Taul “Toy Crusher” Waters is a Jacksonville, Florida–based artist whose practice evolved the way street knowledge usually does: illegally, obsessively, and with a sense of humor sharp enough to draw blood. He cut his teeth in graffiti and illustration, learning early how to communicate fast, loud, and without permission. That foundation expanded into graphic design, painting, digital illustration, and blogging—each medium treated as another surface to disrupt, remix, or interrogate. His work balances discipline with defiance, blending professional execution with the residue of alley walls, sketchbooks, and long nights spent refining ideas that refused to behave. Taul draws inspiration from hip hop culture, drum and bass rhythms, science fiction, horror, skateboard graphics, and the kind of absurd life experiences you only understand after surviving them. More recently, his exploration of synthography has pushed his visual language into stranger territory, where machines collaborate in the chaos rather than clean it up. Darkly comical and deliberately confrontational, his work invites viewers to laugh first, think second, and then realize they’ve been implicated the entire time.
This originally started out as a composition study, and then escalated into...who really knows. Unrelated: this blog will be moving to another site soon, so stay tuned for the link.
These are comprehensive renderings for an upcoming vector project I have in store. After development and completion, I hope to print them as a series so hopefully those will be available within the coming months.
These are a few of the drawings I've done since February. I just got my computer back up and running, so I'll be able to post a lot more digital work coming up in the next few weeks!
It's been a rough few weeks lately, but I'll be back on track soon! Here are a few illustrations I've been working on. There will be new work coming as soon as I get everything in order.
2016 is off to a good start so far. I've graduated from the Art Institutes and plan on building my design and illustration brand. This is looking like a good year for progress, so stay tuned!