Magical primate update

Well, our London contributor informed me that our friend, the sharpie monkey grasping onto the shadow cast by the handicap bar, had his reality shifted entirely.

Evidently, due to some sort of electrical issue, his light source and in turn tie to our own reality vanished. Luckily he is not entirely without something to grasp to, but that probably disappears as well when the door is closed.

Let's have a moment of silence for our friend and hope for the best....

Pac Man style

I found this frightened ghost on the side of an old paper towel dispenser in a hipster coffee shop.

While it very well may be the result of a quick sketch, it does indeed resemble a ghost from Pac Man or Ms. Pac Man after you eat a power pellet and the ghosts turn blue and run away.

The empty eyes and the pointed, squiggled mouth suggest confusion, fear, or even panic. Add to this the apparent haste in finishing this drawing and we can almost feel the nervousness...

Was our artist afraid of something? Maybe he was on a first date. Maybe this first date was accompanied by a nervous stomach. Mix coffee in with that hot bed and you are surely headed to a mess.

Maybe he is married to his first date now, or perhaps they split ways ages ago, having completely forgotten about his sad, nervous ghost. Now it is rediscovered and written about by some idiot with apparently too much time on his hands!

Quiet now...

I almost didn't spot this little tag... or whatever it is... at a smoky coffee shop in my town. It was written, with evidently some care, around the end of a handicap railing over the tank of the stalled toilet.

My wife thinks it's just someone's personal tag, but it's slightly more fun to consider it a direct order for anyone making too much noise in the stall.

You'd have to turn around and look over your left shoulder to see it... If you're turning around to look behind you in a stall, there probably is a chance of some noise going on.

What would be the command to stop making odor as well? That could have been on the other end of the railing.

There was some care and time taken with this one. The ALL CAPS strikes us first with directness, and the heavy strokes and embellishment bullets before and after the word add to the forcefullness of the message. We can also see the arch to the text to hug the curve of the surface.

This easily could have been written on the empty white wall above, so this extra time taken and attention to detail speaks a bit more to the desire to stand out and be a bit unique.

Magical primate

From my London fan again, we have our first drawing! This was found at Londesbourgh, Stoke Newington, London. Not sure where that is, but it sounds more interesting than say, a Lonestar Steakhouse in NC, USA.

We have quite the original piece here... a stick figured monkey which has been drawn as to appear to be clinging to the shadow of the handicap assistance railing. Despite obviously being two-dimensional, our little friend here actually has some depth, as we see (or don't see) his background hands/feet obscured by the fictional pole.

This is a happy little drawing. It also makes me a little dizzy to think about this one sitting there, hours a day, clinging on to this same shadow. The shadow does not move because I assume the light source is fixed. Clever!

What happens when and if the light is turned off? Our poor friend the bathroom monkey turns into just another scribble floating in space... and missing body parts as well. Let's keep this light on for Bathroom Monkey's sake.

Disgruntled pub patron

Another donation from my one and only reader!

This photo was taken at the Royal Oak on Columbia Road, Bethnal Green in London.

I'm told this was scrawled on the bottom of a cistern mounted on the wall over a urinal. Granted, I have zero eye when it comes to recognizing certain graffiti style, but I feel like this piece has some nice, quick lettering probably from an experienced hand.

It really helps to emote the frustration with this very straightforward message. He must have hit a damp spot or something on the right side, which is unfortunate because the pen seems to have lost its strength.

The quick underline is the exclamation point... the scribble from left to right and back again.

I wonder what was happening to this person to lead to this. Did he go to the restroom after a bad event with the intention of releasing some anger? Did he suddenly find a marker in his pants while pissing, and though "oh, while I'm here lemme just say..."

I can imagine him standing junk in one hand, marker in the other. Adds a whole other dimension! I wonder if he's a righty or lefty!

I hope he had a better time or felt better after this!

And just to get this out of the way

http://www.graffitiproject.com/

I mentioned in an earlier post that I found a website that is pretty much this same thing. I want to give credit where credit is due... This idea is obviously much older than my own, and this website is much more comprehensive than I could ever hope for my stupid blog here.

I just hope that my little reviews/comments help to at least make my contributions here be not entirely a ripoff.

Check out that site... It's highly entertaining.

How do I donate found "art?"

The burning question!

Well, if you find a fun graffiti that you would like to see on the blog, email me at restroomart@gmail.com

Looking for pretty much anything here

hope to have some submissions soon!