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A street corner on 20th and Lexington in SF. From this angle, you can see the corner of a building that has been heavily tagged by "golem", "Frisko", and others. In the center is a large tag by Weasl. It is two weasels with expressive faces and human-like clothes (button shirts with neckties). One weasel has a halo over it's head, the other has horns and a tail. All the tags on this building are done in a 2-color or 3-color throw-up style.

Weasl

San Francisco graffiti artists like Ribity, Twist, and Reminisce, made names for themselves by painting recognizable images as their tags instead of letters.

At the moment, one of SF’s most prolific taggers is an artist named Weasl who tags iconic animal drawing on walls in a classic 2-color “throw-up” style.

4 weasels spay painted on a brick wall on Valencia St. One of the weasels has a crosshair painted on their head. This is probably the artist's way of saying they (the artist) are being highly watched. Either by the authorities or other artists.
Two weasels drawn on an electrical box on the sidewalk. The weasels are done in a two-color throw-up style, meaning the artist does a quick base layer (in black) and a detail layer on top (in white).
An empty store front absolutely covered in tags. In the center of the storefront, where the two main doors are, the glass is painted with a giant weasel face. On the windows on either side, there are two other weasels 
A wall in SF with two rodent like creature painted on it in a graffiti style. Presumably, these are weasels. One of them is wearing a button shirt and necktie and has a padlock floating over it's head (a visual metaphor taggers use to show they have the neighborhood "on lock"). The other tag has a bow on it's head, long eyelashes, and a dress. The tag on the right says "from hell with love!", but "hell" is crossed out.
An empty store front absolutely covered in tags. In the center are two weasels. The weasels and many of the other tags are throwies (two color throw-ups), but they look like they were all done from different artists.
A wide photograph of an empty space that used to be the Pheonix Bar. The bar is gone it's just an empty lot, but the walls on the nearby buildings have been covered by giant tags. One of which a painting of two weasels and some text that says "never dry"

And here are a few other Weasl pieces from the hood. These are simple line art pieces, done with a marker or sharpie, and probably put up when Weasl was waiting for a layer of paint to dry on one of their bigger pieces. The first one here is from July 2020.

Simple one color art on an electric box in the city. It's an animal's face with the word "Whatever" written above it. The animal is grumpy and has one sharp tooth poking out of it's mouth.
A simplified version of the Weasl face. This is just some ears, a nose, and some whiskers.
A sloppy drawing inside a parklet. It's a sharpie drawing of a weasel and it says "Waiting for my paint 2 dry..."
A large utility box on the sidewalk that's covered in graffiti. On one side you can see the word "Weasl" written in spray paint. This is one of the few pieces where Weasl uses letters instead of images.

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2 responses to “Weasl”

  1. Suzanne C Avatar
    Suzanne C

    It’s funny! I’ve been seeing their stuff in Pacifica for years! Their style has changed certainly. I really wish I could find their socials or something cus I love their art so much.

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    doc

    Neat to hear their work is in Pacifica too. I wonder when they first started tagging around there. First time I saw Weasl here was 2020.

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