Bad Dog misbehaving

I’ve been seeing a lot of work around Philadelphia by Bad Dog recently, so I thought that this might be a good time to point out some of his new and old work to a wider audience than Philadelphia’s somewhat insular sticker community. While Bad Dog’s older work has been a staple in Philadelphia for years, it’s his new stickers with brief slogans on them that are particularly attention-grabbing.

Best of Philly sticker art: Part one

El Toro and Derto. Photo by RJ Rushmore

Although I’ve been living outside of Philadelphia for about 6 months, it’s only recently that I’ve begun to get a handle on the street art in Philadelphia. The overwhelming trend here is stickering, particularly by artists who draw logos instead of names. Given that my favorite art book of last year was probably a book about stickers, this is a coincidence that I’m loving. I wanted to do a post or two about some of Philadelphia’s best sticker artists, but realized that I am definitely not an expert on the local scene. Luckily, El Toro was happy to help me out in compiling the majority of this list. Also, a big thanks to Damon Landry aka damonabnormal for being such a dedicated photographer of these stickers and allowing Vandalog to rely heavily on his photos for this series. So here’s the first of two posts on some of Philadelphia’s best sticker artists (in no particular order)…

1. UnderWaterPirates

Photo by damonabnormal
Photo by damonabnormal

2. Bob Will Reign

Photo by damonabnormal
Photo by damonabnormal

3. Bad Dog

Photo by damonabnormal
Photo by RJ Rushmore

4. El Toro

Photo by damonabnormal
Photo by damonabnormal

5. Ticky

Photo by damonabnormal
Photo by damonabnormal

Photos by damonabnormal and RJ Rushmore