a bit down last week because *gestur

I was feeling a bit down last week because *gestures wildly at the government*. Luckily, I’ve got friends like @lacedandfound (and his wonderful wife @socalgal213) who invited me to come out to @lift_atx and channel that emotion into something positive for the community for National Mental Health Awareness Month. @youarenotalonemurals is a public art project started by @dirtybandits and @sam_schutz to inspire and bring hope to those suffering with depression, suicidal ideation, or any kind of downswing in their mental health situation.
.
This was my first time assisting to paint someone else’s design. If you don’t know @lacedandfound, they do an insane amount of murals (well over 100 last year!!!) around the city and for private clients. And having the opportunity to paint with them, I got to experience first hand how they do it. We completed this 24’x8’ wall in around 3 hours, with Riki and I knocking out the fills and Jay coming through with the crispy, crispy line work. It was amazing to witness their process and coordination. Truly an inspiration! So grateful to have them as a part of Austin’s art community and as friends!! Thanks again x1000 for having me out!! 💖🥹💖
.
Also had so much fun getting to meet @dhinojosaaa, @tonitemp and @fotosgallegos and seeing the energy they put into this gym space! Thanks to y’all for the space to paint and to Los for capturing some cool footage.
.
.
#lacedandfound #youarenotalone #youarenotalonemurals #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #bekind #suicideprevention #muralassistant #notmydesign #inspiration

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