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None Of These Props Are Painted On (8 Photos)

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.

The Watch Seller — By Tom Bob in Long Beach, California, USA

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

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A Leafy Hat — 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.

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One Cookie Per Day — By David Zinn in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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.

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Do Not Disturb — By OakOak in La Louvière, Belgium

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 “DO NOT DISTURB.”

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A Very Large Toothbrush — By Tom Bob in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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Popeye’s Spinach — By Semi O.K in Kocaeli, Turkey

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

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A Quiet Exchange — 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.

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