New street art has bloomed on the side of Meltdown Comics. On an exterior wall, a boy drinks orange soda, a robot looming in the background, while an icy, tentacled monster watches over Sunset Boulevard with his many eyes. Above, scrawled in white, are the words “SUNSET OVERDRIVE.”
It could be a street artist’s calling card, but those who kept up with news from the E3 Convention last week know that “Sunset Overdrive” is actually a video game made exclusively for the Xbox One. SA Studios teamed up with Insomniac Games and Xbox to create the mural, which was painted in under a night.
Now that we know the mural is an advertisement disguised as street art, we decided it was time to rethink the sales potential of some other local public works:
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Glasses
This bespeckled sidewalk hipster can be found on concrete all over L.A. Is it the face of an eyeglasses store that nobody knows about yet? -
Facial Wax
Mona Lisa, frowning, could be advertising for a spa or salon. -
Swing Sets
Banksey’s other message: we should stop stressing about parking tickets and get ourselves a jungle gym. -
Internal Medicine
One takeaway: don’t forget your annual check-up. -
Cupcakes
This graffiti looks like sprinkles. Let’s go to Sprinkles. -
Therapy
We see reflections of ourselves in this painting, and that makes us uncomfortable. -
Seth Rogan
Either someone is a huge fan of this funny guy or an artist was inspired by our July issue.
Photographs Courtesy of: 1, Christina Wolfgram; 2, Flickr/Timoth Tolle; 3, Flickr/Loungetown; 4, Flickr/nan palmero; 5, Flickr/Lord Jim; 6, Flickr/Lord Jim; 7, Flickr/Ak-89
