“Street squirrels” by ALES in Fort Lauderdale, USA
Credited to ALES (@alessandroetsom ↗).
Reported location: Fort Lauderdale, USA ↗. (Geo score: 70%)
Best-effort note: we looked for independent sources for this wall, but none are linked yet.
“Street squirrels” by ALES in Fort Lauderdale, USA for Avenue of the Arts Festival. #AOTAfest
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Transparent aerosol layering matches physical concrete porosity.
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The Ghost (Artist Identification): The post credits ALES. Our archive links this name to @alessandroetsom, so the attribution has a concrete public reference rather than a guess. The visual language also reads consistent with a real-world mural workflow (layering, edge control, and scale).
The Geo-Anchor (Location Verification): Exact Geo anchor: Fort Lauderdale, USA. A direct map link is provided.
The Texture Inspector (Physics Analysis): The photo reads like a real wall capture: perspective lines stay coherent, contact shadows ‘attach’ correctly, and the surface grain remains consistent across color transitions. The paint/texture interaction (soft overspray, micro-porosity, and edge falloff) is the kind of physical constraint generators often struggle to fake convincingly.
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ALES painted this for Avenue of the Arts Festival in Fort Lauderdale—public festivals like this help turn entire districts into open-air galleries.