Meet Sofles, the artist behind Melbourne's newest street art masterpiece

Street and art sport are the two religions of Melbourne, so what happens when Australia's biggest sports stars, (quite literally), team up with one of Australia's most talented street artists to create an icon?
This is Melbourne in the Paint, the making of Melbourne's newest street art masterpiece by artist Sofles and with special help from Dvate, Ben Simmons, Andrew Bogut, Thon Maker, Matthew Dellavedova, Liz Cambage, Lauren Jackson, Andrew Gaze, Chris Goulding and Mitch Mccarron.
The final work stands a towering 18m (or four stories) high at Gate 7 of Marvel Stadium in Melbourne's Docklands precinct, the site of the historic two game series between the Australian Boomers and USA Basketball. The work comes complete with a fully functional street court available to the public and includes four hot spots where Boomers and USA Basketball stars have literally stood and made a shot.
If you've ever wanted to stand in the shoes of your basketball heroes and see if you can do what they do well then now is your chance.... literally.
The work and court is truly a sight to see.
After months of consultation, planning and presenting concepts, it took Sofles 11 days and nights to finish the work. From sketching our his design on the wall, to putting the final touches on the wall literally hours before the schedule unveiling of the artwork, this film documents the making of Melbourne's newest icon.

[@Emdeemhay]

Sofles always reaching new levels 😍

[@visitmelbourne]

He's such a talented guy. Was truly inspiring to see him up there for 11 days painting this and watching the whole thing come to life.

[@alaskasfinest726]

Dope mural 🤩love the interaction with the players too. They seem to loved it

[@Szenenmischa]

GREAT!

[@joelamore-streetartmuralsi1229]

Super fresh

[@carolinegodden4364]

Wonderful... oh , so that was done, prior to LOCK 🔒 US ALL UP... nice one!!!

[@neonblack211]

"I hope they like it"... oh man Sofles for someone like you to still have that certain level of insecurity.. YOU SHOULDNT.... you obviously put so much time into your craft and its amazing every single time

[@carolinegodden4364]

First time I have heard of him. Seems to be an incredible talent and puts a lot of LOVE, CARE & RESPECT into his CREATION. It would be great, if those in PUBLIC OFFICE ROLES, free will CHOOSE TO LOVE , CARE & RESPECT the Goddies of Melbourne ... So many, so little LOVE, CARE & RESPECT given or received. I 🙏 that those that seek ill gotten gains/ DO WALK OFF Monday. You won't be missed. The RACKETS that go on in Melbourne , are, QUITE SIMPLY DISGUSTING BEHAVIOUR via so-called professionals. YOU, must be VERY PROUD, VERY COCKY and consider the rest of us STUPID... OR maybe, it's just that ITS ALL SOOOO CORRUPT, let's just give in and join them and reap the rewards. CJx Bravo!!! To this MAGNIFICENT BENEVOLENT GODDIE CREW... 🙇 👑 🙀 👍 ☰ 🥉

[@jimmydgaf8291]

The sof 🙇‍♂️

[@caborrr]

Name of the Song?

[@williamhambling3981]

I went to Fitzroy 1960 it was a crap hole

[@ausrap4000]

Sofles is one of the greatest artists ever but where's Shane Heal baby!

[@JoelMackenzie84]

18m tall. It’s even more epic in real life.

[@cykeung1296]

~⁰

[@trutheretic]

King sof

[@alexostlerart8349]

how much you think he made from this?

[@daytonjames1945]

Alex Ostler thousands for sure and all free paint

[@neonblack211]

It's official and I'm sure he made many thousands.... I don't think the price of paint would have even been an issue... at least I hope not ♡

[@JimmyRingz]

Absolute minimum 10K USD. Could be anything above that, 10-30K is my guess.

[@Matt-jp7lp]

And it didn’t even last a year

[@ingolimbo6885]

wtf why ? ddid the stadium burnt down ?

[@danlaws7556]

Hello bray puts him to shame

[@skoruno1]

You either stupid and beyond clueless or you are trolling. What is it?

[@neonblack211]

@@skoruno1 both

[@JimmyRingz]

First of all it's Helio Bray, not Hello Bray. Secondly, it isn't a competition, kid.

[@danlaws7556]

Is that it. Let down by apparently the world's best. Lol. He will no me as soon as he hears wot I say. He's not worthy of the world's best

[@neonblack211]

Get a life mate.... anyone with a fucking eyeball can see this is fire, don't blame others because you're blind. Photo realism isnt enough for you, fire graffiti isn't enough for you, nothing will ever be good enough because it's so obvious you are just a pure hater