Train car graffiti can get a little out of hand sometimes – most of us can’t imagine what those letters and symbols are supposed to mean, and the spray paint art can cost a lot to clean up. Here’s one piece of fine graffiti art that we hope never gets painted over, though. Spotted by Reddit user Kgriffin88, this Nintendo-themed train car is crazy cool.

Any Nintendo player in the world will quickly point out that there is an extra red button on the controller. This wasn’t due to ignorance on the artist’s part. The creator of this masterpiece, Texer, placed three buttons with the initials of his “crew” – A, L, and B – on the controller. This might result in a bit of nerd rage, but the fact that a Nintendo controller-themed train car exists just makes our whole day better.

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If you really needed a reminder that technology is awesome, German compositor Andreas Heikaus put together this awesome video in which he seems to play an entire game of Super Mario Bros. on a graffiti-tagged wall.

The effect is, of course, a composite of gameplay animation and live-action video footage. It’s a seamless combination that comes out looking like the next generation of street art: playable animated graffiti.

If you’re interested in just how Heikaus pulled off this very cool project, he has put together an informative video giving insight into the process. Heikaus produced the video as part of his bachelor’s thesis at the University of Applied science and art in Hannover, Germany – and we hope his grade reflected how awesome the finished product is.

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Have you ever driven through your town and realized that there weren’t nearly enough rainbows? This guy is doing his part to brighten up the world with his “robo-rainbow” assembly: a robotic arm outfitted with swiveling spray paint cans that spray picture-perfect rainbows onto any surface accessible by bike. The creator of this unspeakably cool graffiti machine spreads color everywhere he goes – yes, it’s graffiti and it’s illegal, but at least it’s much more positive than most of the tags you’ll see while out and about in any city.

The actual machine used to spread rainbow joy is a pretty simple custom bike trailer with a moving arm. The video doesn’t go into detail about how the gadget was built, but if you’re into this sort of thing (and don’t mind the fact that it’s not exactly the most legal thing you can do with a bike and some circuitry) it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out. And in no time, you’ll be spreading multi-colored joy all over your drab grey town.

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Maybe the slingshot isn’t as popular as it used to be with kids, but graffiti has never lost its appeal with street artists of all ages. Berlin media group VR Urban have combined the two into a whole new kind of toy. They threw in a healthy amount of digital tomfoolery and came up with the SMSlingshot, a gadget that lets you compose a text message and then “shoot” it onto any building of your choice.

The gadget is more of a system, of which the slingshot itself is only one part. There’s also a camera and a projector, which are how the messages actually show up on the surface they are “shot” at. The slingshot is equipped with Arduino, a keypad and a laser, all of which work together to compose and aim the message. You write a message, aim, shoot, and SPLAT! Your words are smashed onto the side of a building in one of the most creative ways we’ve ever seen to communicate with everyone within sight.

The idea behind the SMSlingshot is that, since advertising takes up so much of our outdoor space, we should be able to take back some of that space. What is usually achieved with spray paint and graffiti tags can just as easily be achieved with the projected messages from the SMSlingshot, and there’s no risk of fines or jail time for tagging with lights and lasers.

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