Hit the lights

The mural depicts a local guy holding a glowing plastic back and looking over his shoulder towards the illuminated street or the residential apartments. 

Mixing Telmo Miel's smoothly spray painted part with Velasco's raw painterly and textured sections, the image is wrapped within transparent strokes that further accent the surreal atmosphere. The same strokes are actually the borders between the two different visual languages, creating surreal feel within a mundane, realist image. 

Even though the main character is looking away and is carrying the symbol of the consumer society, the night time image still carries a positive vibe with warm lights glowing from the night store and the bag. Inspired by Metallica's classic, the artists created an image that perfectly fits the chosen