Yesterday, I shared a picture of L.A. dressed up as N.Y.. Will Batts (hiphopxyz), the man who posted that picture on Twitter, is also a virtual graffiti artist. He uses software to add what looks like graffiti to pictures that he takes from “across the globe.” He told me that this first shot is of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Scroll down for more of his virtual graff art and visit Batts’ MySpace page to find out about his “Hip Hop XYZ” album.
Searching for Twitter pictures from Southern California invariably unearths photos of people in costume for film and television shoots. But a few weeks ago, Will Batts (@hiphopxyz) shared this picture of a city dressed up for the cameras. Los Angeles was made to look like New York for an episode of CSI: NY. You see, Batts is a set designer for the investigative law enforcement TV franchise. Batts also calls himself a “rapper for aliens” and a “virtual graffiti artist.” I’ll be featuring his graff art here tomorrow, but if you want to hear the alien hip hop, you’ll have to visit his MySpace page.
