The Street Has a Sense of Humor (8 Photos)

By Vidar
Semi O.K's Popeye holding a can under a real tree so it looks like spinach, next to EFIX's R2-D2 bringing flowers to a public bin.

A little street art humor for the walk home

A watch seller opens his coat to reveal real electrical meters. A robot brings flowers to a bin. These eight artworks turn ordinary street details into small jokes.


Popeye holds a painted can beneath a real evergreen tree that looks like spinach, with a second cartoon figure at the right, by Semi O.K.

๐Ÿฅซ Popeyeโ€™s Spinach โ€” By Semi O.K in Kocaeli, Turkey ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

Popeye holds out a can beneath a real tree, making its green crown look like an enormous serving of spinach.

More: More street art by Semi O.K

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Before-and-after views of Tom Bobโ€™s painted watch seller, with electrical meters used as watch faces inside his open coat.

โŒš The Watch Seller โ€” By Tom Bob in Long Beach, California, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Three electrical meters become wristwatches inside a sellerโ€™s open coat. The dials are real; the sales pitch is all paint.

More: More street art by Tom Bob

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David Zinnโ€™s green chalk character Neil holds a giant sandwich cookie made around a round utility cover.

๐Ÿช One Cookie Per Day โ€” By David Zinn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Neil has found a way to make one cookie go a very long way. Zinn made the chalk-and-charcoal character around a utility cover in Ann Arbor in April 2019.

More: Silly Art by David Zinn

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Before-and-after views of a red wall pipe turned into a toothbrush across a cartoon characterโ€™s white teeth by Tom Bob.

๐Ÿชฅ A Very Large Toothbrush โ€” By Tom Bob in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

A wall pipe becomes a red toothbrush, with its box turned into the hand holding it. That enormous grin should take a while to clean.

More: Tom Bobโ€™s Clever Street Art

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A small fox drawn inside a tree stump wears a tuft of real green leaves like a hat, by David Zinn.

๐ŸŒฟ A Leafy Hat โ€” By David Zinn

A tiny fox peers out of a tree stump with fresh greenery perched on its head. The little tuft does most of the dressing up.

More: David Zinnโ€™s playful chalk art

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R2-D2 offers flowers to a real gray public bin, with a red heart above, in street art by EFIX.

๐Ÿ’ Flowers for the Bin โ€” By EFIX

R2-D2 brings flowers to a public bin, with a red heart floating overhead. The binโ€™s shape makes it an unexpectedly convincing date.

More: EFIXโ€™s clever street art

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OakOakโ€™s yellow Marsupilami characters sit above a planted wall while one hangs by its tail beside the words Do Not Disturb.

๐Ÿพ Do Not Disturb โ€” By OakOak in La Louviรจre, Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช

A planter becomes a patch of jungle for a family of Marsupilamis. Below them, another hangs by its tail with a spray can beside the message โ€œDO NOT DISTURB.โ€

More: OakOakโ€™s Do Not Disturb

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Two children in striped pointed hats lean together holding small printed pictures in a black-and-white stencil by JPS.

๐Ÿคซ A Quiet Exchange โ€” By JPS

Two children in pointed hats lean together over a handful of small pictures. Their serious expressions make this little exchange look like very important business.

More: More street art by JPS

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