Kid Crayon is a tattoo artist and illustrator based in Bristol. With over 15 years of experience painting murals, spray paint has always been at the core of his practice. More recently, he expanded into tattooing and is now apprenticing at The Do or Die Club.
Deeply influenced by hip hop, skateboarding, and graffiti culture, Kid Crayon’s style is heavily informed by the 1990s — from the cartoons and video games of his childhood to the bold aesthetics that continue to shape his work today. These influences, combined with a love of all things Western, led to the creation of the name Kid Crayon – because Crayon the Kidd just didnt have the same ring to it.
While murals and spray-paint projects still make up a large part of his practice, Kid Crayon also works with alcohol markers, digital illustration, acrylic painting, and tattooing. He also enjoys creating art toys and custom vinyls whenever time allows, balancing personal projects alongside commercial work. As a freelancer, he regularly moves between projects and has worked with clients including Adidas, Deliveroo, Roxy,Kingpins, Bristol University, and O2 Academy.
Collaboration is a key part of his creative process. He is one half of Eat Crew, an art duo formed in 2016 with fellow artist SP Zero, with whom he has collaborated on walls ever since. He also paints as part of Cloth Mother with Ian Moore, and Uzi Crew- a collective of tattoo artists from The Do or Die Club.
Kid Crayon’s mission is to continue pushing his creative practice and use his artwork to positively enhance public spaces.
